Penny Seeds

I was reading Money Ning recently, and they had an article on ‘The coupon Lady‘. Now, my mom was a massive bargain shopper. She took Winn Dixie for everything they had on triple coupon day. However, this lead her to purchase a lot of items we normally would not need just because they were on sale.

Don’t let this make you afraid to take advantage of a good deal though. Make a plan before you go, and don’t buy what you don’t need! It’s not a good deal if it goes to waste. While you probably don’t want to buy large quantities of fresh produce other items may be a good idea. Frozen foods, paper goods, and canned items that you know you’ll use namely. Often times you can get better deals buying these items in larger quantities, and you have plenty of time to use them before they’ll go bad.

If you don’t have time to clip coupons from papers, or they don’t have what you want inside there are other options. The internet is by far the most impressive tool I’ve ever come across for my day to day life. While many argue I need to see more sunlight, (that’s what laptops are for!) it’s really true that you can find pretty much anything you want on Google these days. Deals, savings, and coupons are no exception.

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A coupon worth fifty cents may not seem like a lot, but those pennies add up believe it or not! I can remember going to Winn Dixie with my mother back when they had those triple coupon deals. The store manager could never figure out how he ended up owing her money. She’d pull out her coupon file, and always manage to make off like a bandit at any store she went to.

There’s plenty coupons available locally in newspapers, salepapers, in the stores, and on similar products. Though you can also get plenty savings online through different coupon websites! These can be printed off right from your printer, and brought with you. I always do a ‘coupon code search’ before I purchase anything, because there’s bound to be savings! I bought a beautiful Christmas tree at Joann crafts on sale, and got additional money off from a promotion. My friend’s mother wanted me to open her a stock account, and I found her a promotion that gave you $50 for free!

Eversave is a great coupon website for you to start with. They don’t require any registration or personal information from you either. Their page show cases the coupons they have available for you. Just check the boxes next to the ones you want, and print them out!

On my visit I found coupons for $0.60 cents off Pillsubry pie crust, $.60 cents off Pilsbury rolls or bread, $0.55 off Land O Lakes butters, $1 off Honey Suckle frozen turkeys, and $1 off Chex cereal! At the time of writing the featured coupon section has 10 pages so there’s lots more coupons available for you to use. There’s over $15 just in coupons you could use on your Thanksgiving table; plus more stuff too. There’s plenty other coupon sites too! How about some of these?

wow-coupons.com
family.go.com
afullcup.com

Omaha Steaks is offering 50% off an entire thanksgiving dinner just for clicking this link. If you’re a fan of their stuff you can get their dinner package featuring a 10 lb. turkey, 2x 12 oz green bean cassaroles, x2 14 oz scalloped potatoes, and x6 4 oz caramel apple tartlets! All of it for $69.99 as oppose to their normal price of $139.00. There are similar pre-made dinners locally available at places like Publix for cheaper. It’s a good option if you can’t do much of the cooking yourself. We did this several years at my house when I was younger. My mother’s poor health kept her from doing much cooking work, and this was a real life saver for us.

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Probably the best way to save money is by making your own stuff though. Pre-made items are more expensive for the labor put into them, and if you make your own then you can keep that money for yourself. My family would always make home made turkey dumplings for Thanksgiving every year. They are always delicious, and you know what else? They’re cheap to make!

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