Holidays!

First of all, would like to wish everyone a very Happy Easter! It came to my attention earlier today that I should post a few little side notes on couponing and holidays and how the two can intermingle or affect one another. (This is for the newbies out there--experienced couponers may see all of this as common sense, but I digress..) 

1. It is a pretty commonly known thing that there are generally NO coupon inserts in the Sunday papers around a holiday. Even if the holiday falls on a Friday, Saturday, or Monday, a lot of times there won't be any coupons if the holiday falls near any of those days. 
Here's what you CAN do during those "off-weeks":
-Use the time to clean out your coupon binder.
-Scout out deals for the next week with the new store ads.
-Use one of the many coupon-clipping services online to order specific coupons you may need for the next week. 
(www.thecouponclippers.com , www.couponbeat.com ,etc.)
-Relax! Spend time with your family! 

2. With big holidays, come big sales. Watch out for special 1 or 2 day sales, and especially holiday clearance after the holidays are all over and done with. Clearance+Coupons=Cheap cheap cheap!
Even FREE! So, good thing to watch out for, especially at stores like Target who let you stack coupons, or KMART who will double $1 coupons after you spend $25. 

3. You can use couponing for generally anything from stocking up, to surviving solely off of it. If you're "that good", you can use couponing as a way to get your holiday needs for as much as 50-75% off! 
Ex: Black Friday! Last year I went to Walmart and was able to get a Wii Consule for $89, and two 32" LCD flat screens for $138 ea.
I was able to get a NICE griddle for only $10 and many of the kids' toys for super cheap. For Easter this year, I went to KMart a few days before, and used up several of my Easter candy coupons. I was able to walk out of the store with $50-$60 worth of candy for like $19. Many of the coupons were "$1/2 bags". If I had taken those coupons to any other store, $1/2 would have meant only $.50c off each bag, because no other stores double $1 coupons. My first transaction had to meet a $25 requirement, so after obtaining $26 of merchandise, I went to the register with $10 in coupons after they were doubled, and brought my total down to $16 then used a $5 catalina coupon from my last trip to the store. Kmart constantly prints special offers and coupons with each receipt, it completely makes it worth the trip!

Hopefully these tips come in handy for your holiday couponing! Feel free to send us questions to our Facebook page! Happy couponing!