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How to Make a Weekly Frugal Food Plan

Food is quickly becoming one of the biggest expenses in the average family’s budget. Attack your food budget with a weekly money-saving plan. Each day pick a task that will help you save money on your food bill. Developing a weekly frugal food plan can reduce the cost of feeding your family. Below, you can see an example of my own weekly frugal food plan. You can use it as a guideline and customize it to make it your own, so it makes sense for you and your family. Sunday Go grocery shopping with a list and coupons. Distribute bulk … Continue reading →

The Right Way to Buy in Bulk

Buying your groceries in bulk can save you some serious money, not to mention extra trips to the store. If you aren’t careful, however, bulk purchases can actually wind up costing you more money that you will save. Know the right way to buy in bulk, so you get the best of both worlds: great pricing and convenience. 1. Watch out for the hidden perishables. You probably know enough not to buy 20 pounds of bananas, unless you own a bakery that produces banana bread, but are you still buying items that will go bad before you can use them? … Continue reading →

Save Big on Your Gifts This Year

With even tighter budgets, families may have to make some tough decisions when it comes to gifts for Christmas and the winter holidays. Make it a little easier for you family when you save big dollars on your gift giving. Get Social Skills When you go on Facebook and like your favorite company or store, or follow it on Twitter, you put yourself in a position to get special coupons, secret sale days, advance notices and more. You can also take advantage of other social networking apps, such as Wrapp, that work with Facebook. Basically, you gather your friends and … Continue reading →

Where the Early Bird Saves Money

In my home, we have two different camps. Those of us who are the early birds or morning people, and those of us who can party all night, well, at least stay up way past bedtime. Since I happen to be writing this at 4:30 in the morning, guess which camp I fall into. There is something to be said for early birds. Not only do we get the worm, but we also get the savings. That is because if you can get to things early, you can usually get the best prices in the following areas. The Movie Theater … Continue reading →

Simple Ways to Spend Less

I still can’t get over the results of the TODAY show’s latest experiment featuring name brand versus generic dishwashing detergent. Who knew that a low-cost store brand could go head-to-head with a powerhouse like Cascade and come out on top? I buy Cascade. Religiously. Looks like I will be re-evaluating my brand loyalty. TODAY’s consumer correspondent Janice Lieberman gave great tips on ppurchasing generic items instead of name brands whenever possible. This is advice I’ve heard before, but typically I reserve my generic buys for common staples such as sugar, flour, and bleach. I don’t usually experiment with generic brands … Continue reading →

Ways to Save: Savvy Shopping

I’ve seen TLC’s megahit, “Extreme Couponing” on many occasions, and each time I view it I’m left asking this question: Where are these people shopping that they can double or triple their coupons? Clearly, not in Wisconsin. I don’t know of any grocery store in the state that doubles coupons. And if I am wrong, I would love for you to let me know. I could actually save money if I’m incorrect. What a concept. I am an avid coupon-er, though I don’t dumpster dive nor do I steal newspapers from other people’s homes. Rather, I simply use what I … Continue reading →

Grocery and Gas Station Discount Promotions

When the Tom Thumb supermarket moved in roughly 14 miles away, I wasn’t excited about the attached gas station. It was one of the more expensive stations in the area. The three cents per gallon discount I would get just for using my Tom Thumb rewards card wasn’t worth it. I could get cheaper gas on my way to somewhere else. I don’t remember when Tom Thumb decided to change its price structure, but the gas was more affordable. A three cent a gallon discount after shopping for groceries was a nice perk. I could save three cents a gallon … Continue reading →

Save at Walgreens Friends and Family Event – One Day Only!

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What do you need from Walgreens right now? Perhaps you forgot to pick up something when you went on your last trip to the grocery store. Maybe you just ran out of an important item that you really cannot go another day without replacing. Whatever it is, you can save some money if you shop the Walgreens Friends and Family Event. It is taking place for one day only, March, 31, 2011. Walgreens, like other drug stores, carries a lot of the items that your family needs. Perhaps your family is suffering through the last of the cold and flu … Continue reading →

Purposefully Using the Little Things

As you may know, my husband and I are really buckling down to reduce our monthly expenses. It seems as though the prices for everything are going up, while our income remains the same. Recent unexpected expenses have drained our emergency fund and we are really trying to get out of debt. Although our home isn’t that large by many standards, there is still plenty of space for little things to collect. Many of these things don’t normally get used because they are forgotten or aren’t convenient. But purposefully using these little things will help us stretch the budget a … Continue reading →

What to Save from Christmas

If your house is like mine, you haven’t quite done all of the after Christmas clean up. If so, consider yourself blessed. There is a lot that you can save from your Christmas festivities that will save you money throughout the year. Make use of the following items. Then look around your home and add your own suggestions in the comments! Baskets Have you gotten any holiday baskets this year, such as fruit baskets, pampering baskets, etc. Put them to use around your home. Large one can collect waste paper in the office, magazines or books in the bedroom, fresh … Continue reading →