The Coupon Craze

In this blog, I chose to talk about my coupons. I know it can be boring to others, but coupons are a part of my life. I am not extreme like the show, but I'm close to it. I love to use coupons for everything, and hate it when I don't have a coupon for something. I do this to save my family of 5 money. My husband and I have 3 boys, and they are very expensive!

Sunday is my absolute favorite day of the week. I get my papers and cut and organize my coupons, if time allows. The dollar tree in Carthage, has the Kansas City Star for only a $1, where it is usually $2 everywhere else. I usually get 4-10 papers depending on the coupons. My husband thinks I'm a nut, but of course brags about me anywhere we go and how much money I save. I generally save about 50-75% of our total grocery bill, and save about 90% of personal needs items.

My favorite store to use my coupons at is Walgreens. I never used to go to Walgreens until I started coupons. My store is very coupon friendly and loves to help. Walgreens has a program called register rewards, where if you buy a certain item or multiple of it, you can get a register reward back to use on another purchase. Last week, they had Diapers on sale for $8.49 and then I had $3 coupon, which made them $5.49. After paying that amount, I got a $2 register reward to use for my next purchase, so it was like paying $3.49 for diapers, which is awesome! They also had Hot Pockets on sale, 2/$3. My family loves them, but I don't buy them often. Walgreens also let's you use one manufacture's coupon and one walgreens coupon on the same item. So with their coupon, and my coupon I was able to get them for $0.66 a box. I definitely stocked up on those.

Coupons has made my families life a lot easier as we are now a 1 income household since I'm back in school. I'm very grateful for my coupons, and love to teach other people how to use them.

All about me!

Here is what you need to know about Nicole Hart:

I am the wife to a wonderful man, who because he fought in war for our country has made it able for me to go back to school. We will celebrate our 5th anniversary in January and I just can't believe it.

I am a mother to 3 amazing boys that I couldn't imagine my life without. They keep me extremely busy and always will i'm sure. My oldest son Roman, just turned 6 and headed off to kindergarten as if he were a grown man. My middle son Jaxon, just turned 4 and is off to preschool and wants to be exactly like his big brother. My last, but not least, little munchkin Logan is 10 months old and wanting to be just like Roman and Jaxon. These boys are my life and I would do anything for them.

I am a couponer. Sunday is my favorite day of the week because I get all my coupons. I love to save my family money and get free stuff with my coupons. I wouldn't call myself extreme like the show, but I would say that I am very good at it. I hate buying anything without a coupon.

I am majoring in Elementary Education with the hopes of becoming and Elementary Principal. I look forward to getting school done so I can teach all the little minds wanting to learn. I have 24 credits and can't wait to graduate.