You might be wondering if you have the personality type to become a successful coupon shopper. The truth is, anyone can be a successful coupon shopper as long as you understand your personality type and craft a shopping trip around your individual traits and habits.
There are usually 2 types of coupon shoppers. The 1st is the newbie coupon shopper who is just learning how to use coupons and doesn’t quite understand the intricacies of being successful at the grocery store. The 2nd type of shopper, is the expert shopper. These people walk into the grocery store with a clear plan and vision and attack the store with great vigor. They don’t deviate from their list and generally they know all the products they are going to purchase before they even walk into the store and have grocery coupons to pair with the store discounts.
One of the best tips for the newbie coupon shopper is to plan your weekly meals around the protein that is on sale for that week. Usually, your grocery store will have a different protein on the front page of their circular each week and this protein will usually be at an excellent value. You have a couple of choices: you can either use the protein that’s on sale in all of your meals for the week (which can get kind of boring), or you can purchase enough of the discounted protein and freezer wrap it when you get home so that you can use it over the next 1 to 6 months.
Our family prefers to do the 2nd method as we don’t like to eat the same protein every day for a week. We have found the best way to keep our meets fresh is by utilizing a vacuum seal product which you can find at your local variety store. Sometimes, we will even pre-marinate our meats before we freeze them so all we have to do is take them out of the freezer, defrost them, and grill them up.
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If you want to be a successful coupon shopper then their are a few important rules you will have to adopt when you are at the grocery store:
Stock your pantry when the price is right – If you purchase in bulk when you find a good deal and pack your pantry full for 2 to 3 months then every time he you go to use that product it’s like you are buying it on sale over and over again. This is the secret to a successful coupon shopper and why they always have a large stockpile of goods that they have purchased at an extraordinary rate.
Be prepared to save – Having a super awesome grocery shopping trip doesn’t happen by accident. If you want to save a ton of money and pack your pantry full of those amazing deals then you’re going to have to spend some time before heading to the store to plan your shopping trip. The coupon experts will compare the weekly flyers with their grocery coupons they have clipped and also see if double coupons can be used to create the trifecta of savings.
The 2 tips mentioned above aren’t rocket science, but if you use them and practice them you will find that your shopping trips become more successful and less expensive.
My wife and I have already purchased a few of these to show off our babies. We get compliments on them all the time and really make a great addition to your home.
If you follow this link you will get $50 off your order, which will give you one 8 x 10 canvas for free. ($14.95 for shipping I think). If you have some pictures of your kids or a vacation photo that you have been wanting to blow up, then this might be your opportunity.
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I have been a member of the Home Depot Newsletter for about a year now and they provide a ton of helpful information, tutorials, and tips. Also, you will sometimes get special discounts that they only send out via email. It’s well worth signing up if you are doing any work on your house or yard.
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Until August 27th you can save $10 on your $40 purchase at Walgreens by using coupon code “SALE10″. This is only valid for online purchases.
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If you visit Downy’s facebook page you can receive a free sample of Downy UnStopables. They are giving out 2,000,000 so there should be plenty left if you go today. This is a new in-wash booster that claims to improve the smell of your clothes.
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Until the end of the month Restaurant.com is having an 80% off coupon when you use the coupon Code “TASTY”. This makes one of the $25 gift certificates only $2 and very affordable.
My wife and I use these restaurant coupons almost every month and make sure we stock up when they are this cheap. Last week we were able to get a babysitter for our twins and we went out on a date night that we normally wouldn’t be able to afford because of these coupons.
We rarely eat out now without using one of these or some sort of Groupon or Living Social coupon to make eating out more affordable.
Offer ends 8/31/2011 so make sure you get your restaurant coupons purchased before the end of the month.
