Time 2 $ave Couponing Workshops - What you will learn.

Couponing 101& 102 ~ $25
This 2-part workshop teaches participants step by step how to cut
their grocery bill at least in half.  From beginners to the coupon expert,
you'll leave with the latest tools to help you save.

Building the Foundation
* Why Coupon? How do I get started?
* How much do you really spend?
* Meal Planning - Five family favorites
* Life of a coupon   
* Where to find coupons?  We'll go on a hunt and learn the lingo.   
* Store Coupons vs. Manufacturer Coupons
* Tools of the internet ~ printables, search engines, & more
* The 12-16 week sale cycle...no longer chained to your grocery list
* Price tracking - how to determine the best "buy" price
* Introduction to "stockpiling"

Takin' It to the Store
* Coupon Lingo - learning to analyze true value  
* Strategic shopping tools / Stacking Coupons / Competitor Coupons
* Details of store specific coupon policies, promotions, and marketing tools
* Go on a virtual grocery shopping trip with us!
* Pulling it all together – combining store sales with coupons!


Couponing 103 ~ $15
The "icing on the cake" in the world of saving.  Learn how to bring your
savings to a new level and understand the stategy of each store. 

Wild World of Drug Stores & More
*CVSing - How to earn and roll ECB’s
*Walgreen’s – The “rules” of Register Rewards
*Rite-Aid – Single Check rebates
*How drug stores drastically reduce grocery/household expenses.
*What? Free toothpaste, shampoo, conditioner, shaving cream..........
*Swagbucks, Ebates, Restaurant, Birthday Freebies, Rebates, and more!

Ready to $tart $aving? Join us at an Upcoming Workshop!

The Praise Center ~ Monroe, GA 
June 5th (Saturday) - Couponing 101, 102 & 103

First Nazarene Church ~ Dalton, GA 
June 5th (Saturday) - Couponing 101, 102 & 103

Mulberry St. United Methodist Church ~ Macon, GA 
June 26th (Saturday) - Couponing 101, 102 & 103

Oakwood Baptist Church ~ Chickamauga, GA 
July 17th (Saturday) - Couponing 101, 102 & 103

Southside Baptist Church ~ Warner Robins, GA 
July 24th (Saturday) - Couponing 101, 102 & 103

East Brainerd Baptist ~ Chattanooga, TN 
August 14th (Saturday) - Couponing 101, 102 & 103

North Cleveland Church of God ~ Cleveland, TN 
August 21st (Saturday) - Couponing 101 & 102  Combo

First Church of the Nazarene ~ Dublin, GA 
August 28th (Saturday) - Couponing 101,  102 & 103



*  New Participant Online Registration

       Register for Workshop HERE

*  Already attended, want a refresher?

       Register for Workshop HERE


Complete Schedule of Upcoming Workshops 2010

Time 2 Save, Time 2 Give Workshops

So you've never been to a workshop... you may already have the couponing thing down.  Why would you want to go to a workshop?  The first reason that comes to my head is - THEY'RE FUN!!!  We love bringing our stories of shopping, couponing, life and living to share with all of you - did I mention that the fun part is doing all these things with 5 kids ages 6 and under. Isn't life grand?!  Another reason for attending a workshop is to learn the latest on couponing, truly understanding the different ways coupons can be used together for more savings, getting on the right page for store policies...whoops! That was more than one reason.

Putting all that aside, we want you to come because we want to meet YOU.  You're the heart of what we do and why we do it.  We completely understand that no one wakes up and says "Yea! I can't wait to cut out some coupons today!"  If you do think that, please don't tell the rest of us :)  What we do say is how much we love hearing your story, seeing your triumph through struggles, being near to cry over your grief and rejoicing in your successes. 

Here are the class details, including our schedule.
            Here's how you can register as a new participant.
                            Here's how you can attend again for FREE!

NEW ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR WORKSHOPS!

YEAA!!  After about two weeks of playing, fighting, wrestling, screaming, relentless determination, and lost sleep we now have ..............

An Online Registration Form HERE!

You choose a workshop location and pay in advance!! 

Praise the Lord for perserverance.

