Good Bye For Now...

Good Evening Clippers.


It is with a very saddened heart that I write to you tonight. 


At this time I am resigning as The Constant Clipper. 


I have been praying on this for several weeks and feel that right now I need to close some doors and focus on the few paths that I feel God is calling me to focus on. Mainly that of which is my education. Often I find myself blogging when I should be completing homework assignments. At this time I am wrapping up my associate degree and moving forward into a more rigorous schedule to complete my bachelor. I feel that it is vital for me to set my distractions aside for the time being to focus on the successful completion of my programs. 


I have sincerely enjoyed working with every one of you for the past year and a half. It has been fun and I cannot explain how much I will miss posting daily. I am pretty sure this will be one of the most difficult things I have ever done. Giving up a sincere passion and enjoyable hobby, only to be replaced by school work. However, it is necessary. 


Please follow one of the blogs below to stay up to date on sales, coupons, deals, samples, freebies, etc. Each one of these women also maintain a Facebook page for even faster updates.


Eastern Shore Mom
Coupon Chix
Couponing to Disney
I Heart Publix

Again, thank you so much for your support! I can only hope that when my schedule is more established and I am closer to being done (or completely done) with school, that I will be able to pick up where I left off. 


Best of luck and happy clipping!


Gabriele Jones

Extra Red Plum Insert in today's Press Register

Today's Press Register included an extra Red Plum insert, making the total inserts (2) Red Plum, (1) Smart Source and (1) P&G. Here is what was included. 

$1/24 cans of Fancy Feast Gourmet Cat Food

$1/1 3 lb+ Bag of Fancy Feast Dry Cat Food

$1/4 2 oz trays of Fancy Feast Appetizer Cat Food

$1/18 cans of Fancy Feast Gourmet Cat Food Elegant Medleys 

.50/1 box Minute Maid Rice

$1/1 Any Marcal Small Steps Product

.50/2 cans of Carnation Evaporated Milk

.55/1 Coffee Mate Natural Bliss Coffee Creamer

$2/1 Stouffer's Multi-Serve Entree 

$2/1 large Digornio Frozen Pizza

Buy 4 cans Chef Michael's canine creations and get 2 free

$2/1 4.5 lb+ bag of Chef Michael's dry dog food

.75/1 6 lb+ bag of Purina dry cat food

$1/1 4 lb+ bag Purina dry dog food 

$1/1 7lb+ bag of Tidy Cats litter

$1/2 pkgs of Purina Whisker Lickins Treats

$2/12 single cans or (1) 12 ct pkg of Purina Mighty Dog food

$1/1 Purina T-Bonz dog treat

I am very excited about the $2/1 Stouffer's meals because we love their lasagna and they often go on sale at Publix for very cheap.

Sunday Coupon Preview 1/29/12

Sunday paper is great this week. I would recommend picking up both the Pensacola News Journal and the Mobile Press Register this week. Remember coupons vary city to city so some higher-value may be included in one paper and not the other. 


There are three inserts this week.
(1) P&G
(1) Smart Source
(1) Red Plum

The P&G will include a $3/1 Iams dry dog or cat food coupon. Currently Target has a $3 trial bag on the shelves. This means free pet food. For those of you who do not have pets, stock up and donate to your local animal shelter. 


For those of you who live in Baldwin County I encourage you to donate to the Baldwin County Humane Society. With the recent cases of extreme animal neglect that has taken place in Summerdale and Robertsdale the Baldwin County Human Society is in need of tons of food. 


I imagine thee trial size bags will clear shelves pretty quick so head out to get your paper early and then head straight to Target. If you wait until the craziness dies down (usually after a week) just remember this coupon is valid for 30 days only. 

Guest Post: What's your homes hazard score?

