BLINKIES AND PEELIES

Grocery shopping with Mother’s Little Helpers can be a challenge. During the school year, it may be easier to escape to the market to shop. Summertime shopping requires stealth will-power when extra sets of eyes are ogling the shelves.

Summertime shopping requires a strategic plan. The grocery list is set. Check. Match the blinkies and peelies and catalinas to the list. Check. Load Little Helpers into the car. Check.

Blinkies, peelies and catalinas? Those are types of coupons! Peelies are those coupons that are affixed to a box that you peel off for today’s shopping or a later shopping trip.

Blinkies are coupons found in the refrigerator section but will occasionally be attached to a shelf in the aisle in a little black box.

Catalinas are the coupons the cash register churns out with your receipt. It is a manufacturer coupon that can be used at any store, not just the store that gave you the coupon. Sometimes, I can find awesome catalina coupons left behind at the self-check out. Between the Sunday newspaper, internet coupons, and the ones obtained at the grocery store, my coupon box contains a variety of money saving coupons of shapes and sizes!

SOUND THE BUGLE! Today’s tip! I find using a plastic 4 x 6 index card box great for sorting coupons. By sorting according to month, January through December, my coupons won’t expire!

                                                                 MY COUPON BOX