Another cologne sample

Go here to get a free sample of Nautica Oceans. Fill out your information and they should be sending it to you in the mail.

Free Jovan perfume sample

 Well, I have no idea how this smells, but samples of fragrances are always nice, because then you don't have to spend all the money before you know if you like the way the scent mixes with your chemical makeup. So, just go here and fill out your information. There are also survey questions, but you don't have to answer them. I didn't get any confirmation of them sending me my sample, so we'll see if they actually send it, but it doesn't do much damage if they don't, it was a FREE sample.

Free Burt's Bees Toothpaste sample

Yay for samples of toiletries! I love using these for travel, they don't take up as much space, and they don't make as much mess if they do spill.  Here's a free sample of toothpaste, and who doesn't need that? Just fill out your information, choose whether you want a sample, or a $1 off coupon, and hit submit. The coupon is probably the better value, but if you've never tried this toothpaste before you may want to try it first before buy a full-sized. (Some people can be very choosy with their toothpaste).

Organic Valley coupons

 Now, I know some people don't use couponing as much because they prefer to buy organic, or they think they can't eat as healthy because the coupons are always for junk. Well, I just found some coupons from Organic Valley for you. Go here to pick the ones you want. You can print 2 copies of each coupon. Enjoy!

Free Kashi Cereal Sample

I think the healthy ones are my favorites. (yes another favorite. I have lots of favorites) So just go here and choose what you want to sample. Hit submit, and fill out your information. It does ask for you to join their community, but you don't have to in order to get your sample.

Free Godiva chocolate

 Now seriously, who doesn't love free chocolate? You can get a free piece of Godiva chocolate every month by going here and signing up for their rewards club! (Plus you can also get some other cool offers from them) Here in Utah Valley, the Godiva chocolatiers are all inside other stores (Barnes & Noble, Macy's and Dillards) I had to make sure I knew where to go for this. So, just go click join now, and fill out your information. You may not want to use your junk email for this one, if they're going to send you more offers. After submitting, it will ask you to take a questionnaire, you don't have to. Then all you have to do once a month is go in to a store and claim your free chocolate.

Coupon for Free YOplus

Yay! I love yogurt freebies too! Yogurt is one of those things that are a little more rare around this house, because it's hard to find sales that make the prices quite good enough with the coupons. So I am all for freebies. So, all you need to do is go here, and sign up for the Betty Crocker newsletter, and get your free sample. It will actually come as a coupon, but hey, that's even better than a sample, because that's free full-size product!

Free U by Kotex sample

I have to say, I think the hygiene product feebies are some of my all time favorites. They can just be so dang expensive! So here's another free sample (that has more than 1 in it) Just fill out your information, and submit it, and they will send you your free sample!

What to do with expired coupons?

We all have them. We use as many of the coupons that we clip as possible, but sometimes they just expire before we can get to them. So... what should we do with them? I can think of a couple of options.
1-Recycle them. Not the best option, but probably the easiest. Doesn't take much time to throw them in a recycle bin with the rest of your paper (especially since we're getting multiple copies of the newspapers, so we're have lots of paper to recycle).
2-Arts and crafts. You can use the coupons to modge-podge frames or scrapbook album covers, or chairs or tables. With all the colors, it could end up being really cute. A better option, because you aren't just adding waste to our planet, and you aren't having to find time to take the paper out to the recycle bin, and hey, you can get cute kid's chairs and cute frames and such from it. It would take a lot of time though.

3- MY FAVORITE OPTION -Send them overseas to our military families on bases in foreign countries. There is a fairly extensive list of military bases overseas that are accepting expired coupons, and the families can use them on base for 6 months after they expire. The list of bases who are accepting coupons will change periodically, so the best thing would be to just go to Grocery Saving Tips and scroll down when you are going to send those coupons out.
A few tips to follow:

• Cut all of your coupons you will be sending.  It will cut down on shipping costs.
• Divide coupons into "Non- Food" and "Food" Categories.  Put them in two separate plastic baggies.  Pet food is considered a non-food item.
• They can only use regular Manufacturer coupons.  So don't send store coupons or printed coupons of any sort.
• Send your coupons out quickly after they expire.  If your coupons are expired longer than 2 months, don't send them.

Now, yes, this will take a little more of your time, but if you've already been clipping every coupon as I have, the only real time it will take is pulling the expired coupons out (which you'd already be doing) separating them into food/non-food, (which they may already be if you are using a binder) and putting them in an envelope to mail (and addressing and sending) Definitely the best option as far as I'm concerned.

Just thought I'd let you know that there are options out there for what to do with those coupons you just couldn't quite get to.

New favorite

I have to say, I found a new favorite thing about couponing. Today was the BSA food drive in my area, and having extra food on hand that I could give them was great. Even better was that I didn't have to worry about being able to put that back into my food storage because a good portion of what I gave them, I got for free! Here is a picture of everything I was able to give them. We don't have a very big food storage yet, or I would have given multiple bags, but I have to say I am proud that I had to double bag, and that it didn't fit into the bag they gave us. Anyway... The picture.