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“Steal my Stockpile” Sweepstakes #2!

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(UPDATE: Contest has ended! Winners and their poems are posted below.)

Just as with last year’s “Steal My Stockpile,” you guys never failed to impress with hilarious coupon Haiku, poem after poem! It was SO difficult to narrow it down to the ones that made me laugh the most. But without further ado, here are the winners:

Grand Prize winner: Moorheadmomma, with this Haiku:

Hubby Do Not Laugh
Tomato Soup Is Useful
Twelve Cases Stockboy!

First Prize winner: Lisa Carpenter, with this Haiku:

Looking at Jill’s site
Should be doing the dishes
They can wait. Let’s shop!

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Congratulations to the winners! I wanted to list a few of my other favorites here too, as it was very hard to decide. The following four Haiku rounded out the top six on my list:

By Monocerata:
I hold up the line
I’m couponing, do you mind?
You should try it too

By Twinmom407:
Hubby found my stash
Who needs so much cereal
He eats 3 boxes

By Thisisfun:
Saturday, it’s dark
It’s really almost midnight?
Goin’ on the hunt

By Outlander:
Why do I love stuff
I can get with my coupons?
It’s a treasure hunt!

Thank you again to everyone that entered! :)

Super-Couponers, get ready for some creative, silly, irreverent fun! It’s time for another “Steal My Stockpile” Sweepstakes at JillCataldo.com!

Unlike most manufacturer-sponsored giveaways on the blog, this week’s contest is sponsored solely by me… so instead of choosing random winners, we can have some fun with this one! And, just as with the previous “Steal my Stockpile” sweepstakes, you’re going to have to get creative, because… It’s Coupon Haiku time again!

Haiku is a simple Japanese poetry made up of three lines of text. The first line has five syllables, the second seven, the last, five again. For example:

Coupon haiku rocks
Don’t you want to win free stuff
It’s not hard to do

To enter, compose your own coupon-related Haiku and post it in the comments section under this article! It can be an ode to your favorite store, a shopping experience you had, a poetic tribute to high-value coupons, or whatever your little coupon-loving heart compels you to immortalize in poetry. You can enter as many times as you’d like, so if you’re feeling extra-poetic, let your creative juices flow!

During the last coupon Haiku contest on the blog, there were so many hilarious and creative entries that left me laughing out loud every single day for a week! Couponers really are a very funny, intelligent bunch of people. For inspiration, check out the previous Haiku contest’s winning poem penned by Ereml27:

Need more storage space
Convert bedroom to pantry
See my little store?

So what can you win? I have TWO prize packages to give away, one to the grand-prize Haiku author, and one to the first runner up…

GRAND PRIZE (shown in top photo)

  • Super-Couponing and Super-Couponing 2: Saving on Everything! workshops on DVD
  • Air Wick Lavender 40-hour candle
  • Glade Current and Acai soy candle
  • Renuzit Relaxing Spa air freshener
  • Caress Daily Silk bar
  • Women’s Schick Quattro razor
  • Men’s Schick Hydro 3 razor
  • Men’s Remington King of Shaves razor
  • Pantene Deep Treatment 5ct. conditioner ampoules
  • Salma Hayek Nuance Eye Quad eye shadows
  • Salma Hayek Nuance bronzer
  • Set of Piggly Wiggly “Mr. Pig” Wiggly Bands (a souvenir from my largest Super-Couponing workshop to date, which drew 2500 people!)
  • A roll of Marcal Small Steps toilet paper (because you can never have enough of this!)
  • An assortment of manufacturer coupons for Bailey’s Non-Alcoholic Coffee Creamer, Barilla pasta sauce, Ciao Bella sorbet, Duncan Hines cake mix and frosting, Kashi bars or crisps, Minute Rice, Newtons, Seeds of Change Organic, Sunshine Cheez-It, and Triscuits

FIRST PRIZE (shown in this photo)

