couponing – Bless Your Heart

Organizing your coupon binder can be a daunting task. I needed some help with the categories so I asked Susan for her help. CSP chimed in too. I made a title page for the Food and Non Food pages and listed the categories so it would be easy to find a coupon in a flash. I don’t know why my pages are showing up yellow, they are white. Must be the lighting. Anyway, CSP helped me kind of order the categories by the way the stores are normally laid out.

Here are the categories I used:

Non Foods–

Paper Goods
Laundry – Dish- Cleaning
Household
Medicines & Vitamins
Beauty
Hair
Bath & Body
Oral Care
Pugs

Food-

Dairy
Frozen
Condiments & Salad Dressing
Canned Veggies & Fruit
Pasta & Rice
Breakfast
Baking
Spices & Sauces
Snacks
Drinks
Sandwich Stuff
Soup
Meat

Some of the categories are a little vague but it lets me put things in a broad category like Household where I put candles. I am really liking this system!

After being inspired by Couponing to Disney I made a list of some of the products we use that I love. Then I sent emails to the companies praising their products but NOT asking for coupons. I received an envelope full of coupons from Dial last week and today I received a booklet of coupons from SC Johnson because I wrote to Glade about their Spring candles. LOTS of good ones too! So if you’re looking to build your stash of coupons I highly suggest writing to some of the companies whose products you use on a regular basis. I mean look- one email made me almost $20! More than that actually because our grocery stores double up to 98 cents. Word. Oh, and if you’re thinking “OMG I don’t have time to write a million emails”…don’t! Just write one. Then save it somewhere, copy and paste, and change some details. Basically here’s what I wrote to Glade: ” Hi! I just wanted to take a moment to let you know how much I enjoy the Spring Sparkle Glade candles. The lime scent is so fresh and clean smelling! My husband, who normally doesn’t care what kind of candles I burn, even loves these and has remarked how good the house smells. I know the Spring Sparkle is a seasonal scent but please consider making it part of your permanent line. Thank you for making such a quality product at an affordable price! Sincerely, Shanny & CSP”. That’s it. Like 4 sentences. Took 2 minutes tops. Made almost $10 a minute!