A Northwest woman's shopping strategy has a lot of consumers jumping on the coupon bandwagon.

Jolinda Eibert of Spokane combines newspaper coupons with the manufacturer's coupons she orders online.

I got a lot of e-mails after showing you how she saves more than 70 on groceries every trip.

Here's more on how she does it and more of her favorite coupon Web sites.

Jolinda shops with strategy. She says planning and preparedness are key. She only buys what her family uses and she only buys what's on sale.

"Whatever I save is money in the pocket for something else," she said.

And to take full advantage of her savings she adds manufacturer's coupons to items already on special.

One example: Pert Shampoo, which she says would normally cost about $6. She found an in-store special of 2 for $7. That's $3.50 a bottle.

By adding manufacturers coupons for an additional $3 off she brings the price down to 50 cents a bottle and buys eight bottles for only $4. She shops this way throughout the store.

We were all amazed to watch her results at the checkout stand.

The original balance of nearly $940.00 is whittled down to just $185.73 -- a savings of more than $750.

Jolinda uses two favorite Web sites to get the prices down.

One is thecouponmaster.com and the other is thecouponClippers.com.

In addition, she also recommends SmartSource.com and Boodle.com. She also told me she finds great coupons on eBay.

And here's something you may not know: Many of these sites are simply other consumers who buy up newspapers and clip the coupons! They cannot legally sell them, because they're free, but they can charge a handling fee. On the shopping trip where she saved more than $750, spent $16 to get the coupons.

Another tip: Manufacturer's offer different discounts on the same product depending on the region. A product offered for 20 cents off in the Northwest, may be $1 off in a region that's more economically depressed. That's what Jolinda likes about the seller's she finds on ebay. She simply goes on the ebay site and types in coupon with the category or product she's interested in.

Jolinda says you can also order some coupons directly from the manufacturer.

Just be aware. There are typically limits on how many coupons you can order at one time. In many cases Jolinda visits a site more than once during the week and places multiple orders.

The coupon guru says she avoids sites that require you to join a membership. You end up getting slammed with spam and it's not worth it.

Jolinda says by tracking patterns at your store over time, you'll learn the sale schedules. Rather than use a $1 off coupon for a $4 box of cereal for instance, hold your coupons until cereal goes on sale and save a bundle.

Jolinda buys large quantities because she's shopping for a family of 7. She recently told me she used 100 $1-off coupons to buy 100 medium tubes of size Crest toothpaste on sale for 10 for $10. That's a dollar apiece. Her total cost was $20.60. $8.60 for sales tax and $12 for coupons. All that toothpaste was free.

While she lives in Spokane now, Jolinda is originally from Auburn. She teaches group classes, even in the Seattle area. She also has a book on DVD with all sorts of money saving tips, strategies and even recipes for economical freezer meals, so you'll actually have a plan for those 15 whole chickens you buy on sale for $5!

You can email Jolinda at savingspokane@comcast.net.