Send extra coupons to the military

This lady talks about cutting coupons for sanity. There've been a million articles out about coupons in this economy. I'm linking this one though because she lists an address/contact to send coupons to the military so others can use them. I thought, oooh, I should clip coupons and then let Leanna cut out the leftovers to send to someone!
Excerpt:
In addition, if more people were to implement the method of cutting coupons to save money on what they are already buying, there would not be a barren food bank in America! Additionally, you can donate your excess coupons to military commissaries overseas. Military commissaries will a will accept manufacturer’s coupons for up to six months after the expiration date. So if you don’t use your coupons, simply send them on the collection organizations and they will help the military families serving overseas. There are quite a few organizations you can hook up with to do this. Simply by going to www.ocpnet.org you can learn how to “adopt” a military base and how to mail coupons to that base. I also have a contact here in Utah for this as well: Julie Young of Brigham City, Utah will accept your coupons, categorize them, and send them on to the military. She currently sends coupons to London, Guam, Iraq and Germany.
Ms. Young is also looking for more coupons to send to stateside military families, who need current coupons, ideally those that will not expire for several months. To contact Young, you can e-mail her at coppertop@favorites.com or call her answering service at 435-730-4280.
There’s a surprising need among military families actually, especially those with little babies and small children that need diapers and formula, but can’t afford to buy them. Meat, detergents, milk, juices, canned vegetables and fruits are the most expensive items. Any coupons in those categories are the most requested by my military wives.

(I never understood how people save THAT MUCH money with coupons? They're generally for brand name products. And it's a bigger discount to just use the generic than to buy the brand name with the coupon.)

I got the deal tonight!

I got the deal on huggies diapers & wipes. Even though they didn't have gentle care brand in the size I needed, I was able to use another kind of Huggies, and the wipes worked too. I used 3 $5 coupons, and got the $10 register rewards certificate printed at the register! So it was like paying $1.00 for 2 packs of diapers and one pack of wipes!

Useful information for the future.

I may not be able to use this now, but in the future....good to know! I have been throwing out Bed Bath & Beyond coupons that are expired-now I know better.

Bed, Bath & Beyond: since Linens N Things went out of business, no more competitors to speak of-- however, BB&B accepts its OWN expired coupons, as long as they are hard copies (not their printable coupons) so DON'T throw them out just because they're expired.

Huggies deal

I checked out the link on my Mom's blog (check it out, she's been posting again) and here's the huggies deal (though it's worth poking around at other stuff on the link): Hint, any grandparents who would like to do this, it would make an excellent Easter present and wouldn't cost that much!!

UPDATE: Walgreens: Huggies Diapers deal is *even* better than I thought! 2 packages of diapers and one package of wipes for $1 out of pocket!
UPDATE: Walgreens: Huggies Diapers deal is *even* better than I thought!When I originally posted about the Huggies deal at Walgreens (posted HERE), it wasn't clear that Huggies wipes were included.. but they are! So, to really s-t-r-e-t-c-h your dollars, here's what to do.Print $5 off Huggies Gentle Care and $3 off Huggies Natural Fit coupons HERE.(You should be able to print TWO coupons per computer-- to get additonal coupons, ask any friends or family members that are able and willing to print additional coupons for you!) Go to Walgreens (sale ends this Saturday, March 14th) and purchase the following:2 packages of Huggies diapers @ $10/each: $201 package of Huggies wipes @ $6/each: $6TOTAL before coupons= $26LESS 3 $5 Huggies Coupons, brings the total down to $11 *and* you will ALSO get a $10 Register Reward which you can use on your next purchase. The $10 Register Reward can certainly be used to buy additional Huggies products, but you cannot use Register Rewards earned by buying Huggies to earn MORE Register Rewards earned by buying Huggies. So, alternatively, you can use that Register Reward to buy an additional $10 worth of items (that are on sale and/or you have coupons for, of course!) that you and your family needs.And, again, even if you or your family are no longer in need of diapers and/or wipes-- this would make a wonderful gift or donation to a family or charity!Happy shopping-- and nearly free diapers and wipes!

The Coupon Cutting Queen

Wow. Her best ever was paying 2 cents at Target for $380 worth of stuff.