Jill Cataldo

Congrats NewToQ's! There was an ad in this month's Family Circle magazine that from May 18 - June 14th McDonald's has four Shrek "limited edition" glasses. $1.99 each with any food purchase. ("Any" = dollar menu! LOL) :)

I have always been green,
and to NOT use a coupon is mean.
It pleases my honey
when I save lots of money
all thanks to the "Coupon Queen."

I also have a picture that I will email you because it is not uploading.

Hi, I just joined this website because I used to be a coupon clipper but couldn't find the time to do it in an efficient and effective way. My SIL told me about how her friends all rave about it, so I HAD to try it! I'm so excited that I will get to really save with coupons again! I just started back in the workforce, so this will save me lots of time AND money! Can't wait to get started again!
Camilla

This really has sort of nothing to do with couponing. I'm just out of my MIND! My son is five. I've been trying to not buy another package of diapers. I ran out about a month ago, and I've been trying to just wake him up in the middle of the night. It's not working, and I'm doing a lot of laundry. I STUPIDLY said to my husband, "I don't think this over night potty training is working. I'm CONSIDERING going back to pull-ups." Now, keep in mind, my husband doesn't listen to ANYTHING I say. When I talk, he hears a buzzing sound . . . like a bee or mosquito or something. Not only does he not listen to me, but can't remember anything that has to be done.
He just walked in the door, with one package of pull-ups - $19.99! No sale. No coupon. No gift card if you buy two. No buy pull-ups and get something else free. No .05 cent discount for using your own reusable canvas shopping bag. I don't think that I spent $20 on six months worth of diapers! ARGH!

Not only do I worship Jill, I only buy what she suggests, and I'm recruiting converts! About a month ago or so, Jill had one of her life-changing seminars at Gordon Tech. Earlier that day, my neighbor had called me to ask if I had a couple of spare coupons: Tide and Bounty. I could have just handed over the coupons, but I made him to take me to Jewel and "forced" him to do a P&G Cat for Black Belt. I went through the line first, then handed him the cats and my preferred card. (Mine had the $1 off Bounty on my Avenue!) He was pleasantly surprised that he could spend less than he had planned, and still get the $10 cat back! He reluctantly gave me a ride and became my "date" for Jill's class. He was pretty skeptical, entirely overwhelmed, and adamantly opposed to buying "things I don't NEED!" He took notes, he said a couple of the things were interesting, but he was never going to use all of the info, and buying things you don't need is just ridiculous. When he got home, he must have spent the entire night on Jill's site. The next morning, walking my kids to school, I met him in our alley. He was tossing out "lingo" like a pro. He had already been to Jewel for the C.H.I.L.L., and was going back for more! I suspect that he has started to purchase "things I don't need," because he got little .39 cent backs of candy at Walgreens for "filler!"

that make couponing so worth it for me. Teaching the kids the value of a dollar, having ice cream as a treat after dinner that is FREE and taking a day-cation to a local indoor waterpark using the $$ I saved in TWO months on groceries! The kids ALWAYS ask me if I have a coupon for something they want at the store LOL!

We had always got the Sunday papers but never used the coupons with any real consistency. One spring day I said I will use coupons and with the money I save I'll buy a Mountain Bike. 2 bicycles later and a ton of savings my friends now call me Dón Coupón.

My daughter can't wait for this to come out. I have her cutting out coupons from the mail, flyers, etc, on items that we need now and in the future. She thinks its cool. I also explain that us doing this help Mommy and Daddy save money and get more things for us.

Ed

Using coupons has made it possible for us to share with the food pantry on a regular basis. I think it is great lesson for the kids to see that we can help others.

It has also shown that shopping and math can be FUN when putting together catalina deals.....

I love how couponing has changed our family. We are so much more aware of how and where we spend our money. I especially love that my 2 year old and 4 year old daughters play shopping. My daughter had her pretend cart filled with a bunch of her toys and she said, "Look mommy, I have coupons for all this stuff!"

Jill I have to thank you so much for offering classes and teaching people how to save so much money with coupons. My husband has been out of work for 15 mos. without unemployment and you have helped me save so much money for our large family. I was so excited last week when I ran into a woman at Jewel that the cashier introduced me to. She showed me how to use coupons and jewel bucks to walk away with 8 boxes of cereals for $3.98. I was told when I come to Jewel to look for her and she will tell me all the deals. I am certain she learned from you, Jill.

I love couponing! It saves us a lot of money, and we also get to try a lot of new products.But, especially, I hope to teach my 3 kids how to use coupons and sales and save some green. I think it's getting in their heads, because for Mother's Day, my 7 year old son gave me a present he made at school, and the bag was decorated with big letters. It said FREE SAVINGS COUPON on it! Thank you Jill!

