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Coupon Abbreviations
  • SC = Store Coupon
  • MC = Manufacturer Coupon
  • SS = Smart Source
  • RP = Red Plum
  • PG = Proctor and Gamble
Coupon Terms
  • WYB = When You Buy
  • B1G1 = Buy One Get One Free
  • .75/1 = 75 cents off one item
  • .75/3 = 75 cents off three items
  • EXP = Expiration Date

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Remembering Why You Are Saving

on 10.13.2011 at 10:05am
Jenny 84 Comments

To me one of the most important parts of saving money, is remembering why you are saving.  So I thought we would all take a day and share a bit of why we got started on this whole “couponing thing”. For my family it was always our goal for me to stay home with our [...]

I’m excited to share with you guys a new opportunity to learn how to save money!!  Next week I’ll be attending a conference in New York and while I’m there I will be giving a 30 minute Extreme Couponing 101 session.  It will be all tips and tricks for savings in the grocery store.  The [...]

  If you are still trying to figure out how people that save a ton in the grocery store get all their coupons, well you can’t miss printable coupons! Printable coupons are everywhere and accepted at most major retailers.  Ask your local store if they have specific policies on printable coupons (ex. only two “like” [...]

In case you haven’t heard, new banking legislation that limits fees banks can charge for certain things has prompted banks to create new fees to cover their losses.  The biggest new fee recently announced was from Bank of America last week saying they would now charge a $5 monthly fee to have a debit card! [...]

Since we covered the basics of saving money on groceries (i.e. learning sale cycles) now it’s time to add in the coupons. To start you have to get the Sunday paper. A few personal notes/thoughts on newspaper coupons: Newspapers only guarantee inserts to subscribers.  Always check your newspaper for coupons before buying at grocery store [...]

I’m exited today to a part of something big: a Blog Tour for Shaun Groves and his new album Third World Symphony. 1st World – Meet 3rd World Earlier this year I was invited to go with Samaritian’s Purse to Haiti to distribute Operation Christmas Child boxes. This was my first 3rd world moment. I’ve [...]

Over the next few weeks we are going to have our own Extreme Couponing series on Southern Savers. I’ve done many posts and videos over the years, but we are going to start over with short little 3 minutes or less videos and cover the basics, questions, tips and tricks. My hope is that we [...]

There are so many of you that only have one local store nearby or you just have a local Dollar General and no grocery store.  The big question for you is, what value do you get by traveling to another city with better stores.  Is it worth the gas to drive 30 minutes to a [...]

Coupons.com is trying something new, and giving you the option to pay a monthly fee to get more coupons.  You pay $3 per month or $30 per year to get access to coupons that are exclusive to the “club”. Here are the coupons I’ve seen so far for members: $2 off 3M Post-It Pop-Up Note [...]

You are actually prepared.  It’s a miracle.  Dinner is coming together beautifully.  You open up the last step of your taco dinner night, the shells, only to discover that they are all broken, except two.  So two of you get to have one unshattered taco each.  The rest of you are stuck with taco salad.  [...]