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Hooked on Phonics has their Learn on the Go 4 pack on sale for $18.95. After you put it in your cart add the promotional code HOP50 and it will take 50% off and give you FREE shipping. With tax it ended up costing me $10.08 vs. the $39.95 retail price. Thanks to PYP for this great birthday gift for my soon to be 3 year old.

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Neighbor Gift Ideas

One of the reasons I buy "extras" throughout the year is to plan ahead for gifts. I have bought birthday presents, neighbor gifts, baby shower gifts, wedding shower gifts, and so many more gifts for less by using coupons. With Christmas right around the corner I thought we would compile a list of items that are on sale this week to use for neighbor gifts!

• At my Smith's Sprite was on sale for .79 and when you bought 4 of them you got one for FREE. They also had hanging tags on them for $1/2. Each Sprite ended up costing me .23!!! I am going to give them to my husband to take to his co-workers (whom I have never met) and put hanging tags on them that say, "We wish you a Merry and SPRITE Christmas". Another idea was to tie a roll of Scotch tape at the top and hang a tag that reads, ""Holidays can be stressful. Sit down and have a scotch and soda!"
• A package of Hostess Donuts are on sale at Smith's for $1.67. Add this saying on to a little card and you have a cute gift for a close friend, "Donut" you know we love you??? Have a happy Holiday!"
• Progresso Soups are on sale for .63 cents at Smith's this week. Grab a couple of soup bowls from Tai Pan Trading (I love these and always buy a couple extras with gifts in mind. I think they cost me $1.25 and they come in a couple different colors. And did you know they opened a store in the University Mall!) I put the soup in the bowl, wrapped it up in clear cellophane tie a bow on it and Viola....you have a great teacher gift! If you feel like you need a little more...add a box of Ritz crackers for .99 cents at Smith's this week.
• Freschetta Pizzas are on sale for $2.87 after coupon at Smith's. Add a tag that reads, "Warm up to a wonderful Holiday Season "Topped" with Christmas cheer!" and you have another gift off your list.
• Smith's has cream cheese on sale for .88 cents and Ritz crackers on sale for .99. Whip up a Cheese Ball and some Crackers and say, "We don't mean to sound "Cheesey", we just hope you have a "Ball" this Holiday Season! Or "Spread a little Christmas Cheer this Holiday Season!", or "Have a "ritzy" Christmas season and "spread" around the joy!". Last year when we received one of these from my husbands aunt she added these adorable chocolate covered mice on the plate. Can I tell you how cute it looked!
• A 12 pack of Dad's root beer is on sale for $1.67 at Fresh Market. Add, "We're "Root"ing for you to have a Happy Holiday Season and a Wonderful New Year!" and you've got another GREAT neighbor gift idea.
• Brownie mixes are only .48 after coupon at Fresh Market. Add, "Whip up this mix for a wonderful holiday fix! Wishing you a "rich" Holiday Season!!" or maybe "Christmas is Jolly, Christmas is sweet. I’m stressed out so make your own darn treat!" or maybe even "We're trying for BROWNIE POINTS this season!" Consider adding a wooden spoon for the $ store for an extra touch.
• Macey's has the Rhodes Warm and Serve rolls on sale for .88 cents after coupons. Use, "Here's a little holiday treat. Rise and bake, it can't be beat! Warm fresh rolls just for you. Top with butter that's all you do! Warm Holiday Greetings to you" and you have another person off your list.
• Reams has light bulbs on sale for .99 cents. Add, ""Have a bright and radiant Christmas" to the package.
• Krazy Coupon Lady gave a great scenario for how to score wrapping paper for only .49 from Hallmark. I was able to score 4 rolls. Put a little card on them that says, "Wrap" yourself up in a wonderful holiday season!". It seems like last minute people are always a little short on wrapping paper on Christmas Eve. I am going to add a scripture that says, "And they found him WRAPPED in swaddling clothes in a manger." on my rolls.
• Utah Deal Diva found dessert sized paper plates for FREE at Winco. Add a tag that reds, "Don’t let your dishes pile up this busy holiday season. Let our family ‘do the dishes’ this week! Merry Christmas!"
• Chex Mix is on sale or only .49 cents after coupon at Walgreens. Wrap a bow around the package and slip in a tag that reads, "Santa ‘chex‘ his list twice to see who’s been naughty or nice. So be good for goodness sake!". Also consider trying one of the homemade chex mix recipes that I showed you.

