Patriotic Strawberries

Well, this is a short post. Just wanted to share these awesome snacks!!

I took some strawberries and cleaned them and let them dry.

Then I melted some white chocolate. I dipped the end of the berries into the chocolate and then rolled them into some blue sprinkles. Be sure to not get sprinkles on all the white chocolate so you have a the red/white/blue combo! Set them on foil or wax paper and let harden!! They are pretty and delicious!!

And the coupons keep coming...

To a couponer, there is nothing better than watching your grocery bill decrease from all your hard earned work. 

The newspaper has always been the number one way to gather coupons. Now with technology, you can also print them at home. 

I am always on the lookout for new ways to get coupons. All You magazine usually has great coupons. I look around the store for special coupons they offer. I try to find people handing them out along with samples. 

Recently, I discovered another way to get some AMAZING coupons. 

I just ask for them!

I email the companies and ask them if they would send me coupons. 

Some companies responded and were not able to send any, but a lot of them said they would, and they did!! Some even stated that I could ask again in a month, three months, or six months. (figuring out how to keep track of that is for another day and another blog).

The easiest way to request the coupons is to go to the website of a product that you use or want a good deal on. Once you are on the site find the contact us/email us button. Send them an honest and nice message. I always let them know that I love their product and that given the chance I choose their brand. Then I ask if there would be any chance that they could send me some samples and/or coupons. Make sure to always include your address in the message even if you do have to enter it in the contact form. 

I copy and paste the first message that I write and then I can copy and paste it into the other emails and just change a few words or lines. 

Here is a list of companies that have sent me coupons. Please keep in mind that these are all subject to change. Companies sometimes have coupons for a limited time, until supplies run out, or just for special promotions. And just because I did not include a company does not mean that they do not send coupons. 

If you receive a coupon in the mail from a company that I don't have listed please comment with the name and what kind of coupon they sent!! I can use it to update the list!! On the same note, if someone on this list is not able to send any, let me know that too!! 

8th Continent Soymilk - (2) $1/64 oz product

Aleve and Bayer Healthcare - They sent a coupon book full of coupons from all of their items. They even called to check on me because on my email I sent them I put that I was a frequent consumer. (I forgot to change some wording when I copied it). They wanted to verify that I was not taking too many Aleve. It was slightly embarrassing. "No mam, I am not a pill popper, just a coupon junkie"

Apple and Eve - (4) $.55/any product

Aussie - Free Aussie product (from P&G, can only request 1-2 every few months)

Band-aid (2) $1/any Band-aid product

Barber Foods - (1) $1/any Barber Foods

Beech-Nut - (4) $1/2 Beech-Nut product

Benadryl - (2) $1/any Benadryl product

Bigelow Tea - (1) $1/any Bigelow product

Blue Bunny - (6) $.55/any Blue Bunny product  (can contact every 6 months for coupons)

Blue Diamond Growers - (3) $1/12 oz bag, (3) $.75/2 Artisan Nut Thins

Bolthouse Farms - (4) $1/any Bolthouse Farms product

Borden - (1) $.55/Borden Cheese

Bounce - Free Bounce item (from P&G, can only request 1-2 every few months)

Breyers Ice Cream - Unilever coupon book

Bubba Burger - (4) $1/Bubba Burger product and some awesome Bubba Burger stickers

Burt's Bees - (2) $1/Burt's Bees product

Bush's Baked Beans - (2) $.55/ off  Bush's bean product

Chobani - (3) $.30/any Chobani product (can contact them every month for coupons)

Daisy - (4) $.45/any sour cream

Earthbound Farm - (4) $1/1Earthbound Farm

Fleischmann's - (2) $.50/any yeast package

Folgers - (2) $1/ any Folgers product

Glad - (2) $1/any Glad product

Honeysuckle White - (2) $1/Honeysuckle White product

Johnsonville Sausage - (1) $1/Johnsonville product

Land O'Lakes - (4) $.55/Land O'Lakes products

Lipton Tea - Unilever coupon book

McCormick - (2) $.50/Zattarans product

Ocean Spray - Free juice up to 94 ounces

Ore-Ida - (4) $.75/Ore-Ida product

Seeds of Change - Free item up to $4.00

Smuckers - (2) $.55/any Smuckers product

So go now! Make me proud! Get your coupons and save some money!!!