Dear Diary,
It has been 13 days since I have committed to couponing....
So I went on my shop Friday, with Patience and I got some awesome deals! We didn't get back to my house until 8pm and I had 2 of my 3 sons with me. They helped to bring the loot up and were excited to help put it all away. I was too tired to set it all up and take pics for you this time and I haven't done the breakdown. I got the almighty ink and alot of misc. items as well as a few birthday presents for the youngest, whose birthday was yesterday. On Saturday, I got the Bounty $5.00 off coupon in the mail. It's the first thing that has arrived since I began signing up for the mailed coupons and samples. I cant wait to use it! I'm encouraged and think I will take a few mins today to email some of the companies that have products I use frequently. Maybe I can get more.
Yesterday was also "Sunday paper day" and I was out to get 4 copies at 4:30 am. Glorious Proctor & Gamble inserts were to be had! "These are the HOLY GRAIL of coupon inserts." P&G are highly coveted because they are only released once a month and contain coupons with a high money value. I had them all clipped and put them in their place in my binder by 9:30 am. I talked to my Mom when she called to wish Owen a happy birthday and she asked me what I won. "Whattaya mean, what'd I win??" I was behooved until she explained she saw a post on my wall from one of the Facebook pages I frequent. I headed right over to my profile and could not for the life of me, find that damn post. Mom told me which page to go look at, and I finally found it. Apparently I won a prize when I made a post on Coupon Trader's wall. I answered a question... "tell me what your favorite memory of the 4th of july is" with "When I was young, my parents had a cabin cruiser type boat and I remember mooring the boat just off-shore on the coast of Maine and watching the fireworks from the water. It was AMAZING and I have never forgotten it." I was offered coupons or a surprise and I chose surprise. I cant wait to see what I get! (If you are reading and decide to visit Coupon Traders let her know I sent you.)
Later in the day I scoured the online ad's then made lists and put the reward receipts with the coupons in their separate envies. I'm so ready to go shopping again! After I dropped my boys off at their Dad's, I went and visited with some good friends that I seldom get to see. What did we talk about? COUPONS!! Amy, Licia, Julie and I all talked about my adventures and they saw how enthusiastic I am over it all. Licia made me jealous when she told me she gets to keep all the inserts from the leftover Sunday papers at the store she manages. "Lucky Bitch!" Amy seemed most interested tho... "Tell me ALL about it" she said, and we chatted about it more. She lives just a half hour from me, so I am going to go to her house someday soon and help her get started. I told her how she needs to start getting the inserts in multiples and get all the reward cards she needs. I advised her to sign up for every coupon printing site so she could really get her coupon stash going with the printables. I'm excited to share with her and try to enable her to also begin saving money. They invited me to stay for supper so I enjoyed a wonderful meal with Julie, Ben, Johannah and Amy. After we ate, I bid everyone Adieu and drove the hour home. It was a long day and I was BEAT so I checked Facebook and went straight to bed. I barely heard the phone ring when my boyfriend AJ called and I was passed out so hard that I didn't even know I had missed a call from Patience until I checked my phone this morning. Sam told me that he knew I was exhausted last night because he could hear me snoring. LOL
Today i plan on cutting out all the printables I have. "There has to be 100 coupons here." I must be precise so that they fit into the slots right. I will take my time with them. My binder is filling up fast. I never realized how many products there really are. I have already used up most of the 35 nine slot pages I initially bought and may have to go back to Walmart for another package already. Either that or order some online with different size pockets, so I guess I should look into that. I also need to call Amy. I really want to help her get started with printing today. I am excited to get her going, but it's early yet so I will wait and clip out all the printables I have before ringing her up.
