Whether you are brand new to couponing or you’ve been at it for years, there will inevitably be times for potential discouragement. Just this past week my husband volunteered to watch the kids while I went shopping one evening. Since I didn’t have the kids, I was able to spend some extra time organizing all of the products into different transactions and separating all of my coupons so that the ...
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I wanted to let you guys know that the "Search" feature (on the right side of the page near the top) works now! I was having some issues with it not showing recent posts, but everything is fixed now.Are you looking for a particular topic or have a question? See if it has been covered by typing it into the Search box!----------------------------****Be sure to sign up to receive free updates from ...
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In case you didn't know, you can get a daily update (free of course!) of everything that has been posted that day on Surviving The Stores sent directly to your inbox! If you haven't signed up for email updates you can do that HERE. You can still come to the website during the day, of course... but I think it's handy to have all of the daily posts in an email that way I can search through my ...
How To Start Couponing
How To Start Couponing Does the idea of couponing seem overwhelming to you? It did to me too! I wasn’t raised in a couponing family, and I didn’t get started with couponing until late 2007. But after a little practice it started to feel like second nature. Typically the only time I get frazzled now is when I am shopping WITHOUT my coupons. :) So where do you begin? How do you get started? ...
Surviving The Stomach Bug
We all know the feeling. You wake up at 2:30 in the morning with a pain in your stomach. You think to yourself, "If I can just go back to sleep it will go away." But you can't, and it doesn't. You finally drag yourself to the bathroom (hopefully) where you successfully empty the previous night's dinner.Ahh... now you feel better. You crawl back into bed and drift back to sleep, only to awaken 30 ...
Yummy Chicken and Dumplings
If you read my Menu Plan Monday post this week you saw that I had Homemade Chicken (or Turkey) and Dumplings on the menu. Homemade Chicken/Turkey and Dumplings is probably one of the least expensive meals ever. I paid less than $10 for the turkey that I used and I used only about 1/8 of the turkey to go with the dumplings.I really have no idea how much the dumplings cost to make... pennies? I used ...
