Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Sharing some of my stockpile pics:

 

As I have mentioned before, I have only been couponing since October of 2008.  I have not really been stockpiling all that long.  But what little bit of time I have been doing it, this is what I’ve stockpiled.   First is the bookcase/what-not stand or whatever it is that  I have in my dining room.  It is not very big, It measures in at 5 ft tall 23 inches wide and has a depth of only 12 inches.  I’m throwing these measurements at you to show you that you don’t need an extra room or a basement to take advantage of stockpiling.  On the first shelf there are 10 jars of salsa and 7 bottles of syrup.  The second shelf holds 10 jars of mustard, 9 bottles of bbq sauce, 2 bottles of worcestershire sauce, and 3 bottles of Lawry’s marinade.

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The third shelf holds 13 jars of peanut butter, 3 boxes of oats, and 9 bottles of A1 steak sauce.  The fourth shelf contains 4 jars Ragu pasta sauce, 9 bottles of Ranch dressing, and 11 bottles of misc. dressing.stockpile 002

And I don’t think you can see them all, but the last shelf holds 17 more jars of Ragu.

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Here are some more pictures.  This is my coffee stash.  This is 9 1/2  big cans that I store in a cabinet under my coffee pot.

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This is in the bottom of another kitchen cabinet.  This contains all of my ketchup, miracle whip, and DH’s and DS’s hot sauce and buffalo wing sauce.

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This is 9 boxes of my cereal stash.  I have 4 more on the bottom shelf in this small closet in the kitchen.  I gave away 10 or so boxes last night.  I won’t be buying any more cereal!!  When we didn’t have cereal the kids were always complaining that they never get to eat cereal.  Since I’ve started couponing, we stocked up PLENTY, they would open a box, get out a bowl & then they’re done with it!!  So, I gave away all the boxes “they wanted” .   

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This is part of my cleaning supplies.  There are 10 bottles of pourable Lysol,  6 bottles toilet bowl cleaner, 3 containers of clorox & Lysol wipes.  These are all under my bathroom sink.  Again, this is a small space, but it will hold quite a bit.stockpile 013

This is 2 shelves that holds my laundry supplies that I’m currently using, and the rest of my cleaning products stockpile.  It’s a mess right now but it holds 2 furniture polishes, 12 Lysol spray cleaners, 5 air sanitizers/fresheners 4 boxes of Kleenex, 3 bottles of Spray & Wash, and 4 boxes of Bounce dryer sheets. 

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I am fortunate to have a pretty good size bathroom closet, but there is only one shelf in it right now.  Eventually, DH is going to add more shelves so I can put all of my cleaning supplies/laundry supplies in there as well.  Right now, this is what I have in there:  I have 2 “wall pocket planters” (I think that’s what they’re called.  They hold 18 packs of razors (all free) and toothbrushes,(all free) the metal basket holds 11 cans of his/hers shaving cream, ($0.19 each) there’s 6  bottles of body wash, (2 of them were $1 each, and the rest was less than a $1 or free) 3 of the John Frieda shampoos,

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on the right hand side I have the bar soaps, ($0.35 a pack) misc. hair care products, 7 bottles of shampoo (all $1 or less) and feminine products.  This side is looking kind of scarce right now. 

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Here’s my toilet paper stash 12 packs cottonelle, $0.25 each and 10 (6 double roll packs) of Northern @ $0.50 each 

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This is the his/hers deodorant stash 27 in all (all free except for the Old Spice DH’s favorite, and it was dirt cheap!

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And this is what’s left of the toothpaste stash. (also all free) There are 12 tubes in this box.   I have given away oodles of free toothpaste and deodorant

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This is my puny looking laundry detergent stash.  I have this in a tote that I slide under my utility sink in the laundry room. 

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So you see, you don’t need a bunch of money or a whole room or a basement to start stockpiling.  Find various unused or underused areas throughout your house/apt. where you could stash a little here and there. 

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

COUPONING 101…CAN I REALLY SAVE MONEY BY USING COUPONS?

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I have had several friends ask me that question over and over again. The answer is YES YOU CAN!!

I have only been couponing since October 2008 (you can read about that here) and I have learned sooo much from fellow couponers that I thought it was time to pay it forward and teach others some of the things that I have learned. I know there are already thousands of “couponing 101’s” out there, and when I was starting out I probably read all of them. But each blog that I read had some very good information. So my hope is that maybe this blog post will also be helpful to someone in some way. (Please note that I have backdated these lessons so that I can try and keep them all together. I really didn’t post these in January…lol…just wasn’t sure how else to do it.) So here is my take on the “Couponing 101” lessons:

LESSON #1: WHERE DO I START?

LESSON #2: WHERE DO I GET MY COUPONS?

LESSON #3: ORGANIZE THOSE COUPONS

LESSON #4:  A FEW THINGS TO THINK ABOUT BEFORE YOU START SHOPPING

LESSON #5:  NOW...LET'S GO SHOPPING!!

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

I’M BAAACK!!!!!!

 

I can’t believe it’s been 2 months since I’ve last posted.  For several reasons, I had to put this blog on the back burner for a while.  But…now that I’m back….I’ll start by posting a few grocery deals that I’ll be cashing in on this week:

 

Meijer:

ITEM: SALE PRICE MQ MBQ FINAL PRICE
King’s
Hawaiin bread (4 pk)                   
SALE PRICE 10/$10 GET 11th ITEM FREE $0.75/1 MQ (IP coupon)   FREE!
Country Crock 10/10
11th item free
$0.35 in 5/17 RP $1/2 FREE!
Aunt Millie’s bread 10/10 11th item free $0.35 in 5/10 RP   $0.30/loaf
Hunt’s Ketchup 10/10 11th item free $0.20/1 5/10 SS   $0.60 EACH
Reynold’s
wrap
aluminum foil
2/$5 $1/1 5/17 SS $1/2 $1.00 EACH
Kellogg’s cereal 4/$10 buy 4 get $3 off instantly @ register $1/1 6/7 RP   $3 for 4 boxes
Lysol products 1/2 off various Q’s in 4/26SS 5/3 SS
6/7 SS
  Very, Very cheap cleaning supplies!!
KEN’S SALAD DRESSING 10/10 11th item free $1/2 5/3 SS   $0.50 EACH

 

KROGER:

ITEM SALE PRICE MQ FINAL PRICE
Ground chuck $1.78/lb   $1.78/lb
Kroger milk $1.75/gallon   $1.75/gal.
Kraft singles $1.69 $1/1 IP print 2 $0.69/pk
Daisy sour cream 16 oz $1.69 $0.55
5/31 RP
$0.69
Hot, lean, or croissant pockets $1.77 $0.50/1
5/17 SS
$0.77 each

So, that’s all that I’ll be picking up at Meijer and Kroger this week.  What deals did you find?

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