Thank you, Jill! I watched your Super Couponing 1 DVD last week and have been super couponing for one week. I saved about $65 in my first week and I only shopped at one store. This is exciting. As I figure out what I'm doing, I look forward to even greater savings.

I am really excited that I was able to find out about your site. I just started about a month ago and have saved a ton of money. I had no idea where to get good coupons until a lady from my church pointed me in your direction. I have had so much fun couponing I look forward to mondays when I can find out the awsome deals I had missed for so long. This has becoming my new hobby. I am a stay at home mom and have yet to find something that gets me excited to do and I love figuring out what coupons I can spend and where. Thank you so much for taking the time to make this site.

I am adjusting to the "new normal" after leaving an abusive marriage. One of my friends patiently directed me to your site . I have enjoyed the many bargains i have discovered, and even get my teenage boy involved as we look for the exact match on the coupons..size, brand, etc..and then are able to fill the car up with gas and get a meal out and rent a redbox movie ..sometimes for free! My son even chases down some of the cats in the parking lot ... I am still a novice . Love all your info , Thank God you are there with all your money saving tips. I never paid attention to the store cats before - just thought they just want me to come back in and buy buy buy... Had no idea I could take them to another store!! Now I see them as money in my hand!
I would love a shrek outing with my son!!

I took your class in February Jill and couldn't wait to begin. Now 3 months later, my 2 and 4 year old girls are "mini coupon queens". Just yesterday we drove past the local movie theater and my oldest asked if Shrek was out yet, so we could go see it with Daddy. I told her a couple of more weeks and we would see if we could save some money these next couple of weeks to go as a treat. She replied "Lets get home and look at them coupons". I had to smile.
I took your class because my husband had lost his job along with so many others. He now works on a farm, while looking for what we call a "real job" (i.e. one with health insurance). The kids love that he is a Big Farmer. But, as you farmers know, he has to work 3 times as hard to make even a little. The kids see him usually on Sunday morning for a couple hours (thats a late start day). Or on a rain day. That is why we are so looking forward to seeing Shrek with Daddy. It will be a couple hours that I will make him take off to give our family a little treat.
Your coupon class really opened my eyes to a new life. I am now not only teaching my girls good shopping habits, but my recently retired dad has been shopping with us and learning the secrets. I never thought he would be a couponer, but he calls me everyweek to see what deals we can figure out together.
It really has been an exciting (I cant wait to call someone when I score something free) experience and my kids and I are closer than ever to my dad, now that we nave a coupon bond.
Thank you Jill for so many things.

There once was a girl who looked sad.
The grocery stores were driving her mad.
Then along came a fairy with a magic gift,
who said, "Cheer up! I'll show you how to shop with thrift!"
The girl felt so lucky when she rolled up her cart,
and at seeing her total she had quite a start.
As she looked from her purchases to the catalina machine,
the girl couldn't help but see green, green, green!

Thinking on how I am enjoying my green, and being it is mother's day, I shall split credit with Jill and my dear mother for how I've cleverly learned to use coupons. A compliment I never thought I'd say is that I have finally become my mother. Although I work as a full time teacher, she was a stay at home mother, as well as an avid couponer and refunder starting in the 70s. Her savings took our family of 5 to Orlando FL three times- twice by air, provided me tons of free samples and items for high school and college. She sent an endless stream of extra rebate checks to me at college which became my grocery and spending money. I remember saving wrappers, receipts, UPC codes, etc. always watching for the next deal. It was always a blast to go shopping with her and see the bill drop, especially when there were the BOGO weeks where she'd use BOGO coupons with the sales and come home almost making money! If we ate out, there was a coupon, if we went to the mall for clothes, there was a coupon. At the museum, movies, or dry cleaner's, coupon! She really saved! She had her clipping system down to a science (but with the dawn of the internet and facebook, I think she'd love Jill's clipless method for the inserts.) She passed away before I was an on-my-own adult although I feel I carried on her ways pretty well, until along came Jill's column in our PennySaver. Daily I research the blogs for some great deals that otherwise go unnoticed. Weekly, I look to Jill's methods to guide me further into this realm. I search, print, file, date, collect, tear, scan, email, blog, send, and do just about everything I can to take advantage of coupons, sales, rebates, rewards, BOGOs, and stack, stack, stack.

My intent is to pay it forward. Using coupons and rebates I anonomously stock, generally for free or pennies, my teacher's lounge and 2 staff bathrooms with candy, gum, dental care, feminine products, hair products, air fresheners, paper products, cleaning products, magazines, lotion, snacks, and so much more.

