Okay everyone, I’ve been trying some new frugal recipes and trying to find ways to cut costs even further in the kitchen. Several of the recipes I’ve tried or want to try call for black beans, so I thought it would be so simple to use dry beans instead of canned. I know my culinary skills are shaky at best, but it’s beans right? Well, like most of my other new attempts I failed miserably. Twice. I tried the quick {Read More}
Help Please – Is It Really This Hard to Cook Dry Beans?
August 22, 2010 by 4 Comments
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12 Duggars Have ChickenPox
August 22, 2010 by
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At the same time! DH came across this yahoo article tonight on the Duggar family. As usual I am overwhelmed just thinking about so many kids. You’ve heard their story right? They are a family from Northwest Arkansas that now has 19 kids. Yes, 19! I watched their show called 19 Kids and Counting occasionally back when we had cable. It was really neat watching them on TV, because we’ve seen them out and about before and I know people {Read More}
This Week’s Savings Review 8/21
August 21, 2010 by
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Free or Better than Free: Profit of $2.51! Half Price or Better Retail: $44.52 OOP: $14.87 Food/Household Brookshires: spent $17.56, saved $7.82 = 31% Walgreens: spent $1.59, saved $5.70 = 78% Walmart: spent $23.85, saved $5.74 = 19% Target: spent $31.90, saved $21.42= 40% CVS: spent $.01, saved $40.48 =99.9%, plus received back $12 in ECBs Food/Household Totals: spent $74.91, saved $81.16 = 52% Clothing Walmart: spent $3.00, saved $7.00 = 70% Money Made Inbox Dollars: $.26 Swagbucks: $1.45 MyPoints:$.80 {Read More}
Only 1 Coupon Insert Tomorrow 8/22
August 21, 2010 by
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Tomorrow’s newspaper will only have one insert – a Smart Source. I see several good coupons though. Huggies, Tide, Glade, Clorox and GM cereals to name a few. All the same I think I’ll just get one paper this week….
Walgreens 8/22-8/29
August 20, 2010 by
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Kellogg’s Cereal or 8 ct pop tarts 2/$5, get $2 RR use $1/2 poptarts from 7/11 RP or $1/2 cereals from 7/25 RP final price 2/$2 Crest 3d White toothpaste 5,8 0z or mouth rinse, or Oral B Advantage toothbrush 3/$9, get $4 RR use BOGO Oral B from 8/15 RP and .75/1 or $1/1 toothpaste from 8/1 PG final price as low as 3/$1 Papermate Profile Retractable Pens 4pk 2.49 use in store coupon for $1.50 off final price {Read More}
CVS 8/22-8/28
August 20, 2010 by
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Here are the best deals I see next week: Spend $10 and get $3 ECBs on select S.C. Johnson products buy 2 Shouts @ 2/$5 and 2 Scrubbing Bubbles @2/$5 use $2/2 Shout from 8/8 SS use $2/2 Scrubbing Bubbles from June BHG final price $.75 each Blink Gel Tears $7.99 and get $7.99 in ECBs use $1.50/1 printable or $1/1 from 8/15 RP final price FREE + moneymaker Listerine Zero $3.99 and get back $2 in ECBs use $2/1 {Read More}
Lots of Target Deals
August 20, 2010 by
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I finally made it to Target this morning. I received a new coupon mailer on Wednesday that I’ve been itching to go check prices on. Remember Target Qs can be combined with Manufacturer Qs to maximize savings. Here are some of the deals I scored and some more that you can try: Huggies Little Movers Jumbo Pack 8.99 – $2 Target Mailer Q – $3 Huggies Sample Mailer Q final price $3.99 you could use any number of Huggies coupons {Read More}
Anyone Can Do Commercial Cleaning
August 18, 2010 by Leave a Comment
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And no, I don’t mean shelling out big bucks to have your house professionally cleaned (don’t we all wish we could). I mean cleaning during the commercials while you watch TV. Did you know that those commercial breaks last anywhere from 1 – 2 mins for a tv show and up to 5 minutes for a movie? That’s a lot of cleaning time when you add it up. Tidy the room you’re watching in and pick one small thing at {Read More}
Ask about Referral Rewards
August 17, 2010 by Leave a Comment
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Tons of companies providing all sorts of services and sales are offering referral rewards these days. It seems like every form I fill out has a line for “who may we thank for referring you to us?” They all know that word of mouth is often the best form of advertising. Call any businesses that you are a regular or recent customer of and see if they have any offers for sending new customers their way. Some of our old {Read More}
This Week’s Dinners 8/16
August 16, 2010 by
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My goal is to provide dinner for my family (2 adults and one toddler eating) for an average of $5 except on special occasions. We don’t have to eat beans and rice to accomplish this goal! We typically only cook a main dish 5 or 6 times a week, so each main dish cooked will be for 4-6 servings, and there will be leftover servings for lunches, dinners on the weekend, or to freeze for another week. This cuts down {Read More}