By Alisha Carlo



Most people don't think twice about the different products on our supermarket shelves.  Heck, if they are being sold, they have to besafe right?  Or, if there is something to worry about, surely the label will carry a warning.  Well, sometimes those warning labels aren't as obvious as we'd think.  There may not be a gigantic symbol flashing at us.  Perhaps the warning is only the ingredients list. And if this is the case... who knows what half that stuff is anyway? Not me!

Over the last couple of years, I have learned that most of the products that are offered in the United States are not necessarily as healthy or safe as what is being offered in neighboring Countriessuch as Canada.  The United States is a bit more loosy goosy on it'srestrictions.  Whether it be household cleaning products, hygieneproducts, food, or even cosmetics, they may contain more than webargain for.

Canada's “Health Canada” commission publishes a product ingredient “hot list” annually or as new data becomes available. The list contains ingredients considered dangerous, and should not belegally used in products being sold in Canada.  Here is the mostrecent Canadian Cosmetic Hot List.

While the United States Consumer Protection Agency also requires labeling, it is much more limited to only include those products thatare an immediate danger. “Toxic, corrosive, an irritant, a strong sensitizer,flammable or combustible, or generates pressure throughdecomposition, heat or other means, AND  may cause substantial personal injury or substantial illness during or as a proximate result ofany customary or reasonably foreseeable handling or use, includingingestion by children.” Products with possible long term carcinogenic or nervedamaging affects are overlooked and often ignored. 

A great resource to see just how “toxic” your favorite products are, can be located at: http://www.ewg.org/skindeep  This website allows you to scan virtually any product on the market (that comes in to contact with skin).  As an example I ran a search of baby soaps. The products with the highest amount of toxins include: Baby Magic, Johnson and Johnson, and Huggies, all rating a 6or 7 on the hazardous ingredients scale. (7-9 considered HighHazard). 

The website details each products ingredients list, and potentiality for health concerns.  The Baby Magic scorecard shows the overall hazard as moderate, but when listing out individual concernsit is noted that the developmental and reproductive toxicity hazard is high. The detailed scorecard can be found here.

Great, one more thing to worry about right?  Many of us will say “well, I always used it, and my kid is fine.” OR “My Mom used it on me, and I'm fine.”  This may be true for now, however it is the long term affects that should be considered. Perhaps illnesses like Fibromyalgia and other recently commondegenerative nerve, and immune system disorders may be the result ofyears and years of toxic chemicals leaching into our systems. This of course is only my opinion and will probably be up for debate by many.  But it is something to consider.

We quite obviously cannot eliminate all hazards andtoxins from our environment, it's virtually impossible.  By merely breathing, we are taking in foreign particles every second.  So, am Is aying we should sit in our homes, plastic wrap everything, filter our air and water, remove all chemicals, eat only food grown inorganic atmospheres, and meat that is range fed and never given ahormone- oh yeah and don't immunize your kids either...
No.

But the truth is, everything is outgassing (or off-gassing as some call it). Our carpet, our car interior, the chemicals under our sink- you name it, if it was built, produced, or grown it likely contains somethingtoxic.  So, how about just starting somewhere.  Eliminate something.

Here's a great start, and it's easy!  Take all of your harsh cleaning products from under your kitchen sink and put them in a sealed rubber maid tub, and back under the sink. That's it.  Each of these chemicals, as they sit under there, are outgassing. They are putting gaseous fumes from their ingredients into our homeenvironment.  Guess where these gases sit?  Low. The gas particles are heavier than the air, therefore they hang low in our environment. So who is taking the brunt of these fumes? Yep, our babies and our pets. 

This post is not intended to be your “Debbie the Downer for the Day”.  I just hope to enlighten a few people, and give them tools to make better, healthier purchasing decisions. What about you?  Can you suggest a healthy alternative that you use andrecommend?  I'd love to hear them!

~Alisha
http://sprkme.blogspot.com (don't mind the mess, we're still under construction!)

Get coupons for 7 Free Voskos Yogurts plus Granola

Voskos just announced on their Facebook page that you have the opportunity to earn coupons for 7 free Vosko's yogurts plus granola.

