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Free Couponing ecourse

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Sign up here for a free series of eclasses on using coupons.  I am excited to see what ChoysterCash has to say!  I consider myself pretty good at using coupons and maximizing my deals, but I know that there are others out there who have lots to teach me!

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Is my coupon valid? A discussion of coupon ethics

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I just finished preparing a post for a free tube of flea and tick control for pets.  When linking to online coupons, I always check to make sure they are from a valid source.  This one for free flea and tick control appeared to be a scan of a legitimate coupon.

Scanning and photocopying coupons is [...]

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$59.70 worth of groceries at Shaw’s for $0.00 out of pocket

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I just have to tell you about my exciting trip to Shaw’s today!  Earlier, I transferred a prescription and received a $25.00 gift card.  The sale wasn’t exciting last week, so instead of using it to save just $25.00 off the price of my groceries, I held onto it.  This week, I found the sale [...]

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Red Plum - Online Coupons and Local Specials!

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Red Plum offers a coupon insert in the weekend paper.  You can go to their site for additional coupons, and for local savings!
Local coupon highlights include:
Ground Round:  $5.00 coupons
Jimmie’s Bar and Grill in Brewer - BOGO ice cream and hot dogs!

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Maximize your savings at Target!

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Target is another great store to buy items for extremely low cost or even free.   New to couponing?  Go here for an explanation of terms below.
Internet Printables:

Target accepts both manufacturer’s internet printables, and Target-specific IPs found online.
Stack the Target IPs with mfcs to save big!

Stacking:

Target allows stacking of Target coupons and mfcs.

Manufacturer’s Coupons:

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Maximize Your Savings at Walgreens!

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Walgreens (Wags) is one of my favorite stores! Walgreens offers you many ways to save large amounts of money, and often get items for free! This works really well when you have multiple coupons for an item and can use the sale to stock up.  Stick with MainelyMom.Com and I will show you how I [...]

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Couponing - The Basics

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When starting to use coupons, it can be very overwhelming.  Start by getting an organized collection of coupons.
Where can I find coupons?

Coupons can be found in the weekend paper
From friends’ and family’s weekend papers
Online
On the sidebar of this blog
In various magazines (All You is a great coupon Magazine available in the check out aisles at [...]

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