Saturday's Coupon 101 & 102 class

Good Monday Morning all. Vicki and I attended a coupon class by DivineDealDiva.com. Sharp young woman who has been couponning for 14 years! Check out her site, she is from Orlando area so is one of us Floridians. A lot of the stuff she went over, we already knew, but we did pick up some things. WD is coming out with a new coupon policy in October, we will tell you where to get a copy when it comes out. However..WD will still not honor competitors coupons, but they do honor Walgreens register rewards....whoo hoo, that's pretty awesome. On the WD create a meal deals where you buy the first thing and get 4 other things for free...there was confusion on whether we could use coupons on all 5 items...yes you can, however, something in their system won't accept it and it will require a manager override, so don't get nervous, it's procedure. Also WD accepts those catalina coupons from Walgreens & CVS that say "manufacturer" on them. Bogos at WD, I wouldn't waste my time if you have a bogo coupon on a bogo sale. They suggest that you get 4 items and you will be paying for 1 of those items.....no double bogo free stuff. I would save those for Publix. She suggests printing your web coupons as early on Sunday mornings as you can, including your Target coupons. She said they reach print limit on some of them pretty fast, you don't want to miss out. Target & Walmart do honor sales from other stores if it's a listed price sale...not a % off sale. Target requires you to do these at the customer service desk. She claims if we are not shopping Walmart, we are really missing some good deals. This young woman takes her notebook shopping with her every time. Her method is...alpha and she has a slotted pocket in the front of the notebook that when she pulls her coupons as she gets each item, they go right in there to be ready for check out. It seems to work very well for her, she saved $15,000 last year and she is almost at $10,000 for this year so far! She also claims that Kohls and Beals bucks will be honored at the stores for up to 30 days after they expire...that's pretty interesting to know, I've thrown away several of those expired! She also claims you can stack offers and %off deals at Kohls. I have done that on my daughter's back to college clothes, so I know first hand that it works there. Target constantly has web printable coupons on clothing....which I believe all their summer stuff is marked down to next to nothing right now, you can score some really good deals. Right now at Walmart you can pick up free band aids and trial size cascade for .9...We have coupons for $1 off cascade and the trial size is $1.09! Sign up on her site, Vicki and I both feel that it will be a wealth of information for us, she also does the coupon match ups for us each week. She also has all the store coupon policies available on her site, print them out and carry them in your notebook...that way if you happen to get one of those check out people who won't honor your coupon, you have the means to "show" them what their coupon policy actually says. I know this is lots of info, but I had to share it before I forgot.....okay, that's it for now, get out there and get some free stuff. Don't forget, anything you get for free and don't need...can be donated! Happy shopping folks! RG