Jill Cataldo

Make plans to attend a Super-Couponing workshop in 2012 and resolve to save even more money in the year ahead!

There's never been a better time to get started Super-Couponing! Super-Couponing combines the best techniques for following sales with using newspaper and internet coupons to their fullest advantage. It's easy, it's fun... and it saves you BIG money! Super-Couponing will change the way you shop... forever!

Upcoming live workshops:

January 2012

Saturday, January 28 @ 11:00am - Algonquin, IL
Super-Couponing
2012 Home and Business Expo
Jacobs High School, 2601 Bunker Hill Road, Algonquin, IL
This workshop is open to the public.

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February 2012

Wednesday, February 1 @ 7:00pm - Bolingbrook, IL
Super-Couponing
Fountaindale Public Library District
300 W. Briarcliff Road, Bolingbrook, IL
For more information, call 630-759-2102

Saturday, February 11 @ 10:00am - Rockton, IL
Super-Couponing
Talcott Free Library
101 East Main Street, Rockton, IL
For more information, call 815-332-5161

Saturday, February 11 @ 2:00pm - Cherry Valley, IL
Super-Couponing
Cherry Valley Public Library
755 East State Street, Cherry Valley, IL
For more information, call 815-624-7511

I'm scheduled to appear on Chicago's CBS News (channel 2) tomorrow as part of their "Survive This Economy" series. These ongoing segments have followed one family, the Wrights, as they try to cut expenses in many areas of family life, including dining out, saving on utilities, and shopping. I'll be sharing tips for saving at the supermarket, and during next week's segment, I'll be back to discuss saving on clothing.

Update: This was scheduled to be on the 5:00 news today (1/26) but it was bumped for breaking news. (It's a taped segment. Trying again for 1/27...)

Hey, Super-Couponers... here's a little giveaway to help you get even more gorgeous in 2012!

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Want to try it? TWO readers will each win a FREE CoverGirl NatureLuxe Mousse Mascara! ($9.99 value, color: black.)

To enter, simply post a reply in the comments under this article! This CoverGirl NatureLuxe mascara giveaway begins today, January 26th, 2012, and runs for one week. The giveaway will end on February 1st, 2012 at 11:59pm CST, and on February 2nd, two winners will be chosen via a random number generator!

My Super-Couponing® live workshops have continually broken attendance records for venues hosting my popular grocery-savings classes, which attract tens of thousands of people each year.

Now, my workshops are available on DVD! You'll enjoy all of the same secrets, tips and techniques taught in my live Super-Couponing and Super-Couponing 2 classes! Learn how to easily cut your grocery bill by half or more in these video workshops that are fun, fast-paced and never boring! And, with Super-Couponing 2: Saving on Everything, you'll learn tips for saving on clothing, housewares, toys, holiday purchases... and everything else!

This isn't the coupon clipping of our parents' generation. With my "clipless" system, we don't cut any coupons until we're ready to use them, and we're not wasting hours each week managing hundreds of little pieces of paper. You'll learn how to save big in the least amount of time possible -- minimum effort, with the maximum payoff!

Click to view FREE clips from my Super-Couponing® and Super-Couponing® 2 DVDs online!

Chicagoland Savers has posted my new column for this week:

"In Search of Coupons for Fresh Food"

Visit the site and click "Coupon 411" at the top of the page to read it. The site also archives the past year's worth of columns, as well as my weekly series of one-minute video coupon tips. This week's video is "Supermarkets vs. Warehouse Clubs."

Chicagoland Savers hosts a web version of my weekly syndicated column, "Super-Couponing Tips." Now my Chicagoland audience can enjoy what over 20 million people around the country already read in their newspapers each week! You can also find printable coupons for Chicagoland restaurants, entertainment, and other destinations on the site.

Sears Outlet is having another FREE Clothing Tuesday today, January 24th, 2012! YOU MUST print and bring the coupon linked on Sears' Outlet's Facebook page. Here's a direct link to today's coupon (you do not have to be logged into Facebook to print.)