Now check-in at the door will run so smoothly, no long lines waiting to sign in and pay.  If you or someone you know is ready to coupon your way through this recession - then take a look at the available workshop dates and sign up before they fill up!

Hello Again!!

To all those at the recent workshops, we are so glad you were able to be with us!  Please look around the site (Keep in mind, we're still adding things here and there...) and if you have any questions or comments, feel free to ask.  To get email updates on any new coupon match-ups, store deals, and current lists of Target, Food Lion, and Harvey's printables save yourself some web-surfing by subscribing to email updates! 
Have fun trying out your "Homework" at Walgreens and CVS tomorrow- for those lists of deals just scroll down to the posts below.
Happy hunting!
Time 2 $ave

NEW WORKSHOPS JUST ADDED

Coliseum Hospital Women’s Symposium
Macon, GA.
September 25,2009 (Friday) -there will be two 101 classes
Couponing 101 - 2 pm
Couponing 101 - 7pm
September 26, 2009 (Saturday) - there will be two 102 classes
Couponing 102 - 1 pm
Couponing 102 - 5 pm

GraceWorks Church
6445 Lee Hwy
Chattanooga, TN 37421
October 10th (Saturday) 10:30am - Couponing 101
October 10th (Saturday) 2:00pm - Couponing 102

GraceWorks Church is in a GREAT Central Chattanooga location for those of you who have been asking for a workshop in this area!!

Bi-Lo 8/5/2009

3 - bottles of Tobasco Sauce

1 - Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks

8 - Boxes of Pop Tarts

2 - 2 Liter Diet Coke

1 - 2 liter Sprite Zero

1 - 2 liter of Fanta

1 - Bag Chips Away Cookird

4 - jiffy muffin mix

2 - X14 Mildew Remover

1 - Box Capri Sun Juice Drinks

2 - Country Crock Butters

1 - 100ct Baby Wipes

1 - Coffee Mate Liqued Creamer

8 - Eggo Waffles

1 - Southern Home Waffles

4.36lbs of Split Chicken Breast

1 - 3lb bag of Golden Delicious Apples

1 - 3lb bag of Pink Lady Apples

3.35lbs of bananas

1.74lbs of green grapes

Focaccia Bread from Deli

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Sub-Total before savings - $111.89

Total Saved - $88.48

Total paid out of pocket $ 27.83

Bi-Lo 8/2

20 Packs Mentos Gum

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Sub-Total Before Savings - $13.50

Total Savings - $13.50

Total Paid Out of pocket: $0.54 (gum was free paid tax only)

What Can $1 Buy?

If you’ve toyed with the idea of jumping in the couponing crazy but haven’t quite been convinced…let me show you what a dollar can do! At Bi-Lo a couple of weeks ago I was able to buy:
8 jugs of Sunny Delight
2 containers of Honey Nut Cherrios
2 rolls of Sparkle Paper Towels
2 (4 roll) packs of Angel Soft Toilet Paper

Guess how much I paid? 94 Cents! How’s that for stretching a dollar? And it’s really not that hard to do. The coupons for the cereal, paper towels and toilet paper were all online. I ordered the Sunny Delight coupon from Ebay. If you are already a fellow couponer, these are great items to build in your stockpile. Want to learn more? Join us at a Time 2 $ave workshop near you!

Thank you Healthy Woman Group from Sky Ridge Medical Center for inviting Time 2 $ave to be your guest last night. You were a wonderful, fun, and exciting audience. We both felt very blessed to be invited, and hope that all of you will join us in our journey as we continue to walk you through how to "save more by spending less." Because of time constraints it wasn't possible for us to teach you our entire Couponing 101 - 2 hour presentation.

If you are one of those thinking about how much money you would have if you could go back and keep half of the money that you already spent at the grocery store this year - don't beat yourself up. You can slow down the spending, and no longer allow the grocery store to determine your buy price. By attending our entire workshop schedule you will have all the tools you need to start setting your own price. FREE BBQ sauce anyone:)!!!

Did you catch the article about Time 2 $ave in the Saturday Edition of Chattanooga Times Free Press?

Ministry of coupons
Saturday, June 27, 2009

By: Clint Cooper (Contact)

When Cleveland stay-at-home moms Kasey Trenum and Kelly Thompson started a ministry and business in February teaching the art of couponing, it wasn't to pass the time between manicures.

