If you haven’t made it over to Target lately, I would plan a trip soon. The store in Tyler has been at 75% off on all Christmas items for a couple of days. There were several things left in large quantities that I’m hoping to be able to pick up when they hit 90% off. (probably late this coming week) Also January always means great toy clearance at Target. My store has toys anywhere from 15% off to 75% off. {Read More}
Target Christmas and Toy Clearance
January 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
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Yes, You Can Paint Over Wallpaper
January 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
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We (meaning Hubby) gave this a try today. Little One’s room at our new house had been painted a dark brown over wallpaper. Really it was a very nice job and it was hard to detect the wallpaper. We of course wanted a much lighter color for her walls. Turns out if you use water based paint the walls will bubble horribly. Lesson learned: if you don’t use an oil based paint you can save some time and money by {Read More}
November 2010 Review
January 2, 2011 by
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The household budget for our family is $400 a month and includes all groceries, household products, clothing, gifts, decorations and newspapers. This makes 2 months in a row that I have blown the budget. I know November is one of our biggest shopping months due to Christmas, but that’s not a good excuse for a frugal person like me. I also am pretty sure that I overspent in December as well. Looks like I need to do my first reevaluation {Read More}
October 2010 Review
January 2, 2011 by
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The household budget for our family is $400 a month and includes all groceries, household products, clothing, gifts, decorating and newspapers. This month: I spent $580.18 I saved $889.36 I made $384.11Total impact to my family this month: $1819.24 of Hubby’s salary saved! I wonder if I could use my earnings to balance out the fact that I was $180 over budget? Probably not the best idea. I will use the fact that I was $130 under in September {Read More}
1/2 – 1/8 Walgreens Scenario $0.86 OOP for $76.91!!!
January 1, 2011 by
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New to shopping with coupons and Register Rewards at Walgreens? Start here for a guide on how it all works! Here’s the Walgreens Coupon Policy to carry with you just in case it’s needed. My scenario starts with just (1) $2 RR. Transaction 1 5- Vicks Sinex Products @ $4 each 1- 5pk Papermate Mechanical Pencils @ $2.99 subtotal: $22.99 use (4) $4/1 Sinex Qs from 12/26 PG use in ad Q for pencils (takes off $2.80) use $2 RR {Read More}
Walgreens 1/2 – 1/8 Several Freebies
December 31, 2010 by
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New to shopping with coupons and Register Rewards at Walgreens? Start here for a guide on how it all works! Here’s the Walgreens Coupon Policy to carry with you just in case it’s needed. Thank you to Erica over at I Heart Wags for allowing me to bring you highlights of her matchups each week. AARP members get $5 rr wyb $20 1/2-1/29 Finesse Shampoo (New line) $1.99 get $1.99 MIR (on bottle) Omega Factor 3 Soft-gel 60 ct $10 {Read More}
CVS deals 1/2 – 1/8
December 31, 2010 by
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New to shopping at CVS? Start here for a guide Thanks to Cheryl at for allowing me to bring you highlights of her matchups. Campbell’s Soups BOGO could be a good deal using Qs from 1/2 SS or from Campbell’s Kitchen Buy any 2 Revlon Beauty Tools, get $7 ECB limit 1 buy value pack of Revlon Emory boards for $3.29 and Revlon Travel Length Emory File or Toe Nail Clippers for $3.99Price after ECBs = $.14 each (other options {Read More}
Food Swap – Casseroles
December 30, 2010 by Leave a Comment
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Do you get tired of cooking and eating the same dishes over and over? Even though food isn’t my language (chocolate is of course) I get bored with our menu too. Thus comes the idea of a food swap. I’ve done this before and hopefully now that we’re getting grounded in Tyler I can start up some swap groups again. There are 3 different ways to hold food swaps that I’ll show you over the next couple of weeks. The {Read More}
Albertson’s and Super 1 Foods Deals 12/29 – 1/4
December 29, 2010 by
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IMHO, skip em’ this week folks. I just didn’t see anything worth fussing over. We all need a break anyway! If I missed anything good please do leave a comment and let us know though.
Brookshire’s Deals 12/29 – 1/4
December 29, 2010 by
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Our local stores in Tyler do not double any Qs, but they do give the $.05 reusable bag credit. This can really add up fast! Food Club Pimento Cheese Spread 7.5 oz. $1.50 use $1/1 Food Club Item from 9/12 SSFinal Price = $.50 Land of Frost Lunchmeats 16 oz. $3.00 Peter Pan Peanut Butter 13 – 16.3 oz $1.50 use $0.50/1 Peter Pan from 11/14 SS (expires Friday)Final Price = $1.00 Food Club Resealable Bags, Trash Bags Or Plastic {Read More}