I’m sitting here watching a Tivo’d episode of “Extreme Couponing” where a seemingly very unhappy woman is having a coronary over whether her 60 hours of couponing labor will yeild $1,000 in groceries for $55. Her haul included a ton of sugar-sweetened drinks and sodas, cookies, crackers, cake mix and 28 tubs of cream cheese. …
November 11, 2011
Help veterans and save money at the same time
Support companies that support the Wounded Warrior project AND save money! Downloadable coupons here: http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/believe-in-heroes.aspx Click on the “savings” box to access the coupons. There are some really good, high-value coupons here! Happy Veterans Day! Thank you to all who have sacrificed and served.
July 02, 2010
Once-a-month household planning
When I’m doing financial coaching with a family, I encourage them to do all their budgeting, bill paying, grocery shopping and meal planning only once a month. People usually look at me like I’ve lost my marbles but this is how I run my busy home. It works, it saves a ton of time and it also saves a ton of money. Here’s why: Statistics show that the average American spends about $10 in unplanned, discretionary purchases every time they go to the store. If you go grocery shopping once a week and add in the weekly Target run, that’s at least $80 a month you’re spending that you shouldn’t.
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