For both women, whose husbands' jobs were affected by the downtown in the economy, it was out of financial necessity.

"Being two stay-at-home moms with five children (among them), this is our job," said Mrs. Trenum.

And while it's a job for both women, it's also a ministry. Both believe the roots of their work -- called Time 2 $ave -- came from a Beth Moore Bible study they were taking on the biblical book of Esther.

"We believe God called us for such a time a time as this," Mrs. Trenum said, citing a passage in Esther. At few other times has there been a time, she said, "where people would be so hungry."

The two women teach three different two-hour couponing workshops, covering everything from why it's important to use coupons to the importance of stockpiling to the secrets of getting the most out of drug stores.

When more than 200 people came to a free February session at a Cleveland church when they were helping out a friend, Mrs. Trenum said she and Mrs. Thompson realized they could make a difference in their families and in the lives of other people.

Since then, they have offered a dozen or so workshops at churches in Chattanooga, Cleveland and the surrounding areas and have additional ones scheduled from Ohio to middle Georgia.

Their workshops offer common sense on dollars and sense, but they also bring in people who may not have set foot in a church in years.

"We're meeting people where they are," Mrs. Trenum said. "We share testimony throughout the whole thing."

More than half of the 150 people who attended a workshop at their home church of North Cleveland Church of God, for instance, didn't attend church there.

"In our economy," Mrs. Trenum said, "people are desperate."

Some 45 people attended a couponing workshop earlier this month at Dallas Bay Baptist Church.

"I thought the response was wonderful," said Amy Phillips, director of women's ministry. "We had nothing but positive feedback. Just last week, somebody shared with me how they had implemented some of the (suggested) practices on a recent shopping trip" and saved 50 percent off their grocery bill.

What she liked, she said, was that consumers can take small steps and don't have to implement every piece of advice at once. It builds on itself, she said. You learn as you go.

Jennifer Butler, wife of John Butler, pastor of New Bethel Baptist Church, said she previewed a couponing workshop before her congregation decided to host one in August.

"They're very careful about how they present this," she said. "It's not just about saving money, it's about honoring the Lord with our finances. (He wants us) to be good stewards over whatever given us."

Mrs. Trenum said she and Mrs. Thompson, who had grown up very frugally, had done couponing before their economic problems. Now, she said, the grocery store doesn't determine her shopping. A trip to the grocery store that once cost several times as much now might cost her $30.

"It's a completely different lifestyle," she said. "The additional benefit is more time at home with our families."

Mrs. Trenum said things had gotten so out of hand with their constantly eating out that when they began to eat at home, her children would state what they wanted to order.

"We needed to retrain them," she said. "This is teaching them self-discipline and self-control instead of instant gratification. It's teaching them lifelong lessons."

SAVINGS EXAMPLE

A recent trip to Publix for Mrs. Trenum yielded nearly $150 worth of savings for her family from coupons and in-store bargains when she purchased the following:

1 gallon milk

8 individual Publix spring waters

14 4-pack canisters of Crystal Light

4 boxes of 10-packet single servings of Crystal Light

1 gallon Hawaiian Punch

4 Chef Boyardee Micro Dinners

2 bottles of Kraft BBQ Sauce

2 bottles Lawry's marinade

1 6-pack spring water

1 can Duncan Hines frosting

1 package fresh ground chuck

6 boxes Ritz crackers

6 boxes Wheat Thin crackers

1 package Hefty OneZip gallon freezer bags

1 snack size Ziploc bags

1 package Oreo cookies

1 package Chips Ahoy cookies

1 fresh pineapple (peeled and cored)

3 6-pack bottles of Diet Coke

1 box Capri Sun Sunrise juice

Total before savings: $177.82

Savings (82 percent) from coupons and in-store bargains: $146.80

Final total: $31.02

UPCOMING LOCAL WORKSHOPS

* Omega Harvest Church, 4904 Dayton Blvd. -- 10:30 a.m. July 18 (Couponing 101), 2 p.m. July 18 (Couponing 102).

