Tonight's Super-Couponing class in Hampshire was especially fun for me, as the class was held inside the elementary school that I attended from Kindergarten through 5th grade..! I hadn't been inside that building in over 20 years, and amazingly, my first grade teacher is still teaching there... in the same classroom I attended in 1980 :) We had close to a hundred people on such a very COLD night to go out! If you attended tonight's class and have any additional questions, please feel free to post them here.

Just had to share this story with everyone... the kids and I made our weekly visit to our food pantry this morning (which is the Grafton Township Pantry, serving the Huntley area) to drop off some bags of food, and the pantry volunteers pointed out a very LARGE pile of Jewel bags on the floor -- at least eight of them packed with food. They were smiling and said that someone had come in earlier and brought this food in, and that person proudly stated that all of the food in the bags cost them less than $5, because they'd bought it with the deals they found on my blog! What a great story!

My Deals of the Week segment returned today on Jonathon Brandmeier's radio show on 97.9 The Loop in Chicago! Here's a link if you missed it...

11/18/08: Deals of the week #19 - Jonathon Brandmeier - WLUP (13:52)
Cheap lunch snacks and Healthy Choice frozen meals, Thanksgiving specials, Dr. Pepper Guns N' Roses giveaway, and Lee Iacocca's own brand of butter (really.)

Coupons, coupons, and more coupons... Wheaton's Super-Couponing class was excellent tonight (but aren't they all?) If you had fun at tonight's class, or have additional questions beyond what we discussed in Q&A, please feel free to post!

Today's Super-Couponing class in McHenry was filled to capacity with a packed house of new couponers! If you attended today's workshop and have additional questions, please feel free to ask them here :)

If you like to save money, imagine getting grocery deals on almost everything that you buy! Want to learn how? Attend a Super-Couponing class and change the way you shop... forever! The best part? Classes at public libraries are FREE (one of my favorite words!) Upcoming classes: Nov. 20 Hampshire, Nov. 23 McHenry, Nov. 24 Carol Stream. Recent schedule additions: Oak Lawn, Batavia, Lake Bluff, Woodridge, Glendale Heights, Lynwood, Wood Dale, Glendale Heights, Johnsburg, Wauconda, and more...

Thanks to everyone who attended tonight's Super-Couponing class in Melrose Park! We had a great group of about 80 people, and for the first time, someone even brought a gift to share with the group... the gift of coupons! (Who doesn't like more coupons?) Thanks to everyone that came out, and if you have any questions about tonight's class, please feel free to post them here :)

Tonight's Super-Couponing class at the Woodstock Early Learning Center was fantastic! Around 150 enthusiastic people attended and can't wait to unleash their new skills on area stores and start saving money :) If you attended tonight's class and have any questions, please feel free to ask them here.

Once people in our Chicago area really start saving with Super-Couponing, I hear questions like "Can you save like this in other areas of the country too?" or "My sister lives in another state and she sees how much we're saving. Can she can do this in her state?"

Tonight I premiered Super-Couponing 2 at the Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin! The room was at capacity (190) with many more on the waiting list! It was great to see many familiar faces tonight and share even more ways to save big! If you attended tonight's class and did NOT attend Super-Couponing 1, please consider coming to Super-1 -- Super-2 is a very fast-paced, advanced technique class (as you now know!) and many of the questions you likely have are covered at great length in Super-1. Thanks to everyone who attended!