Archive for May, 2009

We suggest a Krazy Coupon Lady subscribe to 4-6 copies of the Sunday paper in order to gain enough coupons to create a stockpile. Read more about finding the best deal for subscriptions in your area: UT or Eastern ID HERE, Treasure Valley HERE,

My Grandmother clips coupons; she always has. She pulls the inserts from her Sunday paper and clips the coupons she wants, then uses them the following week, just like the manufacturer likes. My Grandma is a coupon lady. . . Fast forward a few generations: I am a Krazy Coupon Lady. Extreme coupon moms like me get multiple copies of the Sunday paper, clip all the coupons and use them only in conjunction with store sales. I think it’s safe to say I use at most, 1% of the “tree-chopping” paper out of my 10 Sunday newspaper subscriptions. Of course I recycle, but I still hate ALL that waste! I’ve spent this past month finding ways to creatively put that excess waste to good use!

Gardening:
• Peat Pots: Want to get a jump on the season and get your seeds in the soil, but you’re afraid of a late spring frost? Plant your seeds in economical peat pots made of newspaper. All you’ll need is an empty metal can and potting soil. Read step by step instructions HERE.
• Slow Ripen tomatoes: Have a tomato that isn’t quite ripe? Wrap it in a few sheets of newspaper and store it in an airtight container in a dark cupboard for a few days. It’ll ripen right up! I was amazed at how well this worked!
• Mulch: dampen sheets of newspaper and lay them in your unplanted garden sections. Cover with wood bark so they don’t blow away. The newspaper will retain moisture and suffocate out the weeds underneath!

Cleaning and Deodorizing:
• Cleaning Windows: Forget paper towels! Clean your windows with newspaper. “Streak free shine. . . you know how often. . .”
• Damp Shoes: Shoes wet from yard work or fresh out of the washing machine? Stuff newspaper inside the toes and it will absorb the moisture!
• In the Fridge: Line your vegetable drawers with newspaper (I cover with one paper towel) to absorb moisture and keep things smelling fresh.
• Absorb the grease: when frying tortillas, or grilling bacon, I put a few sheets of newspaper under the paper towel to absorb more of that icky fat that my hips DON’T NEED!

Donate:
• Local Vet or Animal Shelter
• Neighbor or family member who doesn’t get the paper

Crafts, just call me ‘Martha’:
I’m not particularly crafty by nature. I had to force myself to find a newspaper craft project. Though I thought hard {insert deep sarcasm} about creating a paper maché
cornucopia masterpiece and decorating it with sugared dates and winter flora. . . . . I decided to choose something simple I could do with my kids instead. We made maracas! My little ones relished the opportunity to make a huge mess and we had a lot of fun during the makin’ and then later while shakin’! To make your own: Blow up small balloons, then cover with newspaper strips dipped in flour and water paper maché mixture. Dry. Pop the balloons once dry, put in some beans or pebbles, then insert an old pencil and apply second coat of paper maché newspaper strips to the balloon and pencil handle. Dry, then decorate. Voila!

Here is 1 Scenario Idea using this $5 off $25

BUY 2- Maybelline Cosmetics B1G1
( I love their matte foundation and pressed powder!)
Buy 2, Get a $3 SCR (go here for more info)

BUY1 Johnson & Johnson First Aid Kit $14.99
Buy 1, Get a $5 SCR
Use the $1/1 from 2/8 or 5/17

BUY 2 Hawaiian Tropic Suncare B1G1
Buy 2, Use 2 $2/1 IE or FF

Final Price should be around $10 after all coupons, rebates and the $5 off Rite Aid Coupon

Okay I want to hear from any of our readers who shop CVS!! Should we start doing matchups??
Anyone?

Well- I know Joanie is still in California visiting her family and has a CVS nearby, so Joanie this is for you!!

BUY 2 Neutrogena Suncare Products
Receive a $10 ECB (like RR)
Great right? Well, the 1 oz Sunscreens are triggering this ECB and they are only $1.99 each!
So spend $3.98, receive $10 ECB

If you are by a CVS- hurry to take advantage of this deal, it may not last all week!
If you go and try it out, Let us know!

Thanks Southern Savers!

My husband and I just got back from a weekend getaway- to celebrate our 5 year anniversary! It was excellent!! I loved a couple days away from real life, kids, computers, coupons, and dishes! I am happy to be back though, I missed KCL! Also, I see that I missed a very lively discussion about coupon ethics and double coupons and I thought I would weigh in.

First of all, I live in Emmett. There is 1 Albertson’s in Emmett, and it’s really the only grocery store in town. (There is a Family Dollar, Dollar Tree and Kings) With that being said, I can’t split my transactions between 3 different stores. I do all of my Albertson’s transactions at this location. Because there is only 1 Albertson’s to shop at, I am very careful to keep my checkers happy. When you only have 1 location you frequent, you get to know all the checkers very well. I know who gets stressed out by even 1 coupon, who loves to watch the savings, who doesn’t mind doing a few transactions in a row- and so forth.

I am not a shelf clearer, but like Joanie, if there are only 3 items left on the shelf and I need three, I take them.

If I ever go to Albertson’s with Double Coupons at peak hours, I only do one transaction at a time.

Listen Ladies, it’s not worth any of our time, energy or brain power to get upset at other couponers. All we can do is follow the rules ourselves, offer our opinion to newbies and hope they do the same. There will always be couponers who don’t think about other people, who buy 15 hefty bags in one visit and who frustrate our checkers. Just make up for their bad behavior with your good behavior. And remember, We have all made Rookie Mistakes. I remember when I first started couponing I didn’t even think about shopping at off peak hours. In fact I remember being at Albertsons at like 5:00 pm with a cart FULL of stuff, and coupons to go with each item. THAT’S LIKE COUPON SIN #1. But I didn’t even realize this was rude. There is a learning curve to this.. Let’s all try to be patient while others are learning the ropes.