* New Bethel Baptist Church, 8740 Harrison Bay Road -- 7 p.m. Aug. 14 (Couponing 101), 10 a.m. Aug. 15 (Couponing 102), 1 p.m. Aug. 15 (Couponing 103).

NOTE: A Times Free Press representative is available at each local workshop if attendees are interested in subscribing to the newspaper for its coupon savings.

COUPONING WORKSHOPS

* Couponing 101, $10, covers: Why coupon, how to get started, where to find coupons and how to organize coupons; matching coupons with sales to get lowest prices; introduction to saving 50 to 90 percent off grocery and household expenses.

Couponing 102, $15, covers: Strategic shopping tools, the purpose of stockpiling, incorporating a meal plan that coincides with sales and pulling it all together/using online resources to match sales.

Couponing 103, $15, covers: Untangling the wild world of drug stores, CVSing -- how to earn and roll ECBs, Walgreen's -- the rules of register rewards, Rite-Aid -- single check rebates, and restaurants, Internet, birthdays, rebates, freebies and more.

For information, visit www.time2save.blogspot.com.

New Workshop just added in Cleveland!

Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church
3405 Peerless Rd NW
Cleveland, TN 37312
July 13th (Monday) 6:00pm - Couponing 101
July 14th (Tuesday)6:00pm - Couponing 102
July 16th (Thursday)6:00pm - Couponing 103

Register by emailing Time2Save@hotmail.com. Email Name, Address, Phone Number, and workshop location and date you are registering for. Also - How much experience do you have couponing?

~ Our Story ~

WELCOME!!!
We are excited you have expressed interest in our company and the world of couponing. We’ll start with a brief introduction. Time 2 $ave was started by Kasey Trenum and Kelly Thompson. We are two stay at home moms who started couponing out of financial necessity. Both of our families are involved in construction and with the housing bubble bursting, we needed to find a way to contribute to our household income and still be able to stay at home. We did some research and started with a few coupons. After seeing that we could make a difference by keeping more of our money through savings on our grocery bill, we dug in deeper. We spent many, many hours researching blogs, deals, coupons and store policies. As our knowledge increased, so did our savings. Currently, we save around 75% on our weekly purchases from what we used to spend. Then, interest came from fellow shoppers and store employees. Just as we had seen people in the news that could save hundreds, so had they. But they’d never seen it in person. People began stopping us in the store and asking us questions about our coupons or store deals. We were surprised when others began following us to our cars wanting to know how we’d accomplished so much with so little. Finally, requests started coming in from people wanting to go shopping with us or meet us during our strategy planning. While all this attention was a little embarrassing, we decided to humor them (and ourselves) by teaching our first couponing class. We’d hoped 25 people would come and were shocked when over 200 attended. We realized there was a much greater hunger for our information and people were looking for hope during a struggling economy. We spent time in prayer about what the next move should be and finally felt it was time to step out on faith…thus Time 2 $ave was born. Were we ready for what lay ahead? Only by the Lord leading us and directing us have we been able to move forward. He has opened many doors that were impossible to us. We have found favor and been humbled all at the same time. It is so exciting to hear the story of a first time coupon user who has saved twenty or thirty dollars on their grocery bill. We rejoice with them and feel our family has expanded. There continues to be many benefits that we didn’t anticipate, but are honored to be chosen to bring a message of hope…”for such a time as this” (Esther 4:14).

