Not Made Of Money

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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