Watch this YouTube Video, about 30 seconds long and write down the 3 captions shown.
Then email your name, mailing address and the 3 captions mentioned in the video to fb@voskos.com

Now wait. You should qualify as long as you email them before 5 PM however I think they may get overwhelmed with response so the sooner the better.

Good luck!

Meal-Over Monday on Tuesday

Hello Clippers!

Sorry for the delay on posting Meal-Over Monday specials and ideas. We celebrated my grandmothers 77th birthday last night (photo attached) and after that I was TIRED!
So this week I Heart Publix there are some great deals, starting with the Ragu Pasta Sauce!


Ragu Pasta Sauce BOGO $2.19.50 off 1 jar Ragu Pasta Sauce (Family Dollar Coupon-Publix accepts as competitor at Gulf Shores and Orange Beach locations), apply (2) = .59 cents each, AMAZING!

A1 Steak Sauce BOGO $3.25 $1/1 A1 Steak Sauce found in 1/22 SS insert, apply (2) = .62 cents each, AMAZING!

French's Classic Yellow Mustard BOGO $1.87.30/1 French's Mustard found in 1/22 SS insert, apply (2) = .63 cents each, yep better than generic!

Campbell's Healthy Harvest Soup BOGO $2.49$1/2 cans of soup found in 1/8 SS insert, apply (1) = .74 a piece

Nabisco Nilla Wafers and Newtons BOGO $3.99$3/3 Nabisco Newtons found in 1/8 SS insert, apply (1) = $1.00 a piece

Plus tons more! I just bought Q-Tips last week, not on sale and boy I am sad since this week they are on sale. I am also noticing tons of Summer items coming through which is unusual but with Super Bowl right around the corner it sort of explains it.

Here is what my menu is looking like this week:

Monday: Family Dinner...off night for me.
Tuesday: Pizza...thanks to Pizza Hut I can enjoy American Idol
Wednesday: Chicken Stew and Biscuits
Thursday: Spaghetti and Garlic Bread
Friday: Blackened Mahi Mahi, Green Beans & Mashed Potatoes

FREE Sambazon Juice...Yes more than 1 bottle!

I know tons of you have wanted to try my favorite drink…Sambazon Juice.

The drink is organic, 100% vegan and is jammed packed with fruits from the Amazon. The best part is they also have a fair trade partnership that creates jobs for 10,000 family farmers and the company helps to protect the rain forest. This drink not only tastes good and does good but it has helped boost my energy level.

 So now is the time to try this drink for FREE. Publix has the 10.5 oz single servings of this juice marked down to $1.99 now (reg. $2.99) and there are tons of coupons that you can take advantage of to score this baby without paying a penny (even though it is worth every penny you spend). Check out the links below to the available coupons.

$2/1 SambazonJuice 10.5 oz or 32 oz (use zip code 90210) print 2x

$2/1 SambazonJuice 10.5 oz or 32 oz print 2x
FREE SambazonJuice when you share with a friend via Facebook

If you do not live near a Publix, check out the other retailers here.

Feel Good Fridays: Why Should I Exfoliate?

Every woman, young or old loves a bright, radiant and smooth face. There is just something amazing about knowing that your face is at its healthiest!

Many women do not currently include an exfoliation step in their skin care process when they really should. Exfoliating is important because your skin is constantly generating new skin cells and pushing them to the surface. When you are young the process of skin generation takes place without much hesitation.

However, starting in your twenties, your skin begins to slow the generation process and the cells do not turnover as quickly as they used too. Not only does it slow but the old, dead skin begins to pile up unevenly on the skins surface, instead of flaking off. This is when your skin begins to feel rough, dry and uneven. It also causes your skin to appear dull.

Exfoliating is beneficial because it removes the skin clinging on to the surface and allows the newly generated skin to shine through.

A great way to exfoliate is through the process of Microdermabraison. You can usually visit a salon to have one done and the cost per session is anywhere from $75 to $200. However in home treatments are much more affordable, I recommend the Mary Kay Microdermabraison Set for $55.