Coupons Helping Families In Troubling Times
Time 2 $ave In the News



News Channel 9 Publix Trip with Candace
Click HERE for Video

LIST OF GROCERIES
1 Box Ziploc Freezer Bags (Gallon size)
2 Tubes Colgate Max Fresh Toothpastes
2 Tubs of “I can’t believe its not butter”
1 Box Hefty One Zip Evolve Gallon bags (keeps produce fresh longer)
2 bags of Chex mix
1 Digiorno Pizza
1 Pint Fresh Strawberries
½ Gallon Publix Orange Juice
Softsoap Hand soap
1 Jar Lg. Ragu Spaghetti Sauce
2 Bottles of John Freidea Shampoo
2 jars Mt. Olive Pickles
1 Clorox Green Works Toilet Cleaner
2 ½ gallon Silk Soy milk
1 Wishbone Ranch dressing
2 Bottles of Dial Body Wash
1 pk of Dixie Disposable Dora/Diego Bowls
1 pk of 16 oz. Publix Mozzarella Cheese
2 Boxes Kellogg’s Special K Cereal
1 pk. fresh chicken tenders
2 pk. fresh ground beef
Pepperidge Farms Hamburger Buns
2 boxes Kraft Shells Deluxe Macaroni & Cheese
1 Pillsbury Brownie Mix
1 Box Special K Multi-Grain Snack Crackers
Fresh Cantaloupe
4 pk. Knorr Sides
2 pk. Oscar Myer hot dogs
1 box of Publix spaghetti noodles
1 bottle of Hunt’s Ketchup
2 pks. M&M
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TOTAL BEFORE SAVINGS: $122.83
TOTAL SAVINGS: $96.47

AFTER COUPONS & STORE SAVINGS
SUB-TOTAL : $21.54
TAX: $4.82
TOTAL: $26.36
PERCENTAGE OF SAVINGS: 79%

UPDATED TIME

We will be on News Channel 9
tonight June 12th at 5:30

Coupons Helping Families In Troubling Times

Candace Goff is part of a family of four, her grocery bill easily runs over a hundred dollars. "Probably in a week, about $150," she says.

She's teamed up with Kasey Trenum and Kelly Thompson of Time2Save Coupons. With binders full of coupons, a grocery list, and a trip to the Publix in Ooltewah, the ladies were up to the challenge, and a chance to save Candace some money.

HOW MUCH DID WE HELP HER SAVE??

If you miss the news tonight, we will have a link on our blog under media coverage.

Watch for us tomorrow night

on the evening news on News Channel 9.

We took Candace Goff, a friend of ours who hasn't attended our couponing workshops grocery shopping to see how much we could help her save.

She was able to save almost 80% off her grocery bill. A special thanks to Pulbix for allowing us to come into your store to tape the segment,
you guys are so kind and hospitable!

THANK YOU LADIES!!

Thank you to all the ladies that attended our workshop this weekend at Dallas Bay Baptist Church! We appreciated your kindness and hospitality so much. It was an honor to spend the weekend with you. We can't wait to hear about your $avings!!

To all of you that expressed an overwhelming interest in attending a Couponing 103 Drugstore Class, we are working on scheduling one soon.

An extra special thank you to Dallas Bay Baptist Church and Amy Phillips for inviting us to come.

UPDATE!!! DATE CHANGE!
New Workshop Added

New Bethel Baptist Church
8740 Harrison Bay Road
Harrison, TN 37341
August 14, 2009 (Friday) 7:00pm - Couponing 101
August 15, 2009 (Saturday) 10:00am – Couponing 102
August 15, 2009 (Saturday) 1:oopm – Couponing 103

New Workshop Just Added

Sherwood Baptist Church
2201 Whispering Pines Road
Albany, Georgia U.S.A. 31707
July 24th - Couponing 101 (time not yet confirmed)
July 25th - Couponing 102 (time not yet confirmed)

NEW WORKSHOP STARTS TONIGHT!!

Mount Olive Church of God
3522 Harrison Pike
Cleveland, TN 37311
May 21, 2009 (Thursday) 6:30pm -Couponing 101
May 26, 2009(Tuesday) 6:30pm- Couponing 102
June 2, 2009 (Tuesday)6:30 - Couponing 103

**101 Class is in sanctuary

Time 2 $ave Couponing Workshops

Each workshop is 2 hours
Couponing 101 Workshop $10
*Why Coupon? How do I get started?
*Where in the world do you find good coupons, and how do you organize them?
*Matching Coupons with Sales to get ROCK BOTTOM prices!!
*An introduction to how we save 50% to 90% off grocery and household expenses.

Couponing 102 – The Next Level $15
*Strategic shopping tools
*The purpose of stockpiling
*Incorporating a meal plan that coincides with sales
*Pulling it all together – Using online resources to match sales

Couponing 103 -Untangling the Wild World of Drug Stores $15
* CVSing - How to earn and roll ECB’s
*Walgreen’s – The “rules” of Register Rewards
*Rite-Aid – Single Check rebates
*Restuarant, Internet, Birthday, Rebates, freebies and more