This list should help you get started, but be on the lookout for more to come soon!

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Coupons in Sunday's Paper

In Sunday's Daily Herald newspaper I received:

1 SS Insert
1 RP Insert


In the SLT/DMN newspaper you should have received:

1 SS insert

To read about how the Red Plum coupons are distributed click here!

To start your newspaper coupons right away, learn about the awesome newspaper deal we can get you here.

Just a suggestion, we recommend holding on to the stores weekly ads for the week in case we find deals that require price matching. Want to know how to keep these ad's organized, check out our post here.

*If you ordered the paper and you didn't receive your paper or didn't get the correct number of papers please call the newspaper company first and let them know. Their numbers are on the left side of the blog. Occasionally if you are new to a route your carrier may miss your home. The newspaper companies are super easy to work with and will make sure your papers are delivered.

Online Coupons Reset

It is the first of the month, so you know what that means! The online coupons, Group A-Group C have reset. Some of my favorites were $1/2lbs of any cheese, $1.50/1 Box of Wheatables, $1/1 Muir Glen. Here are some tips about online or Internet printable coupons:

The IPS

• Manufactures set limits on the amounts of coupons printed. When the limit is reached they pull their coupons off. That means occasionally you will go the print a coupon and it will be gone unless you printed it off at the beginning.


• This is even more important toward the end of a month. Coupons group A-C are reset at the first of the month, so on the FIRST, when the coupons reset, they start out at zero.


• Sometimes manufactures will reset their coupons after the limit is reached, but don't count on it. Just consider yourself lucky if they do.


• I know some people are having problems with IPS. I wish I could help out in that area, but I am not tech savvy enough. I have heard that switching browsers can help. Example: On Internet Explorer and they won't print try Fire Fox or vice virsa. Another great resource is pinching your pennies. They have an entire forum to troubleshooting your IPS.

Some questions to commonly asked IP questions answered:

• Where are online coupons located? All over! You can see over the the left hand side of this there are online coupons, group A-Singles . You can also find coupons on manufactures websites, you can receive them via-email and sometimes websites will give them to you after you join their mailing lists or take a survey for them. When the Grocery Smarts lists are up you will see links that take you to online coupons. The best part about those lists are that if there are coupons online, they are on the lists. You will never have to search for coupons for items on the list yourself! Grocery Smarts lists do all the work for you.
  
• "Are IP'S worth it? It seems like a lot of paper and ink to be wasting." My answer is it depends. I think after you have a couple months worth of newspaper coupons its hit and miss. I only print ones of that make things close to FREE or if it is something I really like or know I will need. You'll never catch me printing of cereal coupons or toothpaste coupons. That is because I have DOZENS of them from my newspaper.


• Now, if you are staring out and only have a few coupons from the paper on the list then I definitely recommend using IPS to maximize your savings. My sister in law started out and only had a weeks worth of coupons, but wanted to start saving right away, so she maximized her coupons by using IPS. She told me her husband was frustrated by all the paper in ink she was using, but after she shopped she had saved over $50. That paper and ink WAY over paid for itself. IP'S are a great way of subsidizing newspaper coupons, but not a great substitute! Newspaper coupons will benefit you way more in the the long end.


• "How long do IP'S last". IPS have expiration dates on them the same way other coupons do. Most times they expire WAY faster than the ones in the paper. That's why I only print the ones off from the list that week. Otherwise they tend to expire before I have a chance to use them.


• "Can we print them off in black and white?" It depends on your store. Some stores will take black and white, some will not. Be sure to ask if you are planning on trying black and white. There reason behind that is they are trying to protect themselves from illegal photocopied coupons.


• Do all stores take IP's and the answer is no. Not all stores do take IPS. I do know that Albertsons and Smiths DO and as of August first Associated Foods started accepting IP's again. My suggestion with other stores is call ahead and ask if you are planning on using them on your shopping trip.

Also don't forget the two IP's per HOUSEHOLD rule! Have fun printing!