a few tips from a really lazy "couponer"

let's talk about couponing really quick

i used to be super into it.

like super duper.

and i really loved it.

we think it's lots of fun to find really awesome deals on stuff you'd already normally buy.

but now days with my baby and all the other things i want to invest my time into, i just shop the sales and use a few coupons here and there,

nothing too serious.

i still follow hip2save.com for awesome deals and that's where i find most of my stuff.

let's talk about target though.

they are sure upping their couponing competition!

examples:

hypotheticallly you could use ALL of the following in the same transaction (if they offered all these coupons at once)

manufacturer coupon.

target coupon. ( includes onine printed out coupons, shopkick app coupons, and mobile coupons)

cartwheel app coupon (takes like %5 off or something)

ibotta app coupon (puts money back into your paypal acct)

PLUS if you have a target red card you can use that and save another %5!

that is a lot of discounts in one transaction/for one item!!!!!!!!

i only do deals hip2save tells me to, it's the only smart way to do that.

i tried that cartwheel app a week ago, but don't know if it went through... but that's a really easy one i'll keep using i think.

i don't have a target red card and probably won't open one, we really like using our southwest one to FLY BACK TO ARIZONA!

but what i'm really trying to get at is this new ibotta app.

i used it tonight and GEE it's a lot of work!

BUT i'm going to at least use it for 5 different items because once you do that, they just give you $10 in your paypal account, how sweet is that???

why am i writing this?

to encourage you to do just those 5 items too and get $10, and because i like telling my friends how to get free money!

(not really free, you have to answer a few questions, then take a picture of your receipt and the barcode on the product for each "coupon" . like i said, too much work in my mind maybe? but i'll do 5 for $10).

i'm not sure what happens to me if you sign up with "my link" but here's the link to sign up!

good luck!!!

Casey Post #6 Birthday Freebies Begin

Birthday celebration kind of begins!!! So Kimber and I used 2 coupons yesterday and she will probably get mad at me for posting this because I know how she loves to state everything that is going on. BUT…. We went to Tucano’s Brazillian Grill yesterday because they give out a free coupon for a meal during your birthday month. I tell you what it is the best ever!!! I love the Grilled pineapple and spicy wings the most! We also were able to go to Buffalo Wild Wings and get a free dessert, which was super tasty. I printed out a few hundred free things to go do during the week and until the coupons expire. Ok it wasn’t a hundred, but there are a lot of them and they are mostly all desserts so I kind of Love it! Anyways so the birthday freebies have begun and I actually think it is one of the best things about having a birthday!

giveaway below

SOUTHWEST DEALS!!!

go check out the southwest deals right now!

they've got some sweet deals

$30, $60, $90 flights through february!

(phoenix to/from salt lake is $60!
idiana/iowa to/from salt lake is $90! come visit me friends!!!!!)

this offer ends today so go get some tickets and have fiun/surprise family!!

couponing with the savvy shopper!

This Picture makes me so happy!

as you can tell from my way too huge of a smile face that makes me look chinese:)

this is Amy, the SavvyShopper!

do you know who she is? you don't? well you should bc she's one of my all time coupon bffaeaeae's :)

no really, her, her site, her videos, are partly of what really helped me to learn how to coupon shop!

and she's one of the all time queens of it! 

i just can't say enough, really, she's incredible and what she does and she's so cute and fun/funny!

tonight i got to go to a coupon seminar she put on here and provo,

and i still learned some awesome tips after all i have already learned!

i just loved every moment!

i had a huge silly grin on my face like the whole time!

seriously friends, DO IT, learn!

this woman has a freaking store in her basement of cheap stuff bc she's so amazing at couponing!

i want to be her someday!

sorry all my sentences end in (!), i'm just so so so so happy right now

i.heart.couponing.

and owe so much of my/our new found love and passion to her :)

ps- i think this is the 1st time in my life where i met someone i felt like i totally knew but had never met in real life/slightly idolized and so i was in slight awe/overly excited when i met her. and now i slightly feel like a stalker :)

thank goodness it was friday!

one of the best friday afternoons in a long time fo us!

it kinda stinks that we aren't done with school til 5 pm on a friday :(

usually you barely have any classes on fridays, but not for us this year.

i have class from 11-5 with one 1 hour break.

casey has class at 10 and then does research til 5.

so to celebrate being done with another week of schools we

a) went couponing at target:
the following pic was paid for with less than $3, should've been 17 :)

4 packages of oreos for the price of one!

b) we then met up with one of casey and my's most favorite people of all time!

the incredible, lovable, adorable andrea hunt.

we seriously love her to death! she is the mom of the family in cali that we became such good friends with this summer and we love them all to death! she was in slc for an anti-gravity yoga (if you EVER have a chance to do this, DO IT!) session training and came all the way down to provo to visit us!  we cannot begin to say how much we adore her, we were so excited to meet up with her! we ate at iggy's sports grill- way yummy and fun!

c) also that night we were thinking/wanting to go camping but in the end decided we just weren't prepared to go- so we improvised and camped in our apartement! loved it :) and we of course had to have oreos and milk while camping

we just loved our friday, it could not have been better!



btw- i'll try not doing too much of this "look-what-amazing-deal-i-found-now-b/c-i'm-really-into-couponing-thing." but just my last for couponing and questions for you?
1. do you live in the utah area?
2. do you want to get free and practically free things?
3. do you want to coupon?
k, here's the deal: the utah couponing queen (the savvyshopper) is doing a free workshop in provo on sept 23, totally go if you want to learn how to start doing this, i promise it'll pay off! just go to the site and sign up to say you're coming! i will see you there!
another ps on couponing- i use the hip2save website mostly, every once and awhile i'll use the savvyshoppers too but i love love love hip2save. they're both great for different areas :)

oh what's in a name

A LOT

a lot is in a little name!- even if it's only 3 letters (i.e. Bob:)

you know that book "how to win friends and influence people" by Carnegie?

he says that's a big step: knowing people's name!

everyone loves their name

everyone wants to hear their name

and it feels good when someone unexpected remembers your name (i.e.- our bishop from last semester?! amazing!)

i try.

but so many times i fail miserably.

but casey is good. i seriosuly don't know how he does it!

with our job we see a lot of people all the time,

let's be honest, pretty much everyone goes into the library at some point, and casey and i sit there and watch them (btw- please do not bring jamba juices or pizza etc- you cannot eat it. AND you can only eat in the snack zone, por favor y gracias :)

there's people i see and kinda know, sometimes i know their name, sometimes not.

there's even people i see and LOVE, most the time i know their name, but sometimes i don't!

i hate it!

why can't you remember their darn name kimber?

 

on another note, it's the 2nd day of school!

i am so glad i've reached the point where i literally am excited for my classes.

i love my major and want to learn more, the stuff is seriously so amazing!

casey on the other hand...organic chemistry and other mean/boring classes,

you can do it babe!

but we did get lucky enough to have our religion class together!

church history 1800-1830 from the infamous susan e black herself.

legend has it she wanted to retire a few years ago, an apostle called her up and said "the lord wants you to keep teaching" talk about pressure on not getting to retire, ha

but she's incredible! 

we are so fortunate to have LDS religion classes required in our education and have such amazing professors!

they are undoubtedly some of my most life changing classes

on 1 more note, casey and i did our first legit coupon shopping experience yesterday! so fun!

i'm so glad he does it with me b/c it's so much more fun together! it's like a treasure hunt!

should've spent $60, only spent $23 :)

got a few freebies, a few cheapies, and few just good prices on things we needed.

we were happy and pleased with ourselves!