Coupons Anyone?

I have never been a coupon clipper...not that I don't want to save money,

I do....especially since the price of everything has gone WAY up and I have

two teenagers who eat pretty much 24/7. I just usually

find that I can buy the store brand in most things for cheaper

than what I can buy the name brand for...even with the coupon. Now

I admit, there are some things that MUST be name brand....for example,

Miracle Whip...Jif Peanut Butter...Kraft salad dressing

...just to name a few. :o}

...and of'course I never see coupons for those items!

I ran across this website about a month ago...and found coupons

on there that I can actually use. I rummaged through them clicking

and printing the ones I thought I could use and still get a good deal on....

I cut them out nice and neat....bought one of those coupon organizers.....

stuffed them into their correct category....and you guessed it,

they are still in there.

Now I am afraid to use them. What if I pick out all of the coupon brands.....

get up to the register....just to be told, "Mam, We do not accept the

coupons you print yourself." So, rather than face embarrassment,

I have left them in my (ugly) organizer....until today.

I went into Fred's (I picked a store I never go in to-you know, in case the

cashier gets mad and starts screaming at me because I am using

counterfeit coupons and the manager comes to ban me from the store)

grabbed some Palmolive...you can never have too much soap ;o} then

I grabbed an item that I had a coupon for....you know, for a quick

test run. ;o}- After the lady rang up my total, I slipped her the coupon,

she scanned it....and it worked.

Yay!

The item I had a coupon for was a bottle of Simply Green cleaner...

the coupon was for $2.00....the cleaner was priced for $1.99....I actually

made a penny off my purchase.

How cool is that?!?