Savings with Style!

Start Saving with Style with Southern Coupon Belle! I'm now COUPONING IN CoMo!
What happens when a Coupon Expert in one region of the USA moves to another area of the country? I have started over learning new stores, coupon policies and building a reasonable stock pile and savings routine from scratch since October 1, 2011. I was an expert in Atlanta and the South but now happily reside in Columbia, Missouri!

I've searched other blogs and sites but I can't find someone else in my shoes so hopefully reading how I started over can help you! Whether you are a seasoned couponer in a new area OR a beginner- I know I can help walk you through what to do and help you start saving big! Starting over has made me realize how newbies to coupons feel and made me walk a grocery store aisle or two in a beginner's shoes again! Email me at southerncouponbelle@gmail.com and let me know how I can help! Thanks for reading and taking this journey with me!

Friday, June 11, 2010

Kroger's Summer of Savings Contest!

Go here or go to: http://www.softcoin.com/Sites/Kroger_SummerOfSavings/Page/HomePage/Retailer/Kroger

You can play daily through September 11, 2010. There are 3 different prize pools: 6/11-7/3, 7/4-8/7 and 8/8-9/11.

You can find the official rules here.

All affiliates of Kroger should have their own Summer of Savings as well.
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Thursday, June 10, 2010

New freebie and look at Freebies from Southern Coupon Belle

I finally added a new freebie to the site and gave it a beachy look for summer. Gonna work harder on this one and yes- I know I've said that before!
http://freebiesfromsoutherncouponbelle.blogspot.com
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$5 off 2 entrees at Macaroni Grill

Click here or go to: www.macaronigrill.com
Look towards the left side at the bottom of the home page. Join their email club and get a $5 off 2 entrees coupon.

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Always read your emails from CVS

I was going through my emails this afternoon and started to delete one from CVS. Luckily, it caught my eye and I read it! It was to see if I would qualify for a survey. If I did qualify and completed the survey, I would receive a $5 ECB. If I answered the first couple of questions and did not qualify- I would get a $2 ECB.

I ended up qualifying so I got a $5 ECB. I know we all get tons of junk emails but make sure you do a quick preview and make sure you aren't deleting free money!
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Join Club Chinet

Click here or go to: http://www.mychinet.com/club

After you sign up, you will receive a welcome email with a $1.00 coupon.

Congratulations. And thank you.

To show our appreciation, we'll be sending a welcome email with a coupon for $1.00 off any Chinet® product. Expect to see it sometime in the next two hours.

We want to help you make more moments special. With your membership, you'll get a monthly e-newsletter with valuable coupons, recipe ideas and entertaining tips.

Thanks again for becoming a member of Club Chinet. And keep an eye on your inbox! Your $1.00-off coupon will be arriving shortly.

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$2 Tank Tops at Old Navy this Saturday, 6/12!

Stores open at 7am and there is a 5 tank tops limit per customer.
Happy Shopping!!
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Coupon link for $2.99 Quizno's Meal

Click here or go to: http://www.quiznos.com/qmail/20100607/coupon/

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Tuesday, June 8, 2010

80% off at Restaurant.com! $25 GC for $2!!

Go to www.restaurant.com and use the code: SAVE to get a $25GC for only $2!
Good for 3 days only!

This is a great, early surprise so go check for those hot restaurants that always sell out so quickly!

If you have any questions about restaurant.com then look to the right side for labels and click on Restaurant.com.



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Thursday, June 3, 2010

Free Meals at IHOP

Sign up for IHOP's Pancake Revolution and you will get a free meal just for signing up, on your birthday and on your one year membership anniversary!

Go to www.ihop.com to sign up today!!

June 4th is National Doughnut Day!

Get your free doughnut at Krispy Kreme. Participating stores are listed here or go to:
http://www.krispykreme.com/images/kkd-natdoughnutday10-participating-stores.pdf

You can also get a free doughnut with beverage purchase at Dunkin Doughnuts.

Happy National Doughnut Day!

STOP THE PRESSES: Cinderella Coupons Available at Cellfire.com tomorrow!

Starting tomorrow at 3pm Pacific Time, Cellfire.com will release a coupon to logged in Cellfire members to save ??? on their next trip to Kroger or one of Kroger's affiliate stores. How fun and exciting!

The link to login at 3pm is: http://www.cellfire.com/cinderella and once you log in, you will be able to see the coupon. Hurry though- these coupons are going to be hot!

There will be future contests similar to this one so check back often and I'll keep you updated as to when and how to log in to retrieve your coupon.

Cool!! Thanks Cellfire.com!

Don't forget to read all about Cellfire's contest with Southern Coupon Belle with your chance to win a $100 gift certificate to the grocery store of your choice!

