The “Health Care Debate” is being talked about everywhere. While I have no desire to have that debate here on Coupon Katie I do think this might be a good time to share some of the lessons I have learned in the last two years.
Between being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and giving birth we have learned a lot about saving money on medical expenses.
1. Realize you are a health care consumer. This was a major shift for me. Viewing providers and my insurance company through the eyes of a consumer …

We have a lot of Bar-b-Que pork in our fridge. (Thanks Dave & Jenny) THE HUSBAND ate it for lunch yesterday, the boys and I ate it for dinner last night. As I was trying to figure out what to do with the rest of it I thought, that would make a great post!
What do you do with your leftovers?
I found some taco seasoning in the pantry and have settled on the idea of pork tacos for dinner. (I’ll let you know how that goes.)
1. That follows my …

This could quite possibly be the cheapest I have ever gotten diapers!
I just ordered a box of 204 size 3 Pampers delivered to my door for  $0.49. Here are the details:
1. Went to Amazon.com and searched for diapers in the baby department.
2. Clicked on the “subscribe and save” tab on the left side of the screen. This will pull up all the diapers that are available at the 30% “Subscribe and Save” discount. (You just cancel your subscription after diapers arrive.)
3. Chose the Papmers Mega pack-size 3. They were 40.99, …

I thought of this question today after a funny conversation with a good friend.
What is the oddest/funniest thing you do to save money?
You know, that thing that you tell someone about and they are not sure whether to laugh or hand you $5 so you don’t have to do that anymore. I’ll get things started by sharing ours. (Although I did not think it was odd until my friend laughed really hard.)
We don’t pay for trash pick up service.
When we moved out of the city we did not …

It is time for another Dan Zanes & Friends ticket giveaway thanks to our friends at AC Entertainment.

In order to win this contest you must have a Twitter account.
Answer the trivia question below, by replying to @couponkatie and @AC_Ent and include #DZTICKETS (be sure to include the ‘#” and no spaces).
So your answer should look something like this: “@couponkatie @AC_Ent the answer to the question is (your answer here) thanks for the chance to win #DZTICKETS”
*(1) Entry per Twitter account.
*The winner will be notified via Twitter.
*Contest …

Lately I have received several questions about the abbreviations used in coupon match up post so, I thought it would be a good idea to rerun this post. If you are new to coupons and just figuring it all out welcome and keep emailing or leaving comments with questions!
The Coupon World has a whole language of its own. This was very confusing to me until I learned to speak it. So, here is a list of commonly used Couponing abbreviations that should help you.

AC-After Coupons

BC-Before Coupons

B1G1F, B2G1F-”Buy …

Congratulations to Chanlin2 , the winner of 4 tickets to the  Dan Zanes & Friends show Friday August 13th at the Knoxville Bijou Theatre.
Thanks to all who entered. If you did not win don’t worry you will have another chance starting tomorrow.  To be ready be sure you are following @AC_Ent and @couponkatie on Twitter.

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