“What I Wish I Knew Before Couponing” is Available Now in the Amazon Store!

The book is here and for sale in the Kindle store! “What I Wish I Knew Before Couponing” is ready for sale and is only $2.99. In this 105-page edition you’ll learn the 55 money-costing mistakes all couponers make, but they’re not aware they’re making them! I’m guilty of these offenses, but hopefully by reading this book you won’t make them yourself.

Learn from the common and not-so-common mistakes, including:

• Organizing improperly
• Burning out
• Buying useless subscriptions
• Not using free apps that give you money for shopping
• …and more!

I want to thank everyone for purchasing my first book “How to Coupon: One Cheap Utah Chick’s Guide to Getting Started” and hope you all will enjoy this one too!

Right now it’s only available on Kindle, but next week it will publish to Barnes & Noble Nook, Apple iBookstore, and as a PDF online! You don’t need a Kindle to read this right now though. You can access the Kindle app from a variety of devices (including the iPhone!) by clicking here.

Couponing Myths: Low Value Coupons Aren’t Worth the Time (Myth 2)

A lot of shoppers skip over the low value coupons — $0.25, $0.50, etc. They assume that since they only shave off a quarter (or two) they’re not worth the time to clip and use. This couponing myth is easily debunked. Why? Because when you pair those low value coupons with the right sale, you can get products fairly cheap — sometimes free.

For example, Pampers releases a $0.50/1 Pampers Wipes coupon a few times per year (in the Proctor & Gamble insert). The cheapest I can find wipes (regular price) is $1.97 at Walmart. So when you use that coupon, it doesn’t do much. But, when these same wipes go on sale at Smith’s (usually in their Buy 10, Save $10 sale), they’re $0.99 each. With that coupon I get baby wipes for $0.49!

If it’s a product you’ll use and need, clip those low value coupons. While they may not dent a regular-priced item, they sure make a difference come sale time.

See more from this series:

Couponing Myths: Stores Lose Money by Accepting Coupons (Myth 1)

Get a Copy of “How to Coupon: One Cheap Utah Chick’s Guide to Getting Started” for $0.99 this Week ONLY!

This week only you can get a copy of “How to Coupon: One Cheap Utah Chick’s Guide to Getting Started” for just $0.99. This is an introductory rate that ends 8/16/2013! So get your copy today. What’s inside?

This quick read offers you insider couponing tips to get started, including:

• Where to find coupons
• How to organize coupons
• Coupon terminology
• Store policies and guides
• Tips for saving even more
• …and insider tips from a real-life couponer

This guide has everything you need to start couponing today. You can implement these techniques and save now.

Soon to come, “What I Wish I Knew Before Couponing: Common Couponing Mistakes Every Shopper Needs to Know”. Expected to release 8/16/2013! This follow up will discuss the common errors beginners and experts make and how to avoid them. Additional saving tips and info are also included so that you can go from the average couponer to the best couponer. 

Get your copy of “How to Coupon: One Cheap Utah Chick’s Guide to Getting Started” today on Amazon here.

*Freebie Alert* Bird’s Eye Recipe Ready at Walmart

The coupon has reset, but you better hurry and print (before the other couponers get them all!). At Walmart you’ll likely see these for $1 to $1.28 each. If they’re $1, you get them for free!

I like the onions — add them straight to recipes, like omelets — but there area few others that work well too.

Birds Eye Recipe Ready: As low as $1.00

Use: $1/1 Birds Eye Recipe Ready Coupon

OOP: As low as FREE!

(Thanks WallyWorldWoman!)

 

Follow Your Blogs in One Spot!

I love following cooking, couponing and frugal blogs. But, I used to follow one at a time (how archaic I know). But, I stumbled across Bloglovin. It feeds all of the blogs for you without having to deal with an old school feed reader! I love it. If you want to follow OneCheapUtahChick on Bloglovin, just click here and add me!

*High Value Coupon* $2/1 Woolite!

Great find if you act fast (no idea how many prints they will keep around). $2/1 Woolite. When the right sale comes around you can probably snag these for $1 or less! So print now, snag later! I was able to print twice using two computers — so do the same!

(Thanks for heads up and pic Hip2Save!)

Walmart 8/7/2013 – Free Pens for Back to School and Oral Care!

I went to Walmart today and stocked up on a few freebies and price matched a few others. But, one nice thing was getting three packs of pens for free and two more Reach flosses for free!  Both are priced at $0.97 regular retail. So if you have the $1 off Reach Coupon available here and the $1/1 BIC Stationary from the paper, you’re ready to get as many as you can for free.

Smith’s Grocery 8/3/2013: Killer Deals on Cereal, Mouthwash and Shaving Cream!

Smith’s Grocery is having their What a Deal Promo going where you buy 5 participating products and receive $5 off.  I found some good deals this go around, including free shaving cream, cheap cereal and cheap mouthwash.

I found some Crest Pro Health mouthwash on sale for $2.99. Used the $1.50/1 Smith’s eCoupon and got the mouthwash for $1.49 and it’s the larger size — not that itty bitty one, so this is a killer deal.

 

 

Vanilla Chex are part of the same promo for $1.99. If you lucked out and snagged the $1.00/1 Vanilla Chex

coupons while they were out, you can get some Vanilla Chex for $0.99 per box. I had three coupons, so I used all three. My kids love cereal.

 

Then, I got some shaving cream for free! Gilette Series Pro Fusion Shaving Cream is part of the sale deal for $1.99, but I had a coupon for $2/1 Gilette Shave Prep making them free. I had two coupons, so I snatched up two shaving creams.

So for mouthwash, two shaving creams and three boxes of cereal I only paid $4.46.

Walmart 8/2/2013 – Free Reach Floss and Face Wash!

Today I headed over to Walmart. I rarely shop there unless it’s to price match or get free stuff. Their everyday “low price” is a joke to me. Any who, I scored some free Reach Floss and Neutrogena Face Wash plus overages. What did I use the overage for? Baseball card holders! No, I am not a collector — they go in my coupon binder. Since I’ve yet to see coupons or offers on those, I often go to Walmart to generate overage for them.

Here’s what I did:

(2) Reach Floss, $0.97 each
Used (2) $1/1 any Reach Dental Floss

(2) Trial-Size Neutrogena Face Washes, $0.97 each
Used (1) $3.50/2 Neutrogena Acne, Cleansing or Facial Moisture Treatment Product coupon found in the 7/28 SS (limit 1 coupon per person)

(1) Trading Card Page, $3.47 each

Total before coupons: $7.35

Total OOP (after coupons): $2.34

Yes, the floss and face washes were FREE! My saving percentage isn’t the greatest, but I got something I needed for cheaper than I’d pay retail. Besides, what’s the point of using overages on things like gum and candy, which you can get for free when the right sale + coupon come along?

The Walmart in Centerville has these, but they’re almost out of the face wash. I think there were two or three left in the basket after I picked out mine.

Soon to come, a post about what you should NEVER pay for at the store.

New Smith’s Member Coupons!

If you’re a Smith’s card holder, you were probably as devastated as I was when they took away the dollar rewards coupons. While they took those away, there are still member coupons you’ll receive in the mail that are typically for products you buy the most. I got some today and even better I got a coupon for a free dozen eggs! Yay! Check your mail and see what you got. You might be surprised to find some free coupons too.

I also found a $1.50 of THREE boxes of General Mills cereals — which we certainly buy plenty of and some produce coupons that will come in handy.

I still miss those dollar off rewards toward my next purchase, but oh well, I guess that’s what I have Catalinas for, right?