Brookshire’s Deals and Coupon Matchups 5/16 – 5/22

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These are my favorite deals for Brookshire’s this week.  Thanks to   for allowing me to bring you these highlights and for doing the coupon matchups. Our local stores in Tyler do not double any Qs, but they do offer the $.05 credit for each reusable bag that you use. Please note: Any information published on www.thriftytexaspenny.com is protected by copyright.  Please contact me if you would like to highlight or recap information found here.  If you would like to {Read More}

$0.75 off any ONE Welch’s Juice

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One more post and then I’m determined to try to sleep again   This coupon popped up a little while ago and is a pretty good one.  Walgreens frequently has Welch’s 2/$4 so let’s hope they have a sale before the Q expires. $0.75 off any ONE Welch’s Juice: <p>Subscribe to RSS headline updates from: <a href=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/AThriftyPennySavingYouTimeAndMoney”></a><br/>Powered by FeedBurner</p>

Free Sewing Machine Online Class!

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I can use my sewing machine for basic projects like curtains (i.e. sewing straight lines) .  I can turn out cushion covers or very, very simple costumes as long as no one is going to look too closely at them.  However, when something goes wrong, I’m at a loss for how to fix it.  I read the manual but get lost with all the terms used. That’s why I’m so excited to find out about this free online “Sewing Machine {Read More}

Several New Qs – Glade, Off!, Cutter, Lever 2000, Cesar Cookies, Honey Bunches of Oats

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Several new Qs out this morning!                                

Budget Busters Class and Walgreens Coupon Class

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Is it the last Saturday of the month already????  No, but we’ve rescheduled our frugal living class in Marshall for this Saturday due to the Memorial Day holiday.   We’ll be covering all sorts of budget busters and how to avoid them. We have a list of budget busters we can cover, but we’d really like to know in what areas you have trouble trimming expenses. By now you probably know the details: Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Marshall Saturday, May 19th. {Read More}

Creative Ways to Reuse Paper and Paper Scraps

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A couple of weeks ago I talked about some ways to keep up with your to do lists and other notes.  I had promised some tips on making use of those leftover scraps of paper for my Tuesday tip last week, but I forgot.   First and foremost if you have recycling available please recycle any and all papers that you can.  Paper can be recycled at home by making something new from it or by reusing it. You can {Read More}

Simple Homemaking Plan Week 20 of 2012

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As I sit down to write the menu for the week, I’m writing out my 4 weekly “to do” lists (personal tasks, blogging tasks, cleaning chores, less common maintenance cleaning tasks). It’s helping me to accomplish things that easily get pushed aside otherwise, even if I don’t get them all checked off!    Wow- week 20 already!  There are only 2 weeks of childcare left for Little One.  Little Turkey’s last day of preschool is Tuesday.  Oh my, that’s a {Read More}

Frugal $5 Dinner Menu Week 20 of 2012

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My goal is to provide dinner for my family for an average of $5 except on special occasions. We don’t have to eat beans and rice to accomplish this goal!  I shop the grocery sales each week.  Then I plan my menu based on the foods I have already at home (at a great price). I balance more expensive meals with less expensive ones. We typically only cook a main dish 4 or 5 times a week. Each main dish {Read More}

Walgreens Scenario 5/13 – 5/19 $27.88 for $.93 OOP

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Walgreens Rules in a Nutshell:You may only do each deal once per transaction. You cannot use the RR from one deal to pay for the same deal if you want to get another RR.You may not use more manu Qs (including RRs) than the number of items in your transaction.A RR cannot pay tax and it’s value will not be reduced. For a more in depth explanation of these rules, you can read my post “How to Roll With Walgreens“ {Read More}

Walgreens Deals and Coupon Matchups 5/13 – 5/19

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For the next few weeks I’ll be highlighting the matchups from Wild for Wags instead of doing my own matchups.  This means that I won’t be able to post them until Saturday.  I’ll be posting the CVS deals and scenarios on Fridays, and the Walgreens deals and scenarios on Saturdays.  I’d appreciate your feedback on how this affects you with your planning so I know how to structure things going forward into June.  Walgreens Rules in a Nutshell:You may only {Read More}