My husband, daughter and I typically bought toiletries and perfumes to make stockings and goodie bags around the holidays for the seniors in a nursing home where his mother lived for many years. She recently passed and we are now using Jill's wisdom and that of her followers, to stock up year round and make larger donations to them- not just travel sizes too!

As a teacher, I am also asked often to help students with community service drives, such as for homeless shelters and food pantries. I now have a regular supply box waiting to go when they ask and it is not hurting our budget in any way, and I save the receipts for taxes too.

Couponing has not only saved me money, it has given me many ways to pay it forward, to honor and remember those who taught me lessons of generosity, gratitude, and savings, and to make the world a better place.

As a family we have been looking forward to taking our daughter to see Shrek, as her first movie. She became attached to the movies last winter...
I would like to thank you for you site and valuable info on couponing. It has given me the knowledge and "power" when I go to the store, as a sahm any way to save money and help provide for my family is a great feeling.

It's so easy for me to remember a time in my life when the only green I was seeing was the envious shade, it was so obvious to see in my eye's. It was the constant new hand bags, cars, clothes and oh so glorious shoe's that I soo didn't need, but soo needed to have that had me seeing not only green but red. everywhere I turned there was a new reason for me to be oh so jealous, friends and family members alike were walking around in the latest new thing, and I wanted in, but with my 2 toddlers and 2 teenagers, who needed the latest gear all there own, it was whatever fits and wasn't stained for me. oh sweet, sweet, motherhood. It became fairly obvious to me that if I didn't find a way to save up some splurge cash for myself I was gonna go nuts, and not even the salted, honey roasted kind they sell at the carnival either, they were much too expensive, I was gonna go, store brand only big enough to make me more hungry sized pack of nuts. Alot less fun. So it was determined to find a way out fast, better job, shut off a phone line something somewhere could surly be cut, and to no avail I found nothing in my budget that was expendable. And then a co-worker unknowingly changed my life, she mentioned a coupon class that was far but free, and free is my favorite 4 letter f-word so I jumped on it. Eurekea! I saw the blinkie light my darkend budget was looking for. Never in my life was I so thankful for my lazy habit of throwing the sunday coupons in a "recycle" bin that never gets taken out to the curb on wednesday night, because "it's dark and they'll come around again next week" I got home that day and labled all of a month and a half's worth of uncliped premium quality money saving goodness! And, yes there's an and, I was able to start up right away because I already had so many inserts. I went shopping the first week and brought so much stuff home and had money back to buy the essentials like milk and produce. I am so proud to say that well I used to spend upwards of $600 a month on groceries, I now pull off an amazing $250 which is my new budget. And well unfortunatly the money spent doesn't all go to the mom fund I'd like it to, were now able to save for a house, and as of August/2009 the only green in my eye's is the reflection of the green in my wallet and those need to have shoe's I'd been eye-balling for a month now. Thanks jill, for making my life and the life of everyone around me, who had somthing I needed to have, a million times easier.

Jill, I am new to this and am DETERMINED to figure it out!!! I am starting small and learning slowly, but my children and I will save save save!!!!!!! I stood in line at Walgreens and was a little nervous but I spent 8.95 and rec'd 7.00 back in coupons and saved over 45.00!!!! I walked out feeling proud of myself!!! I shared it with my siblings!!!!! Thanks for all the help and your website is so helpful!!1 It makes it easier to comprehend what super couponing is!!!!

Thanks for what you do!

Shrek and coupons, say it ain’t so! First you tell me that I can get shampoo and toothpaste for free. Now you tell me I can go see Shrek too! Is this what heaven is like? Speedstick is free, Nivea is free, Gum is free, dare I go on? Buy one and get one, use this coupon and that one. Save this and that, cutting coupons, there’s no way I once said. Yes, I admit I was like the others. I’d leave my coupons at home. For goodness sake, I’d even shop at Wal-Mart! I know, it’s hard to believe and I hate to admit it but I did. It was so cheap I thought. Two dollars for cereal, what a steal I’d say! Never again will I step foot through those doors! Hilander is the place for me, savings galore. Manufacture coupons, e-coupons too, cereal for quarter! I’m so proud of me. I thank my cousin and my mother in law too! They are the ones, the ones that saved me from that dreadful place. Hmmm, free movie tickets, I’d surely take them and come to think of it, I wonder if Jill would go to?! I’d have to take her; she is the one with the info, the one who set me free from grocery debt. How could I not share this moment with her, couponing has changed me. She is so smart, telling her story and sharing her tips. That solves it, a cousin, a mother in law, and Jill too! Free movie tickets and with a little searching I bet we could get free popcorn too!!!