When including the exfoliation process into your skin care routine, you will need to make sure you do not over do it. Over exfoliating can cause your skin to become irritated and dry. Most dermatologists recommend that you add an in home Microdermabraison treatment into your skin care routine 1-2 times a week.

It is also very important to moisturize your skin after the process of Microdermabraison. The Mary Kay Microdermabraison Set includes a replenishing serum filled with vitamins and antioxidants to help ensure that it does not become irritated.

You can order the Microdermabraison Set now for only $45 with me, your Independent Mary Kay Beauty Consultant. Now until supplies run out you will also receive the limited edition gift set which includes four free samples to include our indulge soothing eye gel, oil-free eye make up remover, hydrating gel and intense moisturizing cream.

Guest Post: Anti Anti-Bacterial

Happy Thursday, Clippers! My name is Jessica and I’ll be bringing you a monthly post about making your homes and lives a little greener. I’m looking forward to getting to know all of you and I hope you’ll visit my personal blog at http://jessicanaccari.blogspot.com and find me on Twitter at @JessNaccari.

Let’s jump right into this month’s green idea—eliminating anti-bacterial soaps from our homes. I’m sure most of you have families and you’re wondering why in the world I’m asking you to stop using anti-bacterial soap, right? Supposedly, this product kills 99.9% of germs and bacteria and gives you and your kids a fighting chance against getting sick.

But the truth is anti-bacterial soap is no more effective than plain soap and water when it comes to washing your hands. In fact, anti-bacterial soap is not only unnecessary it’s also harmful to the environment.

According to Arizona State University, the chemicals used in anti-bacterial soaps don’t break down. This means the same type of chemicals from fifty years ago are still around in the environment today. Ick! Triclosan is one such chemical and the major problem with so many people using it in their soap is that they are also washing it down their drains. Wastewater treatments are not currently able to clean all of the triclosan out of the water flowing through. This means the chemical is being reintroduced to the environment and ending up in rivers, streams, and your food. That’s right, I said your food.

An article on Discovery.com states that triclosan has been detected in breast milk and urine in a significant amount of people, which means it’s getting into people somehow. Another article states the chemical is being found in many marine animals including trout and other fish that we eat. This isn’t good for them or us. It can actually be toxic to some species of marine organisms and have negative effects on others.

The truth is, scientists and other researchers don’t know all of the dangerous effects caused by this chemical and the others found in anti-bacterial soap. The most that we can do now is to stop buying these products. They aren’t beneficial to us and the negative impact is too great a risk. If you’d like more information on any of this, I’ve listed all of the links I referenced below.

Until next time Clippers!

Jessica

“Anti-bacterial Soap Bad for the Environment.”

http://www.biodesign.asu.edu/news/anti-bacterial-soap-bad-for-the-environment

“Antibacterial Soap: Unnecessary and Harmful”

http://www.products4causes.com/pdf/Triclosan.pdf

“Are Anti-bacterial Soaps Poisoning Our Water?”

http://news.discovery.com/earth/anti-bacterial-soaps-dioxins.html

“Plain Soap as Good as Antibacterial”

http://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/news/20070817/plain-soap-as-good-as-antibacterial

Sunday Coupon Preview 1/22

Good Morning Clippers! Here is your Sunday Morning Newspaper Coupon Preview for 1/22. So far we have two inserts. (1) Red Plum and (1) Smart Source. If I find out about any additional inserts I'll let you know.

Guest Post: Cardboard Luminary and SUPER CUTE

By Brandee Lay

What you need:

-1 paper towel roll and 3 toilet paper rolls

- spray paint (1 can)

- hot glue & glue gun

- wax paper

- candolier (I scored a set of 2 in Target’s 70% after-Christmas sale for just over $1, but most people just have these things hanging out around the house & in storage)

- scissors

                                       

Cut your cardboard rolls in ½ inch increments. You’ll need 48 pieces. Keep your extra pieces/rolls for future projects!