  • Super-Couponing and Super-Couponing 2: Saving on Everything! workshops on DVD
  • Air Wick Lavender 40-hour candle
  • Renuzit Raspberry air freshener
  • Caress Daily Silk bar
  • Men’s Schick Hydro 5 razor
  • Men’s Schick Quattro razor
  • Pantene Deep Treatment 5ct. conditioner ampoules
  • Set of Piggly Wiggly “Mr. Pig” Wiggly Bands
  • An assortment of manufacturer coupons for Bailey’s Non-Alcoholic Coffee Creamer, Barilla pasta sauce, Ciao Bella sorbet, Duncan Hines cake mix and frosting, Kashi bars or crisps, Minute Rice, Newtons, Seeds of Change Organic, Sunshine Cheez-It, and Triscuits

This is your chance to win swag goodies sent to me by various companies, as well as some surplus from my own super stockpile… and of course, the set of Super-Couponing DVDs! (And hey, if you’re already a coupon pro, you can spread the coupon love by gifting the DVDs to someone else!)

So, what are you waiting for? You’ve got one week to impress me with your fabulous coupon Haiku. This “Steal my Stockpile and Swag” contest beings TODAY, October 27th, 2011 and runs for one week. The contest will end on November 2nd at 11:59pm CST, and on November 4th, I’ll post the winning Haiku and runner-up Haiku, each of which will win prize packs!

Legal: This contest is sponsored by JillCataldo.com. Two prize packs will be provided to the winners (full listing of prizes noted at the top of this post.) Responding to this post with a coupon-related Haiku poem qualifies readers to enter the contest. Haiku poems must consist of three lines of text, the first with five syllables; the second with seven syllables; and the third with five syllables. The contest began at midnight CST on October 27th, 2011 and will end at 11:59pm CST on November 2nd, 2011. Winners will be announced on November 4th, 2011. Grand-prize winner will receive the grand prize pack shown above, and the first-prize winner will receive the first-prize pack shown above. Winners will be chosen by Jill Cataldo based on entrants’ creativity and humor. Winners will be contacted via the Private Messaging feature of JillCataldo.com and via email. Fulfillment will be handled by JillCataldo.com. Good luck to everyone!

Comments

  18. i am starting to couponing and start my stack my stuff up dont’ have much yet. this would be a nice add to me stuff.

  20. couponing is great coupon is fun
    couponing feed my kids
    couponing geats me free stuff

  22. (Inspired by the Super Couponing 2 DVD)

    Manufacturer’s
    and store coupons together.
    Great deal! Or… you could…

  57. Ok so I have the Haiku bug =D Here are a few I played with

    1)
    Coupons are my cash
    So many deals I’m scoring
    Shopping is now fun

    2)
    Money grows on trees
    This truth can not be denied
    Paper makes coupons

    3)
    Spend retail no more
    Use coupons at all my stores
    Must look for deals now

    4)
    Jill’s Stash is at risk
    I see her swag up for grab
    Free stuff to be had

    5)
    DVD I want
    Mine taken by a stranger
    Loaned and lost for good

  58. Ran out of razors
    Free this week at CVS!
    No more hairy me.

    Stockpile me not,
    Hitting books, not couponing
    Eating out too much.

    Inspired to teach
    Not an extreme couponer
    You can do this too.

    Recession has hit,
    Combine sales with coupons
    Coupons are your cash

    Samples are my fav
    Free is my favorite word
    No coupon beep please!

  77. Baby Girl so fair
    Inspires me to shop where
    she can be wrangled

    or maybe

    I Love that coupons
    have kept us from starving
    and also bankruptcy

  80. No smell and fresh breath
    Deodorant and toothpaste
    I have lots of friends

    or

    Jill has all the tips
    Cheap is good free is better
    No need to be poor

  81. I say with a smile
    Pick another lane honey
    I’ll be here awhile

    Shopping for my peeps
    Chatting with the nice cashier
    praying for no beeps

    My dear husband jokes
    how much did you steal today
    crazy coupon wife?

  92. Coupons are a must!
    Or savings would bite the dust.
    So, in Jill I trust.

    I also like this one :) It is also very true.

