Last Thursday I posted a price list for school supplies. You may have already noticed that I’ve been adding to it, showing you where you can get those prices or beat those prices for the current week. I’m hoping that I’ll be able to do this all summer long so you’ll know the best prices for the major retailers across the country. I also promised you some tips for shopping for school supplies, so here they are: Buy extras. It {Read More}
2 Hours Left to Get a $50 and $76 Bonus
July 3, 2011 by
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NOW EXPIRED INGDirect is running a 4th of July promotion through 11:59 pm EST tonight. Open a new checking account with a $250 deposit, make 3 purchases with 45 days to get your $50 bonus. Then you can change your direct deposit over to this account and after the first two deposits you’ll get an additional $76. I signed up with ING last Thanksgiving under a similar promo and have been pleased with their service. I made this my business {Read More}
Treat Your Family Out to FREE Ice Cream
June 28, 2011 by 2 Comments
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By now, most of you have learned that having a modest stockpile is a great way to save your family money. Stockpiling ice cream just isn’t going to work too well unless you don’t mind the taste of freezer burn. You certainly can’t stockpile ice cream that you eat out, or can you? I’ve figured out a couple of ways to treat my family to ice cream out without paying a penny. Dairy Queen and Chick-fil-A are now two of {Read More}
Reader Tips- Free Pepsi, Filtrete Rebate, and $.71 for 25 empty soda cans!
June 11, 2011 by Leave a Comment
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A couple of tips from local readers: “Lowe’s currently has a rebate of Filtrete air filters through the end of June. $4 and $6 on different ones Also the price of aluminum cans is $0.71 a pound….if you have someone who lives with you that goes through a lot of soda (my father-in-law) you can get paid to recycle the cans…..we had 20 pounds yesterday—about $14.00—-little extra for the groceries….” Thanks Belynnda! If I recall correctly from my days of {Read More}
What’s a Good Price For _______________?
June 9, 2011 by 2 Comments
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I get e-mails frequently from readers sending me a list of coupons and asking if I can find them good deals. Um, no. Sorry, but I am not going to research and find the stores in your area, the corresponding sale ads for those, and compare to your list of Qs. I am only one woman with 2 small children at home. Enough said about that. Now, I also get e-mails asking if $x.xx is a good price for ____________. {Read More}
How to Teach Your Teens About Money
June 7, 2011 by 7 Comments
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A friend was telling me how much it frustrated her that her youngest teenager didn’t understand the need to be frugal. It reminded me of an online activity called “reality check” for teens. If you have teens who think they have to have it all and think they can have it all, I think you’ll find this a useful tool. Remember the old Cosby episode where Theo came home one day to find he had to pay (with monopoly money) {Read More}
My $13. Couch
June 6, 2011 by 3 Comments
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Yes, 13 dollars! Our house has a family room and a living room. We only had one couch, and having a second was a want, not a need. Before we moved I had been watching craigslist for an old couch for the family room, but a week after we moved in, we lost the renters on our house back in Arkansas. We certainly didn’t have money for even a used couch then, but I happened across this listing on Freecycle: {Read More}
Brookshire’s Success Story
June 2, 2011 by 2 Comments
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Good morning everyone, I’ve been dealing with an extreme case of exhaustion over the past couple of days. We are usually up until well after midnight, however last night I crashed just before 7. Getting nearly 12 hours of sleep wasn’t enough so I’m about to head back to bed so I can have enough energy to teach tonight. I haven’t been able to write my post for today and am not sure that I’ll be able to. In the {Read More}
Easy Cinnamon Sugar Oatmeal Recipe
May 24, 2011 by Leave a Comment
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I hate to do the same things over, and over, and over again. This is why we do so much cooking in large batches for the freezer. Our little Turkey is on a gluten limited diet and eats mainly oatmeal for breakfast. Up until about a month ago, almost every day I would: get out the measuring spoon and scoop his oatmeal out of the canister, put two scoops of water in, put scoop in sink, microwave, get sugar out, {Read More}
Make Do Challenge Part Two
May 17, 2011 by 11 Comments
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Last week I challenged you to “make do” with at least one thing or situation. How did you do? Did it turn out to be a big deal that you went without something or made a substitution? I’m hoping that you found results like I did quite some time ago: It didn’t matter one bit. Plus I saved time and stress because I didn’t give in and go for society’s solution: more. Using a fork instead of a wisk may {Read More}