                

Glue your pieces. I used sets of 4 to make little flowers.

                                     

Then, I took 3 flowers and glued them together to form a “rectangular” section. If you’ve divided & glued these correctly, you should have 4 rows of 3 flowers.

Now, you may attack them with spray paint. You’ll need quite a few coats – cardboard sucks it all up.

                                   

After your pieces have dried, it’s time to break out the glue gun again. Try to make a box out of your 4 sections first, without the glue, just to get an idea of what you’re about to do. When you’re ready, you’ll need to make sure your pieces just barely overlap to hold well.

                                  

Once they are glued, check the stability. Carefully bend & stretch, or slightly squish, the pieces that don’t fit quite right. Manipulate them to perfection.

                                      

Get your wax paper, and roll it up to fit inside your holder.

                                

Cut your paper to fit. You can also tack it to the cardboard with hot glue if you would like to do so.

                                         

Now turn on your candolier, stick it in your holder, and enjoy!

                                         

Publix Sneak Peak: Begins 1/19/12

Another reason Monday is my favorite day of the week...I love the Publix Weekly Ad Sneak Peak that Michelle at I Heart Publix posts. This ad is a lifesaver on many occasions!

Here is how I make this sneak peak work to my advantage...

Monday: Preview sneak peak and print any coupons that I do not already have

Tuesday: Preview the Super Deals and Happy Report also found on I Heart Publix (the Happy Report is a detailed report of inclusions and exclusions of the upcoming ad)

Wednesday: Break Day from my personal coupons 

Thursday: Create my menu plan for the upcoming week and organize coupons for shopping trip 

Friday: After work I head to the grocery store; unless Dollar General or Family Dollar has a $5/$25 purchase coupon available for Saturday use only. The Publix locations closest to me, Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, accept both these stores as competitors.

Here is some of the items I plan to stock up on. Remember, BOGO items ring up separately, meaning a BOGO item will ring up 1/2 price. You only have to buy one if you would like.

• Quaker Instant Oatmeal BOGO $2.98 = $1.49 each
• Quaker Instant Grits BOGO $2.79 = $1.39 each
• Kellogg's Cereal: Raisin Bran Cinnamon Almond BOGO $4.42, apply (2) .70/1 coupon = $1.51 each
• Tostitos Salsa BOGO $2.99 = $1.49 each
• Peter Pan Peanut Butter (40 oz) BOGO $7.89, apply $3/2 Publix coupon = $2.44 each
• I Can't Believe It's Not Butter BOGO $2.47, apply (2) $1/1 coupon = .23 cents each
• Cole's Garlic Bread BOGO $2.99, apply (2) .50/1 coupon = .99 cents each
• Honey Gold Potatoes BOGO $2.99 = $1.49 each
• Crunchmaster Multigrain Crackers BOGO $3.19, apply (2) $1/1 coupon = .59 each
• Vans Natural Foods Natural Waffles BOGO $3.15, apply (2) $1/1 coupon = .57 each
• Purina Beneful Dog Food BOGO $5.79 = $2.89 each
• Edge Energy Save Gel, apply (2) $1/1 coupon from 1/15 SS = .13 each
• Silk Soy or Almond Milk 2/$5, apply (2) $1/1 coupon = $1.50 each
• Breakstones Cottage Cheese 4 pk 2/$4 = $2.00 each
• Tostitos Chips 2/$6 = $3.00 each + .55/1 Tostitos Salsa wyb coupon from 1/1 SS
• Kashi Go Lean Cereal $2.99, apply $1/1 coupon = $1.99 each
• Kashi Granola Bars $2.99, apply $1/1 coupon = $1.99 each
• BIC Soleil Shavers 2/$9, apply B1G1 Free Coupon from 1/8 SS = $2.25 each
• Purex Ultra Laundry Detergent $4.99
• Campbell's Soup 4 pack, $1.99