    I don’t like to brag.
    I coupon, my sister gags.
    Mother likes me best.

    This one is just for fun. I wrote the other two and could not stop.

    With binder in tow,
    off to the store I go.. YAY!
    to save big money

    Maybe just one more…. I really want to own your DVD’s

    I anxiously wait,
    for my coupons to update.
    Even if I’m late.

  99. Forget Sunday sales
    I miss Conagra Jewel Deals
    wings without wesson.

    oh its my 1st time im 38 I even forgot what a syllable was lol

  122. My husband begs me
    Please don’t send me to the store
    I always screw up!

    No Q? Don’t buy it!
    I won’t shop without my Q’s
    Oh how life has changed:)

    Scissors for the kids
    get to work clip clip clip
    Mommy needs your help!

  135. We just had our third
    Left the hospital and thought
    Missed many coupons

    :)

    This was fun!

    Thanks Jill! :)

    Brad the Say at Home Dad (of 3 now)!

  136. My favorite Haiku of all time is…

    Haikus are easy
    But sometimes they don’t make sense
    Refrigerator

    :)

    Brad the Stay at Home Dad

  137. the TV show starts
    many became enamored
    of free shopping trips

    Joyce has not paid for
    toothpaste and other products
    in thirty four years

    That was it – I’m hooked
    Buying lots of newspapers
    No inserts this week?

    Surfed the internet
    So many sites for coupons!
    Which ones are the best?

    learning coupon words
    ‘bogo’, ‘double’, ‘when you buy’
    I feel competent

    learned about ip’s
    install coupon printer now?
    error must be fixed

    shopped at cvs
    coupons from the red scanner
    get shampoo for free

    matchup blog told me
    go to walgreens, buy some gum
    free after rr’s

    I will start a blog!
    teaching people how to shop
    how to get things free

    covergirl sponges
    moneymaker at walmart
    empty shelves instead

    target store coupons
    stackable with other q’s
    more free toothbrushes

    catalina time
    i bought four and used rr’s
    oops rr’s won’t roll

    need to take a break
    coupons overrun my life
    turn off internet

  138. Arrived at checkout
    Many Coupons to Redeem
    Clerk is not happy

    Arrived at Walgreens
    Many great deals to purchase
    Too bad shelf was cleared

    Tearpad Etiquette
    Never take more than you need
    Or I will get you

    Peelies Everywhere
    Take only if purchasing
    Please be ethical

    I’m twenty years old
    I use coupons when I shop
    Don’t be judgemental

    Don’t come to my line
    I am a young male cashier
    I don’t just scan them

    Longs is CVS
    In Hawaii so they say
    No ECB Deals

    Stockpiles are good
    If it overtakes your house
    You have a problem

    I used to pay more
    For items that I wanted
    Now I use coupons

    One time at Safeway
    Saw lady buy one item
    When it was bogo

    We don’t have Rite Aid
    No up rewards to collect
    Is it fun to shop?

    Is it possible
    This cart full of groceries
    Cost me that little

    Coupons is a game
    That I love to play and win
    I love couponing

    A Coupon Haiku
    Now that’s a difficult task
    Can I have some help?

    Everyone please run
    The Couponator is here
    Please stop the rapping

    Did you guys all know
    Extreme Couponing is fake
    Well duh it’s not real

    Why did they let her
    Use more than four like coupons
    In one shopping trip

    Is it really true
    The next episode of it
    Happens at K-Mart

  144. “clippin q’s is fun
    coz jill C. will give us some
    before it is gone.

    get your coupons now
    lots of savings matters now
    jill will show you how.

    clip coupon is nice
    so not to pay the full price
    to win a good price.

    come and join the fun
    jill cataldo number 1
    giveaway is fun.”

  145. Stock taking over
    Husband just may leave me soon
    Cans fill Master’s room!

    What a sad, sad, song
    Catalina’s all expired!
    Let them sit too Long!!

