Hurricane Alex has brought tons and tons of rain to Gulfport this week. Our pool is overflowing, water got in our garage, and the gutters overflowed. I just want this rain to go away and come again another day. Like maybe in the winter when I don't want to be outside anyway, and my pool is closed for the season. Yes, now that sounds like a good time for rain to come. :) Well, no really, I know we need rain, but I just don't want it everyday.
Enough with the pity party.... I decided to stop pouting today and be productive. Winn Dixie has strawberries on sale B1G1; so I went and bought 4 packages. I came home and made strawberry preserves. They taste great and look so pretty in the jars.
You are probably asking yourself, how did she know strawberries where on B1G1. Recently as in last week, I decided that I am going to bite the bullet and start couponing. I tried this 2 summers ago and was just discouraged and did not save much money. A friend of mine on FB is always bragging about her great couponing deals, so I decided to pull her in for a little Couponing 101. She told me about this site www.southernsavers.com. It is AMAZING! This lady named Jenny gave me three video tutorials. Now, I understand that couponing is about knowing what is on sale and then getting a coupon for only the sale items that you are going to purchase.
Well, Jenny does not stop there. She (this is her J.O.B.) pulls all the weekly ads for most grocery stores and drug stories in the Southeast, finds the best deals, locates the coupons (even the online ones) and post them to southernsavers.com. All I have to do is check the boxes next to the things I want, print my coupons or find them in the listed flyers. WHAT THE HECK? OMG; CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS?
I will admit that even though this sounds so easy, it still took me 3 hours, Sunday, to figure it all out. I had to decipher the lingo she was using and locate the coupons and print the coupons and whatever other things I did that made this simple process stretch out. (Story of my life).
But wait, it gets better. Jenny not only lets you know about grocery and drug store deals, but she tells you about all this free stuff you can get and discounts at clothing stores, shoe stores, all stores!!! Since Sunday, excluding my grocery deals (which include saving $40.00 dollars at Winn Dixie today), I have gotten 20 4x6 prints FREE, 1 8x10 collage print FREE, and 1 lady speed stick deodorant FREE.
I hope this coupon enthusiasm lasts because I could seriously save some money in my budget if it does.
Until next time...
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