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Free Summer Movies at Regal Theaters

Click here or go to: http://www.regmovies.com/nowshowing/familyfilmfestivalschedule.aspx?state=GA

I'm showing the participating theaters and movies list for Georgia but you can click on the State menu to see your locations.

Movies are first come, first serve. I recommend going early because I know the local childcare facilities and summer camps like to participate in these free movie programs.

Living Smart 101: Saving money on utilities- the results are in!

I first posted about ways to save money on our electric bill here. Our 12 months bill averaging just closed this month so I have very positive results to share!

Budget billing is where they average your bill for 11 months and then you settle any usage difference in the 12th month. We prefer budget billing so that we know each month what the electric bill is going to be since living in the South- the AC is crucial but can run the bill up! True, we pay more during months that we aren't running the AC but we can budget each month with no surprises.

Normally, we break even or owe anywhere from $150 to $300 more in the 12th month. I decided to raise the AC temp a little from 76-78 and as I posted in the above post- unplug appliances and items not used daily plus making sure everything was cut off when we left the house.

Guess how much we owe this month after these small changes the past few months? NADA and in fact- we have a $162.00 credit! So no electric bill this month and our budget average has gone down $25.00 so the $162.00 credit will take care of July's bill as well! Not too shabby to only pay your electric bill 10 months of the year versus 12!

Of course, the decrease in our monthly average will make it harder to do a repeat but I have already made a couple of changes this year now that the AC is back on. I've raised the AC downstairs to 80 because it stays much cooler than the 2nd level and I will change the AC to 80 upstairs when we are leaving the house. I just go up and get the air running when we get home to cool things off and get the air circulating. Why cool off space if there is no one here?

Just proof that baby steps and changes will add up and make a difference!!

Do you have any utility money saving tips? Comment and share please! Each comment is an entry into the $100 Grocery Gift Card contest from Cellfire and Southern Coupon Belle!

$10 off Alice In Wonderland DVD Combo Pack

Click here or go to: http://www.disneymovierewards.go.com/promotions/special-offers/alice-coupon

If you are member of Disney Rewards, you must sign up or log in to print the coupon. Are you familiar with this program? Every time you buy a Disney DVD, there's a code inside that you enter at the Disney Rewards website. You accumulate points that you can cash in for a variety of items.

Walmart has the combo pack for $24.95. You get the Blue Ray DVD, a standard DVD and the digital copy for $14.95 plus tax. Great deal!!

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Exciting News!! Win a $100 Grocery Gift Card!

Cellfire.com is having a terrific promotion for June and I've been chosen to participate. One of my lucky readers will win a $100 grocery gift card. Cellfire is offering more coupons than ever for June so they wanted to celebrate with this exciting promotion!

First of all- it's the first of the month and you need to go "unclip" your ecoupons at Cellfire. Please use my affiliate link to go download your coupons.
http://www.cellfire.com/affiliate/fullpage.php?cf_tlc=dlb


Until the end of June- there are 3 ways you can enter the contest on the blog. Each submission, comment or referral to the blog will count as one entry. A winner will be drawn from the entries received to get the $100 gift card to the grocery store of your choice. Posting on Facebook and Twitter will allow you ways to earn extra entries in the contest.

There are several products being promoted through this June promotion at Cellfire. I'll list them below. Here are the 3 ways you can enter:
1. Create or share a special, unique recipe that uses and features one of the promoted products. Email it to me at southerncouponbelle@comcast.net or leave it in the comment section. I will post on the blog and make sure you get the credit!
2. Share a funny story about one of the products featured. Email it to me so I can post for all of our readers to enjoy.
3. Leave a comment on any post during June and each comment will count as an entry.

Featured products:
Morton's Season Salt
Fruit Loops
Apple Jacks
Frosted Flakes
Corn Pops
Hamburger Helper
Nature Valley
Betty Crocker Supreme Brownie Mix
Fiber One
Bisquick
Betty Crocker Fruit Roll-Ups
Trix
Lucky Charms
Chex Mix
Yoplait Fiber One Multipakcs
Yoplait Cups
Yoplait Delight
Wheaties Fuel



You can earn extra entries by posting on Facebook and Twitter. Email me the link where you posted information about the contest including the affiliate link above for Cellfire. You can also email me for a referral code that you can share with your friends when you invite them to check out the blog. Each person referred will become an extra entry in the contest. They will just need to comment or email me with your referral code so I can make sure you get an extra entry.

So here's the information you need:
1. Go here to download your coupons from Cellfire for June. Going through my link will hopefully help me qualify for other giveaways in the future from Cellfire when they see how excited my readers have been about this promotion for June.
2. Ways to enter the contest and how to get extra entries.
3. The products listed above that are being highlighted in this promotion.
4. My email is southerncouponbelle@comcast.net to send your entries, send links from Facebook and Twitter plus get a referral code.

Best of luck! Just think how far you can stretch a $100 grocery gift card!!