Saving Money with coupons and club cards

no worries you don't have to be one of those crazy coupon people to save money.  you just have to take a few minutes a week to do some planning.  first if you have a Target with a grocery store, take advantage of it.  Target accepts there store coupons released, i think on a monthly basis, along with manufacturer coupons.  so on each item you can use one store coupon and one manufacturer coupon.  i have saved on diapers this way up to $4 a package.  plus if you can find the item on sale or clearance all the better.  last month i got vitamins for my self for $5 a 30 day supply, and for my daughter $3.50 a 60 day supply.  i got craisens for 37 cents a bag, huggies diapers for $5.46 for 50 of them.  pull ups 30 for $5.46.  2 huge bags of huggies wipes for free.  all in just one carefully planned shopping trip.  also when you discover great deals for there store coupons, go to the corresponding items website and you may find a manufacturer coupon there.  saving you even more money.  also watch for coupons for some of you favorite items on the packages in the store.  i have scored great huggies and m&m coupons in the past month just attached to the packages.  Target also has where you can sign up for them to text coupons to you. Also sign up for there Red card debit card, which links to your checking account and every time you use it you receive 5% off in store and online plus free shipping. I also got Similac premade formula for the baby for 75 cents a bottle, thanks to the formula checks they had sent me.  just sign up on the formula companies website and they will send you formula checks.  i also saved on packs of the premade nursettes by enfamil at babies r us this way.  they had a deal on them if you bought 2 you saved $5.  plus i had 2 $5 formula checks.  saving me $15 on something that would normally cost $18.  so i paid $3 for 12 premade 2oz bottles.  they are great to keep as a just in case in the diaper bag.  To save on clothes for the kids i signed up for kohls and old navy email programs.  kohls will send you $5 off just for signing up, and an occasional $10 off.  those can be combined with the routine 15% off they send out on a regular basis and sale items.  doing this i have gotten summer clothes as well as cute dresses, even one for Adalise last Easter.  all for the cost of tax. Old navy will send you a $10 off your online purchase for signing up.  Also whenever buying anything online, go through ebates. you get a % of cash back at many online stores.  also always go to google search engine and search for coupon codes for where ever you are shopping.  My last bath and body works order i bought $150 worth of stuff for less then $50 and i got free shipping and cash back through ebates, just by searching for a code.  Also never shy away from Club stores.  i love Costco.  they save me on everything i don't have coupons for.  i buy there brand of  TP, Paper towels, bottled water, and baby wipes(which by the way are the thickest, softest, strongest i have ever used), and even our birthday party cakes(they are huge, less then $20, and can be personalized pretty much anyway you want).  we also get our gas there.  with prices being around $4.29 a gallon in our area right now(for the cheapest), they are $4.17.  that's a great deal.  if you don't have a club card, but still need to save on gas, sign up for a ralphs or food for less savings card. for every $100 you spend you get 10 cents off at food for less gas stations and shell gas up to 35 gallons.  we use all our WIC checks there, including our Formula for the baby(which runs about $150), and then we use those points to save on gas for my car(Costco is too outta the way for me to drive for gas, unlike hubby who passes one on his way to and from work).  Last but not least if you have a facebook page follow one of the many coupon pages.  they will alert you to all sorts of deals.  they do the work so you don't have to.  i follow Couponing to Disney http://www.couponingtodisney.com/.