Guest Post: Cook Eggs, Don't Boil

Chopped, sliced or wedged, hard-cooked eggs are the basis of egg salad and add protein and a happy glow to tossed and composed salads and casseroles. Chopped yolks and whites comprise Eggs Goldenrod and Polonaise Sauce. Whole hard-cooked eggs become comforting, familiar deviled eggs or zingy, newly rediscovered pickled eggs. Simply sprinkled with an herb or more fancily coated in sausage for Scotch eggs, hard-cooked eggs are natures own hand-held snack food. With a supply of hard-cooked eggs on hand, you're ready for almost any meal occasion.

Hard-cooked eggs are often incorrectly called hard-boiled eggs. Yes, the cooking water must come to a boil. But, you'll get tenderer, less rubbery eggs (without a green ring around the yolk) and you'll have less breakage if you turn off the heat or remove the pan from the burner, allowing the eggs to cook gently in hot water.

Very fresh eggs may be difficult to peel. The fresher the eggs, the more the shell membranes cling tenaciously to the shells. The simplest method for easy peeling is to buy and refrigerate eggs a week to 10 days in advance of hard cooking. This brief "breather" allows the eggs to take in air which helps separate the membranes from the shell.

1. Place eggs in single layer in saucepan. Add enough tap water to come at least 1 inch above eggs.

2. Cover. Quickly bring just to boiling. Turn off heat.

3. If necessary, remove pan from burner to prevent further boiling. Let eggs stand, covered, in the hot water about 15 minutes for large eggs (12 minutes for medium, 18 minutes for extra large.)

4. Immediately run cold water over eggs or place them in ice water (not standing water) until completely cooled. Once cooled, refrigerate eggs in their shells and use within one week of cooking or peel and use immediately.

5. To remove shell, crackle it by tapping gently until a fine network of lines appears all over the shell.

6. Roll egg between hands to loosen shell.

7. Peel, starting at large end. Hold egg under running cold water or dip in bowl of water to help ease off shell.

8. To segment eggs evenly, use an egg slicer or wedger. For chopped eggs, rotate a sliced egg 90 degree in a slicer and slice again. Or chop eggs with a sharp pastry blender in a bowl. Draw down a wedger's wires only partway to open an egg to hold a stuffing or resemble a flower.

Happy Cooking!

Jodi Havranek
jhavranek@cottonbeltcooking.com
www.facebook.com/cottonbeltcooking

Meal-Over Monday's: What's for dinner this week?

Eggcellent Eggplant Mozzarella

Happy Monday Clippers!

One of my goals this year is to stay in and cook at least five nights each week and focus on eating meals around the kitchen table...as a family! Most of 2011 we spent eating out, unhealthy and in front of the TV. As a mom this was very depressing. So my husband and I have made a commitment together to have family dinner night as much as possible in the Jones household.

To help this resolution pan out I am going to introduce Meal-Over Monday's...yep, a full day dedicated to weekly meal plans, recipes, kitchen tips, etc. This is going to be my new favorite day of the week!

This week my family will be indulging on the following yummy meals...

Monday: Eggcellent Eggplant Mozzarella served with honey infused sweet potatoes

Tuesday: Avocado & Jalapeno Tacos

Wednesday: Cajun Style Porkchops served with baked potatoes and creamed corn

Thursday: Sloppy Joe's and French Fries

Friday: Biscuits Atop Chicken Stew 

Tonight's meal was AMAZING. I actually cooked it last night and we had leftovers that we enjoyed today. This is my very own recipe so I would love to hear your feedback! My husband and I have been wanting to try an eggplant recipe but nothing really appealed to us so I played with some ingredients and got these yummy and very presentable main dishes.

