I’d like to remind you not to waste the food you spent time and money to buy and prepare. We all have the best of intentions about making good use of the rest of our Thanksgiving turkey. But by we’re all sick of turkey, no matter how creative we are about remaking it into other dishes. Do yourself a favor and freeze a good portion of the leftover turkey now in freezer bags or other freezer containers in portions for {Read More}
Freeze That Leftover Turkey NOW
December 2, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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4 Steps to Building a Realistic Stockpile
November 19, 2013 by 5 Comments
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The first step in building a stockpile is to know what prices you usually pay and should be able to pay when shopping sales for the products and foods that your family consumes. The last thing you want to do is buy 10 cans of soup on “sale” at a grocery store that are actually priced higher than the generic version at Walmart. The 2nd step in building a stockpile is to build it gradually as you have the extra {Read More}
Alternative to Buying Your Toddler or Baby a Coat
November 14, 2013 by 2 Comments
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Baby coats can be expensive, and to make the high cost even more hard to swallow they just aren’t practical if your baby is using a car seat. Here is a great alternative to save you time and money, plus keep your baby warmer and more comfortable this winter! Our son had a snowsuit sort of thing as a newborn, and then we graduated to coats because the snowsuit things were too expensive. Plus a coat would bunch up in {Read More}
How Many Coupon Inserts Should You Get? – Reader Question Series
November 5, 2013 by 2 Comments
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If you have a question you’d like to see answered you can e-mail me or leave a comment here. (I’ll e-mail you a response fairly quickly even if I don’t post it quickly) This week’s question comes from Tara. She asks, “How many coupon inserts should you get?” My recommendation is to get one set of inserts for each equivalent of an adult consumer in your household. Meaning, If you have 2 adults and 2 elementary age kids that each {Read More}
Turn Rainchecks into Sunshiny Days – Part Two
October 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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If you missed part one about rainchecks at CVS you can read it here. We’ve all been to Walgreens at one point or another only to find the shelves empty, especially of food fillers and free after RR items(ok, probably every week). This is actually a bigger frustration to me than dealing with the “# of coupons vs # of items” issue. As complicated as the Wags system can be, getting a raincheck can actually make navigating the muddy waters {Read More}
Turn Rainchecks into Sunshiny Days – Part One
October 8, 2013 by 3 Comments
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We all know how frustrating it is for a store to be out of a product that is on super sale. While I love my CVS rainchecks, Walgreens tops my list for the most frustrating store with their raincheck policy. Regardless of my frustrations I have learned to be more diligent with requesting a raincheck from any store that is out of a sale priced product that I want. This will be a two-part series on the benefits of rainchecks. {Read More}
You Can Find Inexpensive Halloween Costumes
October 3, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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I used to cringe when our foster kids would set their sights on one of the most expensive costumes in the store. We wanted them to really enjoy their costumes and “be” what they wanted, but when budgets are tight, a $40 or even $20 costume isn’t budget friendly. Enter the thrift stores – where there are tons of inexpensive Halloween costumes to choose from. Most thrift stores will store costumes until October when they are highly sought after. If {Read More}
Food Expiration Dates – Understanding the “Use by, Sell by and Best by” Dates on Food.
September 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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I’ve had many people ask me “how long past the food expiration date is a product still good?” My first answer is usually “a long time”. My second is that “most dates aren’t an expiration date, but rather a use by, best by, or sell by date”. Here’s what you need to know about those dates: Sell by: This product is nearing the end of it’s freshness, so the stores should sell it so you’ll have time to cook and/or {Read More}
2013 School Supply Best Prices & Sale Ad Comparison
August 25, 2013 by 10 Comments
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If you’re wondering where the best deals on school supplies are each week and whether or not those prices beat Walmart’s “everyday lowest price”, you’ve found all that information here in one place! The first column of spreadsheet shows the “match it or beat it” price for most common school supply items. Each week I’ll enter the prices from the sale ads for the 6 national stores in the East Texas area. The peach colored background indicates that sale {Read More}
Get High Dollar Coupons!
August 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Saving money is actually better than making money. If you earn $15 you’ll typically be left with $10 or less to spend at the store once taxes, SS and medicaid, and tithe are taken out of your earnings. That means saving $10 is like earning $15+! One simple and often overlooked way to save money is to give manufacturers feedback in hopes that they’ll send you high dollar coupons. No, you don’t have to send a letter in the mail {Read More}