    Really in a jam..
    Hate shopping without coupons
    But we’re out of jam!

    She must be HOARDING!
    Her cart is way too full now!
    8 kids we boarding :)

    Why buy so much food?
    Money tight, hungry kids – So
    Stockpile saves the day!

    Eight hungry kiddies;
    Using coupons makes it cheap
    To feed all my kids!

    How do you do it?
    Raise and feed eight hungry kids?
    Pray! And use coupons!

    Jesus, I thank You
    For teaching me how to save
    And raise eight great kids!

  150. I share coupon skills.
    Don’t keep it all to myself.
    Coupon newbies here.

    And…

    Organize inserts.
    Check out Jill and Coupon Tom.
    Off to get some deals!

  153. There once was a lady from Huntley

    Oh, wait, that’s a Limerick!

    Jack and Jill went to the Jewel,

    No that’s not right either.

    I guess it’s too early 4 me!

  159. One, two, three, four, five
    One, two, three, four, five, six, sev
    One, two, three, four, five

  196. Many are confused
    How fast my shelves have been filled
    In a cheap fashion

    I share my story
    On how I used couponing
    For helping my family

    We now have plenty
    We never run out of things
    It is a blessing

    I have many goals
    To help other families
    So less fortunate

    I thank Cataldo
    And many other websites
    That gave me the tools

    Now I can help friends
    Start their very own stock pile
    With what I have learned

  199. Oh Sunday paper
    each week like christmas morning
    I tear you open

    searching for great deals
    scouring Jill’s website each day
    one word of glee, “free!”

    To the store I go.
    Now I can finally stock my
    refrigerator

  200. Oops! the last haiku should be:

    To the store I go.
    Now I can really stock my
    refrigerator.

    (silly syllables) :)

  213. Learning to coupon
    Getting it right is the trick
    I’ll get organized

    Lets save some money
    Couponing takes time to perfect
    Lets head out to shop

  217. I’m starting on the coupon deal.
    Is fun and entertaining.
    You meet a lot of people,and
    who would ever know that couponing
    releases financial stress.Would of
    done it longggg time ago…

  218. Needed to coupon
    I was laid off from my job
    I LOVE to coupon

    Now, coupons for all
    Groceries and dining out
    Jill has taught me so

    How do you say thanks
    Money saved and fun had too
    A new way of life

    Thank you for sharing
    Your weekly post help so much
    A life ever changed

  221. Jill you’re heaven sent,
    Guiding us with couponing,
    Saves lot of money.

    Multiple coupons
    Can’t wait to use on great deals,
    Just pay – buck or tax!

    Need to save a lot,
    To buy for new computer,
    To not wait my turn.

    This contest is fun,
    Something to ponder upon;
    Thank you so much Jill!

  225. make a good deal fine
    using q’s in a good time
    people in a line.

    grab your bag and go
    using q’s is what i do
    to save one or two.

    save your groceries
    a full price is what you missed
    happy and at ease.

    winning in this game
    and that is all what we aim
    joining every game.

  228. Here are my late entries:

    #1:
    Coupons? Cashiers groan
    The BEEP! of doom makes me cringe
    Just saving a buck

    #2:
    Coupons? Cashiers groan
    See my cart loaded to brim
    My first transaction

  233. I am newer to your site thanks to my sister, who is one of your biggest fans, and has shown me how to get back into couponing in a big way. I am enjoying your very helpful site. Thanks!
    Here are my Haiku donations:

    Funny how it works
    My groceries buy themselves
    Clever coupon cash

    Coupons REALLY work
    They are the new Gold Standard
    Save time and money

    Like bunny rabbits
    Coupons multiply my goods
    How “hoppy” I am:)

    When I’m feeling low
    And my money starts to go
    Coupons save my woe

  240. Thank you, Jill! I’m so excited to be picked as the Grand Prize winner. My hubby’s certainly not laughing now!!!

  241. Oh, thanks Jill, I’m flattered you liked mine! My favorite was the one about having enough pads and stuff until menopause. LOL

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