Queen Bee's Guide to Couponing: Part 2

So by now all of you have read Queen Bee's Guide to Couponing: Part 1.  Also you have your list made and have your store flyer for this week.   Well, I'll just pretend you have finished your homework! Now you don't want to pay full price for the items on your list do you?  Well you will need some of these:

Yes, I just shared with you my stash of wonderful coupons.

Coupons come from many places.  One is the Sunday newspaper. Others come from Internet websites. Here are some popular ones:
www.coupons.com
www.couponnetwork.com
www.everydaysaver.com
www.smartsource.com
www.savingstar.com - this links coupons directly to your club card and the savings go into an account. There is no printing. Just clicking!
www.redplum.com
www.bettycrocker.com
www.kelloggs.com
http://www.campbellskitchen.com/Coupon.aspx

Check to see if any coupons from these sites match up with any sales listed in the flyer or on your grocery list. You may want to add items to your list that match up with the coupons if it is a great deal. This will help you fill your pantry! The goal is to buy the items at the cheapest price possible. 

Now I will say printing coupons can get expensive. Think of all that ink and paper. So please print the ones that you know you are going to use or think you will use in the near future. 
Most internet sites only allow you to print 2 coupons per computer.

 So let's see how this works. Here is one deal at my local Weis Markets this week.

Pizza sauce anyone? This sale is listed on the back page of the Weis Markets circular this week.  If you buy $12.00 of certain items they will take $3.00 off instantly.  Each of these jars retails for $1.59 each. They are on sale this week for $1.00 a jar.  I was able to purchase them for just $0.23 cents each.  So how did I do this?  Most people read the line "buy $12.00 and get $3.00 off instantly" and think that the $12.00 is based on the price listed in the flyer. But at my Weis Markets it is based on the non-sale shelf price. Meaning I did not have to buy 12 jars to meet the $12.00 total. I only had to buy 8. Next, I looked through my coupons to see if I had any coupons for Prego sauces. Indeed I did.  I had several "save $0.40 off of 2" coupons that were in a recent Sunday paper. Since I bought 8 jars, I used 4 of these coupons.  So here is how the transaction broke down.

Buy 8 jars of Prego Pizza Sauce @ $1.00 each=$8.00
                                                                         -$3.00 off instantly 
                                                                         -$3.20 off in coupons
                                                                        (each coupons doubles to $0.80)
                                                                         = total price of $1.80 for all 8


For the deal listed above please check your Weis circular to see if this sale is in your area as you may be living far away from me! Also please know your stores coupon policy. Some stores may not double coupons or may not fully double them. For the deal listed above, hand your club card to the cashier at the end of the transacation. This assures you will meet the $12.00 limit. Also only one deal per transaction so if you want to do this twice split the orders up. That is what that lovely plastic stick at the checkout is used for.  Some deals you will find require you to print more than one coupon. Most sites only allow two of the same coupons to print per computer so if you do not have access to more than one computer check other sites to see if they have a similar coupon.

So what good deals can you find by combining the store sales with the coupons from the internet sites listed above?  Again, I will give you some time to accomplish this!