Fun and Frugal

Did you know you can order coupons from a variety of sources?  You may be wondering – why would I want lots of coupons?  Couponing is all about strategy – buy what’s on sale (especially buy-one-get-one free items) and use manufacturer coupons (even better when you can stack with competitor coupons) and even better at a place that doubles manufacturer coupons.  So if you find an item on sale that you buy a lot anyway – stock up at the best price!  Order extra coupons of what you will be purchasing ahead of time.  My favorite source to find out what’s on sale where and what coupons you can match-up is SouthernSavers.com.

I asked a coupon veteran friend and FunandFrugal reader, Denise to compile a list of coupon-clipping services and here’s what she shared…

My “favoritest” clipping service is right here in Tennessee. The name of the lady that owns it is Rebecca Addington. Her site is www.couponsandforms.com .  I never have a problem getting my coupons from her. There is almost a two day turn around in her orders.  My second favorite is www.thecouponclippers.com. She is based out of Florida. She posts new coupons on her site at 12:01 a.m. Saturday morning from the following Sunday’s newspaper. If I order from her on Saturday morning, I usually have them by Thursday.  The other service I use is based out of Northeastern US. It is www.thecouponmaster.com. If I order from her on Saturday morning, I usually have them by Thursday, as well. She posts the coupons from Sunday’s paper the day before on Saturday.

The thing I really like about Rebecca’s service is that when I get the Bi-Lo ad on Wednesday, I have time to get whatever coupons I order before the sale goes off the following Tuesday. I think that once you start ordering this way, you won’t go back to the clip on Sundays routine that I used to have. My stockpile has grown to the point that I don’t need multiples of every coupons that is distributed. When I first started out, I would buy papers in multiples (a good rule of thumb is one for every family member) but now I only buy the specific coupons that I know I will use before they expire. My coupon box is really, really low right now but my stockpile is really, really huge therefore I don’t need a lot of anything right now.

And don’t forget about e-coupons, a free coupon trading service I posted about here.

And of course, you can find lots of printable coupons on the coupon bar on the right of FunandFrugal.com or at FunandFrugal.com/Coupons.  New coupons are added to coupons.com almost daily.  Today, I printed $1 off Welch’s 64 oz refrigerated juice; $1/6 Scott Naturals paper towels; $1/4 rolls Scott Naturals bath tissue; and $3/1 Huggies Pure & Natural diapers; $2/12-pack of Coke at Rite Aid (Publix and some Cleveland-area Bi-Lo’s may honor this), among others.

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