FOR THE LOCALS

DON'T MISS OUT! If you are looking for a deal here locally (sorry to all those who can not get this deal), I have found a great one! Safeway is having a sale that if you buy 10 items (only certain product prices ranging from $.75-$2.50) you get $5.00 off. Well I figured it out for myself and what I am going to buy here it is:

1. Fuze $.75

2.Fuze $.75

3.Arizona Ice Tea $.75

4. Fresh Express Salad Mix $.75

5. Hunts Tomato Sauce $.75

6. Crystal Lite To Go $1.50

7.Crytal Lite To Go $1.50

8. Bertolli Pasta Sauce (bag) $1.50

9.Chips Ahoy $1.50

10. Ball Park Hot Dogs $2.00

Total BEFORE any discount: $11.75

so this is the DEAL:

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11.75

-5.00 (from the store because I bought 10 items in the group of selected products)

-1.00 Off coupon from Ball Park

-1.25 Off Bertolli

NEW TOTAL is $4.50

EXCITING...

On a daily basis I am looking for DEALS! I am always trying to find a way I can either get free product or coupons. I have found though by going to each company that sells the products and signing up for their "club" "membership" or what have you, they send you coupons, gifts etc. I am apart of Maker's Mark (you know the whiskey?) and they sent me a gift of wrapping paper and labels. Like I have said before MAKE a list! Here are a few of my favorite companies I have emailed/or signed up with and got great responses:

**Carmex (lots of FREE product)

**Coke (Free product, $1 off coupons)

**Jergen's (coupon's)

**Glade (Free product, TWICE!)

**ConAgra (told them what I liked, they sent me coupons for each product...so if you email them list what products you love, so you get more coupons lol)

**4Imprint.com (this was cool, but can ONLY do it once lol...I picked out some items off the site, like pens, stress balls etc. and asked them for samples of each..I got huge box full of stuff..but like I said can only do it once so plan it out!)

I will post a detailed list of all the companies I have emailed, as well as the response I got back! I have a lot of them, plus I just sent out another fifteen emails two days ago so we will see how that return is!

DAILY WHERE ABOUTS..

I thought I might be a little helpful in some of the places I look for stuff and where...

www.FreeStuffTimes.com : Coupon section (I generally go through this once a week and print the ones I want), Free Stuff (daily go through this and pick out things I could use or give to others close to me), Forum (because sometimes, actually very often there is good deals and trading, if nothing else good advice) What I Got (just because I like to see what I may have missed out on or to see if my product will be coming soon)...HIGHLY recommend joining!

www.BzzAgent.com : This site is great because you get to be opinionated about products and websites, they also send you kits and such to product test...VERY cool! And as you do more things on there you get higher ranking, which means sooner notices on new product reviews etc...so if you join make sure you keep up on it to reap the rewards!

www.houseparty.com : This site is cool, you have to be patient though (I have applied for MANY parties and been DENYED) because it is well worth it when you actually get to have a party!! I had a Green House Party and they sent me Green Clorox Cleaner (awesome product btw), coupons for FREE paper towels, 2 Free Nalgene water bottles (retailed at 12.50 a piece), some seeds to plant outside (they were cute paper flowers) and $5.00 Off purchase of water filter Brita...like I said worth it!

www.shespeaks.com : Is also a good site, it is somewhere where women get together and discuss products, again much like BzzAgent you write reviews and they send free products for you to try!

www.vivadivacafe.com : This site is really neat, it's a blog spot to talk about different topics (there are four new ones each month) women get on and post about things like "favorite comfort foods" "how to decorate" etc etc. The neat thing is you earn points as you post! The Viva Diva will send you gifts after so many points are reached! Some of the girls are getting stuff like recipe books, coffee mugs, etc.

www.swagbucks.com :This is my final wonderful site I go to! This is a search bar site, so basically you just ad the bar to your browser...then use it as your all the time search bar, earn "swag bucks" to get prizes which range from baseball cards to gift cards (Starbucks, Amazon etc) to PS3 system... very neat! There are other perks to the site too, like you can shop through the site and earn swag bucks for every $5 spent!

I hope these help you to find great savings!!!

COUPON GROUPS

I have just decided to start talking to different women about setting up a coupon group locally. It is something I think a lot of us coupon goers should really consider doing! I already do it via mail but locally it is beneficial in a matter of you do not have to spend money on stamps! Plus you could make it a weekly "girl meet" and clip together, to make it more fun!

I also have went to Wish Upon a Hero and wished for coupons as well and I have gotten a large response back because some people just don't use them...or mean to and just never do, so I try and recycle them (either I use them or I will get them and properly distribute them..I should be getting a lot here in the mail soon I was really surprised by the great response hopefully they really show up!)

Please write me if you have any needs for coupons and I am going to try to keep a log of my members that want to get coupons!

Happy Couponing Ladies (and those few men lol)...

COMPANY REVIEWS

If you like a certain product, take the time and let the company know! If it is a product you use frequently there is a good chance if you let the company know about it they will send you some helpful money savers (I mean you ARE the ones who are paying their paychecks..)!! I have also along the way become a "product tester" for some companies. They frequently send me coupons to try their latest or a new sample. It is a great way for them to sell more product, so don't ever feel bad LOL!

Try what I have done, make a list of the products in your home. Try and sit down each day/night when you: can't sleep, passing time, don't want to work lol, and write to each of these companies. It has amazed me over doing this how much I have 1. SAVED (remember that's the main focus) 2. learned so much about the products I am using 3. Discovered new ways to get other money savers. I know some do not have time to do this with ALL of their products but maybe just the ones that you use A LOT would be a great start (soda, toilet paper, paper towels etc).

I actually learned to do this from a website I LOVE TO DEATH!! The people on this site either have been doing this for a really long time or they are new and they are passionate about saving money. Check it out!!

www.freestufftimes.com

Well that's all I have for today...I can post a list of companies to email if I get enough requests for it...