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If you've never participated in Sears Outlet's Free Clothing Tuesdays, keep an eye on their Facebook page. If they get enough "Likes" each week, they've been posting a coupon for a FREE item of clothing with your Shop Your Way card. Simply show up at any Sears Apparel Outlet on Tuesdays, show your card, and receive a FREE piece of clothing -- any price, any value! Exclusions for this offer are that you cannot choose Levi's, leather or outerwear - OR spring or summer apparel. But, as Sears stated on Facebook, "If you find a $99 Lands' End sweater, it's yours!"

So how do you get it? You'll need a free Shop Your Way Rewards card, which you can sign up for online or simply register for in the store. (It's not a credit card -- it's a points-rewards card.)

Then, go to any Sears Outlet that stocks apparel, show your Shop Your Way card, and get a free piece of clothing of your choice!

Where's your closest Sears Outlet that's participating in this offer? Search online (look under "Stores in Your State.") There may be locations too that aren't in this list yet too as they've been opening new stores lately. If you're in northern Illinois, here's a list of the closest Sears Outlet locations with apparel that are participating in the promotion:

 

Hello, Super-Couponers! I have to admit, it's been a bit of a crazy week over here. In two days, this lovely little girl in the photo with me is turning sixteen years old. It was already surreal when she became a teenager three years ago, but now to have one that's passed Driver's Ed and has her eyes on our vehicles? The last few days have been filled with sweet sixteen party plans and moments of me reflecting on how quickly the years have gone by. It may sound cliche, but the words everyone says about children ("they grow up so fast") couldn't be more true. Much love to the Coupon Princess on her big day this Wednesday.

This week's blog giveaway will be a hit with the younger crowd... the really-much-younger crowd! Enter to win a gift pack of organic baby food from Ella's Kitchen, a well-known brand of baby food in the United Kingdom which has recently "crossed the pond" to gain popularity in the United States too.

Want to learn to save with coupons? Attend a Super-Couponing workshop, or order your copy on DVD and learn in the comfort of your own home... at your own pace! (Why not resolve to save MORE money in 2012?) This week's Super-Couponing workshop is taking place in Algonquin, Illinois on Saturday, January 28th!

As always, it's time for Chicagoland's Deals of the Week. I've got all the best supermarket and drugstore deals of the week written just for you... all in one place, on one page! As always, grab your scissors and coupon inserts, and get ready to start clipping this week, as bunches of bargains and freebies are heading your way!

This week's newspaper contained two coupon inserts: One SmartSource and one RedPlum (RP). The Parade magazine also has coupons for $2 off Zicam and $2 off Bioglan fish oil if you're interested in those.

To our NEW blog readers: If you're interested in learning to save on almost everything you buy at the grocery store, why not attend a live Super-Couponing workshop? Many are FREE, and you'll learn how to cut your grocery bill 50-70%! You can also learn at home with my Super-Couponing DVD workshops... and in about one hour, you'll be saving with coupons like a pro! Learn more!

Now... ready for your Deals of the Week? You may enjoy FREE Nabisco cookie/cracker cups, .29-.49 Kleenex, .92 Heluva Good dip, $1 Prego Heart Smart, $1.38 Quaker Chewy granola bars and Smashbars, $1.88 Aunt Jemima pancake mix, $5.49 Kauai coffee, $1 Goldfish crackers, .99 Honey Bunches of Oats, $1.49 Fruity Pebbles, .74 Betty Crocker fruit snacks, .88 Dannon Activia yogurt, .67 Mott's applesauce, .79 Mott's apple juice, .59 Smart Balance milk, FREE Brawny paper towels, FREE Pure Protein bars, FREE Barilla pasta, $1.50 Trop50 orange juice, .49 Campbell's soup, .49 Spaghetti-Os, FREE Ultimate Flurry protein bar, .49 Thermacare heat pads, FREE Triaminic, .50 Children's Sudafed, .50 Tylenol, $1 Maalox, .50 Ex Lax, FREE Estroven... so let's get started!

