Happy Summer!
We are excited to debut The Couponizer® on national TV this month...see below for details. 

Thank you to everyone who has supported our growing business in thought, word and deed.
 

Getting your kids involved is a great summertime activity.  My oldest daughter helps me clip and stack just as my Couponizer of the Month's daughter gets involved as well.  In fact my daughter got into clipping at an early age...read on...

A few years ago when I was getting going with my coupons I was in a rush to get to the store.  I had a few great coupons but they were not clipped and I did not have time to do it at home. So, I decided to cut the coupons in the mini-van in the parking lot before going into the store.  While my baby and toddler were strapped in their car seats, I turned on some of their favorite music and took a minute to get coupons clipped and organized before shopping.  I put the scissors on the dash board and in the store we went. 

After shopping and feeling great about how much money I had just saved, I allowed my oldest daughter play around in the car while I unloaded the groceries and got my baby situated in her car seat.  I was not paying much attention to what she was doing and when I looked up to strap her in her car seat, I saw blonde hairs floating in the air.  She had swiped the scissors from the dash board and cut off all the hair on the top of her head!!  True Story!

It seems funny now, but not at the time!  Anyway, from that day forward my kids have always loved to get involved when the coupons come on Sundays and now they are old enough to go on a treasure hunt to find the items in the grocery store.  My hope is to pass on to them the art of shopping for deals.  When they see how excited I am to save money, they can't help but be excited too. 
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If you want to take coupon organization to another level, try this tool.  The Online Coupon Organizer is an interactive database that lists all of the grocery coupons that have come out in the San Diego Sunday Union-Tribune.  While coupons can vary slightly by location, the majority of the coupons listed come out in the Free Standing Inserts (FSI) in most Sunday newspapers.  Valassis (VAL) and SmartSource (SS) are the two FSI's that are most widely distributed through the Sunday newspaper.  If you follow the directions and save the entire coupon insert and only clip the coupons when you are ready to shop, you may still find you may need a tool for keeping them organized until you shop and when you shop!!

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