I have had SO much FUN with Super Couponing!!! It has become all I talk about with friends and family. It's become a bit all consuming - I sleep, breathe & dream about saving 'GREEN' and clipping coupons! I have really enjoyed feeling so empowered to have the resources to help my neighborhood and others in our community with all my free or next to free items. Super couponing has completely changed the way I shop for everything. It has made me so much more conscientious of what I am spending our money on and if it's being spent in the proper way. I know we end up with LOTS of things that we don't need or use but it's given us this awesome opportunity to give away those items to families that are in need of them! I am humbled and so thankful for this website and for all the people involved with this 'Coupon Revolution' of sorts. It's truly an awesome experience to be Super Couponing! Thanks to Jill for taking your time to teach all of us how to be smart shoppers and encourage us to all have giving hearts! God Bless!

I've only been super couponing for 8wks but already I have:

- Saved so much money that I am now almost able to cover my daughter's monthly private school tuition with my couponing! My monthly grocery bills were averaging $550 for the six months before but, in April, I spent just $270 oop which means I've saved $280 using my coupons. That means I only have to spend another $20 to cover the rest of her tuition payment. I know it's not as low as it could be but, after such a short time couponing, I am still amazed. It certainly helps when it comes to buying the rest of the items she needs, like uniforms. With more 'practice', I'm hoping to be able to cover all of her school expenses.

- Picked up $65 worth of food and cleaning supplies for my brand-loyal senior citizen parents and it cost them only $15 after coupons! My mom now saves me their coupon inserts ... as long as my dad doesn't throw them away.

- Brought one of my girlfriends to the dark side. :) She listened to me talk about how much money could be saved with coupons at my daughter's ballet class and then at her spa party using examples like the Windex deal or the Scrubbing Bubbles deal. Her aunt at the party, who just lost her job, was going to try too. I told her that if there was something she wanted but didn't have the coupons for she was welcome to mine if they weren't used. Her first time out she spent $18.66 oop after $17 in manuQ and two Walgreens coupons and she got $3 RR. One of the other moms now wants to go shopping with me.

- Donated 2 bags of food to Stamp Out Hunger with all of the free or almost free items I've picked up ... and, during each visit, I only pick up one free or almost free item that I will never use just so I can give it away (why take it away from the people that would save the money to use it for themselves??).

I'm new to using coupons and excited to get started saving money. Have never submitted anything like this. However my husband and I (near retirement age) are caring for and our guardians our 2 month old great granddaughter, and as you new moms know our expenses just went through the roof. Need to cut corners wherever we can. Here's for "going green" in a big way.

Hi Jill,

I needed you 2 years ago when I gave birth to my twin boys, buying diapers and formula my expenses went up quite a bit. I have just started couponing....the right way and I'm still in awe of the savings. I can not hold a conversation with anyone without bringing up my new tools I've learned about supercouponing. I thank God for crossing our paths.

I'm a Greenie! I host a Meet Up group called 2 Live Greener, google it if you are interested in connecting on Reducing, Reusing and Recycling. I've always been thrifty, but Jill's opened my eyes to a whole new level of thriftyness - you go Jill!

I recently started the Supercouponing program and I am saving a minimum of 30% each time I shop. Yesterday I saved 60%! With a child heading to college in the fall, I need to save every dime I can....

Any great coupons for college tuition?

NiCole B. East Lansing MI

Jill you have helped me just over the past month on saving some green. I've become more green too in the process. By using reusable shopping bags on my trips saves a few pennies for me, and the environment for everyone else including my family. Just a few small choices that I've changed just in this past month, since I've learned about you have made a large difference. Thanks for all you share and teach to us. Going green rocks, and so do you!!

Susan T.

I am loving all this General Mill cereal and food!
With all the coupon and sales I am really stocking up THANK YOU!

Hi Jill,

I've attended your SuperCouponing seminars and have to thank you for sharing your secrets. Over the last 3yrs, my husband and I have lost our jobs several times and almost lost our house due to the lack of income. We have a son who has special needs and have been trying to tighten the budget as much as possible in every single area.

I've always used coupons at the store and truly thought my grocery/household bill was decent for our family. I didn't think I could do better. After your seminars, I am now feeding a family of 4 (including our 4 legged Lab) for less than $100/mo. Some of the deals I have scored on, I've donated to the local food pantry to thank them for helping us keep food on the table previously.

Everyone on this forum has great ideas, tips and I enjoy reading them as often as I can. Keep up the great $$ savings!! Thank you!
BrokebutHappy

Jill's methods, advice and insight have helped my family drastically reduce the amount of "green"backs that we pay out each month. We are planning to use our savings to help buy a larger piece of "green" for our new house!