All You Magazine (the magazine that's filled with coupons!) has a new promotion running this month that's great if you've been considering subscribing! You can get a 6-month subscription for just $6 - that's $1 per issue! All You sells for $2.49 an issue on the newsstand, so this deal saves YOU money.

Subscribe to All You for $1 an issue for six months!

Want to subscribe for a full year? All You is also still running their Subscribe to All You and get "25 Cookie Recipes for Under $1 FREE" offer too!

I'm excited to announce a custom partnership between Super-Couponing and the Sunday-Edition Chicago Tribune, which is filled with news, sports, business, entertainment -- and of course, coupons!

Chicago Tribune home delivery service is a convenient way to have newspaper inserts and coupons delivered right to your home. I've been working with the Tribune to develop discount codes especially for coupon shoppers wishing to receive multiple copies of the Sunday Chicago Tribune to the same address, on the same invoice -- something many couponers have previously expressed difficulty with. You can order up to 4 additional Sunday papers with specially-tiered pricing to maximize your couponing power, and it's even cheaper than buying your papers at the dollar store. (Plus, they're delivered to your door!)

Call 1-800-311-8500 to subscribe with any of the following codes:

Single Copy Offers	Discount code	Price
Sunday Edition, 1 copy	JCSO	.50/week
Wednesday and Sunday delivery, 1 copy	JCWS	.99/week
Multiple Copy Offers*	Discount code	Price
Add 1 Sunday Edition	JCX1	.50/week
Add 2 Sunday Editions	JCX2	$1.50/week
Add 3 Sunday Editions	JCX3	$2.25/week
Add 4 Sunday Editions	JCX4	$3.00/week

*Maximum 5 Sunday copies per address, within the Tribune's delivery area. Length of offer is 26 weeks of delivery.

As my site has been receiving a great deal of traffic from new visitors searching for information on Super-Couponing and Extreme Couponing, I want to welcome our new blog members and brand-new coupon shoppers!

I'm Jill Cataldo, your blog host and coupon mentor. I've been teaching Super-Couponing® workshops since 2008, and via the techniques I teach, you can easily cut your grocery bill 50-70% and more with coupons.

Whether you learned about this site from a web search, a television segment, a friend, family member, or a stranger in the grocery store (who undoubtedly was buying a cart full of groceries for a ridiculously low amount of money, pointing out all of the FREE products they got!) ... you're in the right place to learn how to radically cut your grocery bill.

Ready to learn? Attend a Super-Couponing class or learn via my Super-Couponing DVD workshops! In only one hour, you'll learn how to shop like you never have before, saving 50-70% (and more!) on your groceries. All of the questions you likely have will be answered in a workshop that's fast-paced, fun, and never boring. (Watch Super-Couponing workshop video clips online!)

This isn't the coupon clipping of our parents' generation. We don't cut any coupons until the week we use them, and we're not wasting hours each week managing hundreds of little pieces of paper. You'll learn how to save big in the least amount of time possible -- minimum effort, with the maximum payoff.

But back to the blog! Since its inception in 2008, I've always striven to maintain an easy-to-use, beginner-friendly, ethical and instructional coupon blog. Newbie questions are welcome here -- we were all new once! It's my mission that my blog be the kind of website I wished I'd had when I was learning to coupon shop.

Each week, I post a weekly feature called "Deals of the Week." It's a write-up of all of the best sales (everything FREE or very cheap with coupons!) at seven major supermarkets and drugstores each week! Unlike other coupon blogs, which typically show individual coupon deals in a deal-of-the-day format that requires users to click and scroll through many pages to read each deal, my all-inclusive "Deals of the Week" puts ALL of the best deals in one place, on one page for you, categorized by store to make couponing simple, quick and easy.