Missing NC!

Out here on the tundra, I feel really out of any loop I might be in (today's high temp = 64; tomorrow's = 63). I'm missing Super Doubles at Harris Teeter; I missed out on Sunday's coupons. My dad's newspaper had the Smart Source insert but it contained only 6 coupons. I was amazed but not in a good way.

Here are the url's to a couple of the sites that give me good info and are, in my opinion, helpful.

www.southernsavers.com - what I like about this is that the blogger puts little acorn icons by the items that are at or below her stock-up price. She also has check boxes by the items so you can print a shopping list from the site. (You can add your own items so you don't need two lists.) It's also southern U.S. specific so you don't have to read stuff about Von's or any other stores we don't have. It does have info for non-NC stores though.

www.sundaycouponpreview.com - this site sends me an email when they have new lists of upcoming coupons from P&G, SmartSource, Red Plum, and any others. They also have a insert schedule posted so you can see what's coming, like that there will be no inserts on July 3 because of the holiday. (I've already put my newspaper delivery on hold so I don't get 4 newspapers with no inserts.)

If you haven't done so already and what to get serious about saving, set up a separate email account to use when you are signing up for newsletters, coupons, etc. That way your real email account, the one you give your friends, won't be super-clogged with messages about saving. I'm sure you all know that you can get a free account through gmail or yahoo so I won't tell you that.

BTW, my dad and I are taking a box of products I had in my mini-stockpile to a battered women's shelter today. I brought stuff to see if my dad or his girlfriend wanted any of it. They kept a few things so we are taking the rest to the shelter. I "buy" items just because they are free and, as a result, I have a lot of things that I don't, won't, or can't use. There are tons of place in Wake County that would love your donations. For example, Haven House in Raleigh helps homeless, runaway, and troubled teens. They always have a need for toiletries and paper products.