Just want to say thanks! A friend sent me to your site and I have never looked back. I felt a little guilty when I became a stay at home mom, but couponing has become like a second job to me (the first one is taking care of 2 year old twins!). I love it and I have so much fun and I'm a little obsessed! I hosted a Super Couponing DVD watching party. No one could believe the deals you were getting, I set them straight!
Now I feel guilty when I spend 50 cents on a box of cereal, and 6 month ago I never thought twice about paying $4!
Thanks for teaching me the ropes and posting your deals every week. I love it!

We just used some of our extra "green" to green up our lawn with some much needed TLC to our landscaping!

Jill couponing has changed my life! I go into work every week and tell all my friends how much money i save and they just laugh, but I'm the one who is really having the last laugh because i still have money for clothes and entertainment when everyone else is broke:) I love saving money! It is very addicting:)-

Jill has saved me tons of money and I've only been at this a few weeks.

I'm so excited by this that I've now got my boyfriend, family and coworkers "supercouponing".

Thanks Jill!!!!

Jill has saved me countless dollars over the last year and I am sure many more to come! Proud to be a super couponer!

I teach Kindergarten and am a big kid at heart. I love
Shrek and the new chubby Puss in Boots. :)

Our newspaper just started carrying Jill's weekly
column. I'm already a couponer and ad match at
Wal-mart each week. I can't wait to learn how
to save more of my school teacher and bus driver
salary. :)

I have used coupons to save since I was in college and I thought I did pretty good. My husband has always given me a hard time and even called me cheap. Well, my husband has been on reduced hours for over a year (basically laid off). We (a family of 5) do not qualify for any assistance and I was running out of ways to have enough money for bills, let alone for groceries. Recently I was told by a friend about you and WOW! I can not believe how much I really save by following your deals. You have made my life a little less stressful and my husband a believer. Thanks a bunch!

Jill you are an all star!
Hey now you're an All Star get your game on, go play
Hey now you're a Rock Star get the show on get paid
And all that glitters is gold
Only shooting stars break the mold

It's a cool place and they say it gets colder
You're bundled up now but wait 'til you get older
But the meteor men beg to differ
Judging by the hole in the satellite picture

The ice we skate is getting pretty thin
The waters getting warm so you might as well swim
My world's on fire how about yours
That's the way I like it and I'll never get bored

Thanks Jill for Saving Me LOTS of Green!!!

I am always looking for ways to save the green! Jill, you make it so easy for families to do this, especially in this economy! I love getting all the wonderful deals!

I used to think my frugal ways were just cheap. Now, I realize they are eco-chic! Not only do I save the environment by watching our families consumerism but I also (with a little help from Jill) save some green!

Thanks so much for all you do. Putting all the information for this "hobby" in a more concise, easy to access way, has helped so many people. With the internet, everything has changed, and is still evolving with coupons and refunds. I still remember the old days of refunding, when you needed to use a refund magazine and almost all the info needed to be exchanged by mail, but the internet has certainly made things much more interesting.
Sharon

Thanks Jill for everything you do to help all of us save some green. Love this site, saving money, and of course love Shrek!

I've always used "retail therapy" to make me feel better. I didn't care what I shopped for, I just wanted to shop, but it better be a decent deal because I'm not made of money. Ever since I've started couponing I have been feeding my addiction almost daily and I love it. My friend and I even joke about the fact that we shoudln't buy, there has to be a way to get it for free. My kids even ask, "Do you have a coupon for that?" I really do love couponing, and it's worth all the time invested. Thanks Jill!!!!

I actually had the cashier at Jewel say she was proud of me for my coupon savings this week! I just started using your strategies for the first time, so I was psyched! Thank you for making it so easy!

I recently learned about your site when in a woman in front of me at Jewel pulled out 50 coupons (not exaggerating!) and then apologized. I told her not to and asked how she was able to find so many coupons that were actually USEFUL! At Jewel I normally receive offers for baby products, my youngest is nine, and I am never sure if I am getting a good deal buying something name brand. She told me about your site and about the system. I was so excited, I recently had to stop working due to medical reasons, so any $$ relief is VERY welcome. Thank you for finding this information and sharing it! I think it is an amazing thing that can help so many people!
~Am

I was at your Glen Ellyn Library presentation, Jill, and I'm HOOKED! I'm so obsessed with learning this it isn't even funny. I had no idea that I could use manufacturer coupons and Store coupons together AND in conjunction with store sales!!!! Whoa! You are one smart Oreo Cookie! LOL I so can't wait to get the Sunday inserts!!!
Julie Moskal :-)