Eggcellent Eggplant Mozzarella
By Gabriele Jones

Feeds 2-4 people
Prep Time: 5-10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 large eggplant, cut into 1/2 inch thick rounds
• 2-3 cups seasoned Panko (Japanese Bread Crumbs)
• 2 large eggs
• 1-2 cups mozzarella cheese
• 1 cup traditional pasta sauce or marina sauce (whichever suits your taste)
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 1 tsp dried basil
• Extra virgin olive oil  (EVOO) cooking spray

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 475 degrees and then spray baking sheet with EVOO cooking spray.
2. In shallow bowl or baking dish beat eggs, salt and pepper. In another shallow bowl or baking dish mix Panko, oregano and basil.
3. Dip eggplant rounds into egg mixture, coating both sides evenly and then transfer immediately to Panko mixture coating both sides in seasoned crumbs. Lay flat on baking sheet.
4. Bake at 475 for 15 minutes.
5. After 15 minutes remove eggplant from oven and top with 1-2 tbs sauce and 1 tbs mozzarella. Return the baking sheet to the oven and bake for an additional 5 minutes or until the cheese is melted.
6. Remove from oven and let stand for one minute.

We had our eggplant with honey infused sweet potatoes. Yes, it sounds weird but the combination of flavors was pretty good. If your not much for the creative palette then you could serve with angel hair pasta and the remaining pasta sauce.

This meal is light but filling, making it perfect for all year enjoyment. It would be perfect for entertaining guests. Smaller eggplant rounds can even be used to make appetizers. The Panko actually crisps the eggplant up so much they can be enjoyed as a finger food. Amazing? I know!

New Year, New Look...Welcome to The Constant Clipper!

Hello Clippers!

I am pleased to announce that The Constant Clipper is undergoing some updates for the New Year. I am a little late but I feel it only appropriate that with the new year, we get a new look. Not only template wise but also material wise. So this year The Constant Clipper is introducing guest bloggers.

I have to say that I am so thankful for the help! So far I have 6 amazing women who have agreed to share monthly or bi-weekly articles with all of you! So far we have women ready to share everything from DIY crafts, to parenting dilemmas to recipes and the latest cooking equipment. That's right, the The Constant Clipper is bringing in more than just couponing material and I really hope you enjoy. There are even more bloggers to come and I will be introducing them over the next week. I encourage you to stop by and read about our newbies, just visit Friends of the Clipper.

Along with a new look and guest posts you will see more consistency out of The Constant Clipper. I want this blog to succeed more than anything and I need your help to make it happen. I think ensuring you all know what to expect when is a great way to keep you coming back for more.

Most of you know that beginning in March I will be featured as the coupon consultant in Cotton Belt Cooking Magazine. I am so excited about this opportunity and am hoping to bring some new faces to visit us. Now, I am not leaving all the new faces to the magazine. I hope that all of you, the clippers, will share The Constant Clipper's facebook page with your family and friends. I would really like to show both our guest writers and the Cotton Belt Cooking family that we do it big! Not to mention, with 400 likes we will be having a giveaway! Don't let your friends miss out, I will be announcing the big giveaway later this week so stay tuned.

I would also love LOVE love LOVE to see more participation on your end. Please do not be afraid to share your questions, concerns, photos of shopping trip receipts, freebies, community events, etc. with everyone on the facebook page. We are all there for the same reasons and I know you have something to say some of the time. :)

Lastly, do not forget to join in on the Become a Clipper coupon class this Saturday, January 21. More details are available on the Coupon Class tab of this site. Blogs are a great way to get started but let me tell you, I had to attend 3 classes before any of this even made good sense. Not to mention I would love to see some of your faces in person!

I look forward to an exciting year!

Till Next Time,

The Constant Clipper

Oh last thing, really! Be sure you head over to the the Clippers with Cause page to stay up to date with how many expired coupons are being sent overseas to our military bases. You are all killing it with the donations. On a side note, I am getting so overwhelmed with coupons. When donating via me, please be sure you clip the coupons and organize them into two categories, food and nonfood. This will help me when I count them out to mail them. If you have any questions on this you can email me at clipperswithcause@gmail.com.