From the monthly archives:

August 2007

Home Maintenance and Lawn Care Items – Clearance

August 29, 2007

Saw some great deals on lawn care and home maintenance at my weekly Target run. You’ll need to check the endcaps to look for the deals. Most of the ones I found were in the very back of the store – near the school supplies of all places!
Scotts Lawn Fertilizer – $2.49 per [...]

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Frugal Ideas For Kid’s Clothing

August 27, 2007

I have a friend who has a baby daughter. Her older children are boys so she has been trying to find ways to use their baby clothing but would prefer that her daughter be dressed in something more “girlish”. She has come up with a really nifty way to get more use out [...]

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Save Money On Food – Make A Pot Of Soup

August 23, 2007

I love to stretch our food budget by making a pot of homemade soup. I prefer the types of recipes where you just throw together whatever leftovers you have on hand. If you keep a few staples on hand all the time, then a delicious pot of homemade soup is just minutes away! [...]

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Deals and Finds – Apple Juice, Post It Notes, Bic Pens

August 21, 2007

I mentioned last week that I would be detailing some of my purchases where I combined sales with coupons to maximize savings. I was able to get a couple of really good deals this past weekend so I thought I would pass them on.
First from Publix, the Motts Apple Juice (64 ounce size [...]

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A Nice Reminder To Always Check For Discounts

August 14, 2007

I was reading this article over on MSN Money about taking advantage of discounts that you qualify for. It was a good reminder to check our wallets for any discount cards we have and to make sure that we use them when we can.
We are members of AAA so we have been [...]

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Home Builders Offering Incentives Due To Slumping Sales

August 13, 2007

Here in Florida new home sales have been in the tank for quite a while. We’ve been seeing the ads by home builders in our local newspaper offering all types of incentives. For a while I thought it was just in Florida that this was going on – but after reading this article [...]

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My Method For Coupon Stockpiling

August 11, 2007

I’ve recently begun coupon stockpiling, after I discovered how much money I can save by combining sales with coupons. We receive the Sunday newspaper which contains the coupon flyers so in the past I’ve only had one coupon to use for each item I would find on sale. However, to really maximize savings, [...]

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The Christmas Shopping Has Begun

August 8, 2007

I mentioned last month that I have begun my Christmas shopping. When I changed the calendar page on my desktop calendar from July to August, I found the inventory list I’d made last year when the holidays were over. This list shows me what Christmas decor items I have and which ones I [...]

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Sales Tax Holiday – Save Money On More Than Just Back To School Supplies

August 4, 2007

Here in the State of Florida the sales tax holiday begins today, August 4, 2007 and lasts through August 13, 2007. If you don’t have young ones heading back to school you may be thinking “big deal” on the tax savings. However, there are many items included in the tax holiday that have [...]

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Saving 50% or More On Groceries

August 3, 2007

I recently wrote a review of “The Greatest Secrets Of The Coupon Mom“, a book which details ways to save money on groceries. One of the best techniques I learned was how to maximize my savings on groceries by combining coupons with store sales. Now I have used this method in the past [...]

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