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Entries from August 2007

Home Maintenance and Lawn Care Items – Clearance

August 29th, 2007 · No Comments

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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Tags: Clearance Sales

Frugal Ideas For Kid’s Clothing

August 27th, 2007 · 1 Comment

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 23rd, 2007 · 2 Comments

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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Tags: Cooking At Home

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

August 21st, 2007 · 1 Comment

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 14th, 2007 · 1 Comment

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 13th, 2007 · 2 Comments

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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Tags: Real Estate

My Method For Coupon Stockpiling

August 11th, 2007 · 2 Comments

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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