12 Days of Valentine’s Day: Pick Another Checkout Lane, Honey

Welcome to Day #5 of the 12 Days of Valentine’s Day, where I’m sharing some fun and affordable Valentine’s Day gifts, plus giving you a chance to win these products yourself! Be sure to check back each day for a new gift idea and giveaway.

So let’s say you have someone on your Valentine’s Day gift list that wants to start coupon shopping but doesn’t quite know where to begin.  Or maybe you know of someone who really should be couponing but isn’t.  (Oh come on, you know the ones I’m talking about!) You may want to consider picking up a copy of Pick Another Checkout Lane, Honey for a Valentine’s Day gift that will keep on giving.

Pick Another Checkout Lane, Honey is authored by the ladies behind The Krazy Coupon Lady, Joanie Demer and Heather Wheeler.  As the book’s tagline says, by learning the strategies shared in the book, you can “save big money and make the grocery aisle your catwalk”.  Okay, I admit it.  Before I received my review copy of Pick Another Checkout Lane, I was skeptical, even as an avid couponer myself.  A nearly 250 page book on couponing?  But after a few chapters, I was hooked on this great resource.

First of all, the book is fun.  The authors have really taken a refreshing approach to couponing.  (Their idea that young male cashiers are generally the best at accomodating coupon use is funny, yet so true!)  Plus, the book just has a nice design, both in its format and graphics.  Very up-to-date, which is important, in my opinion, if you’re going to gift it.  The authors walk you through couponing very logically, from where to find coupons and when to use them, stockpiling, coupon fraud, and more.  While I don’t quite see eye to eye with the authors on their approval of coupon clipping services, I do very much appreciate their dedication to ethical couponing throughout the book as well.  If someone is going to learn couponing, it’s important they learn the right way, and it’s nice to see Pick Another Checkout Lane promoting the right use of coupons.  Bottom line: The book is a great guide for those wanting to jump into the world of coupons.

While I do think you can find the book’s information for free on blogs, money-saving sites like mine can often seem overwhelming to someone just starting out.  A single book can seem like a much more manageable and focused approach to coupons than blogs might at first.  And at just $12 (and $3 shipping), it’s a very reasonable price to pay for a resource that, if used properly, will have far greater returns.

The authors of Pick Another Checkout Lane, Honey want to give one Mrs. Moneysaver reader a copy of their book for free.  You have three ways you can enter, and you can pick as many entries (up to three) as you would like.  Make sure you leave a separate comment for each entry. If you are reading this post from an email, you must click over to the Mrs. Moneysaver site to leave your comments.

1. Share a little something about how coupons have helped your family.

2. Subscribe to this blog, and leave me a comment letting me know you’ve done so. Click here to subscribe by email or feed reader or see the right sidebar to sign up. You must remain a subscriber for the duration of this giveaway. If you’re already a subscriber, leave a comment letting me know.

3.  Become a fan of Mrs. Moneysaver on Facebook and leave a comment on the Facebook page with a site suggestion or just to say hello!  Then come back here and let me know you did this.

Remember, please leave a separate comment for each entry, and enter only in the ways listed above. I reserve the right to delete comments not adhering to the above entry guidelines.

You can enter anytime now through Sunday, February 14thst at 8PM EDT. One winner will be selected at random. I will contact the winner by email shortly after the giveaway ends, and the winner will have 48 hours to respond. If the winner does not respond within that time frame, a new winner will be selected.

Thanks for entering!

The product reviewed above and the giveaway prize were provided by the authors of Pick Another Checkout Lane, Honey.  The opinions shared within the review are mine and were not provided by the company.