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Thrift Store Shopping Tips

You can cut almost any of your shopping budget by 60 percent or more when you shop at local thrift stores instead of retail stores. Imagine getting designer jeans for $5 or a new-with-tags name brand dress for only $3. How about that new hot video game for $15 instead of $50? It is all possible when you use thrift stores as a valuable resource to save your family budget. Getting Over the Ew Factor If you haven’t visited a thrift store lately, you should stop by and take a look. What you see may surprise you. Most thrift stores, … Continue reading →

Innovative Ways to Save on Toys

Children can outgrow their toys very quickly. Don’t spend money on new toys unnecessarily. Here are some innovative ways that you can provide your children with creative, educational and time-occupying toys on a budget. Check Toys Out from a Toy Library Toy libraries are popping up all over the country. These libraries lend out top-rated toys, puzzles and games, as well as host play events for families. Toy libraries save parents from spending a lot of money on toys while making sure that kids don’t get bored. To locate a toy library near you, visit the Toy Library Association online. … Continue reading →

Thrift Store Treasures

If you are a single mother, chances are money is pretty tight around this time of year, well let’s face it, money is tight all year round! With the holidays right around the corner you may be feeling the financial pressure weighing on your shoulders. It’s hard to provide Christmas for your children when you are already struggling to make it on your own. However, there are lots of things that can make this time a little less stressful for a single mother. Yesterday afternoon Logan and I went to a local thrift store with some friends of ours. We … Continue reading →

Save Money on Holiday Cookies

This thanksgiving was a really rushed one. We had a crisis in the family and would up having to put together a last minute Thanksgiving meal. One thing that went very quickly were the fancy cookies that I purchased. Everyone loves cookies, whether purchased or homemade. They really are a holiday staple. Here are some tips on how we can all save on the cost of cookies. Store Bought Cookies Shop at a warehouse store. Warehouse grocery stores, such as Costco, BJs or Sam’s Club often offer holiday cookies at discounted prices. You can find all sorts of cookies, from … Continue reading →

3 Ways to Save Money on Best Sellers

Want to read the latest best seller or the book series that everyone is talking about but don’t want to actually pay the ridiculous cover prices on books? Here are three ways that you can still enjoy the latest books and still save money. Have a Personal Book Exchange Thanks to a friend of mine, I am now enjoying several books in a popular series. She lends me three or four of the books at a time. She is also welcome to borrow books from my personal collection as well. When borrowing books from a friend, especially well-loved books, it … Continue reading →

Four Ways to Save Money on Children’s Clothing

According to cost of living tables, a family can spend anywhere between $50 and $90 per month per child to cloth him or her. I don’t think my family spends much more than that per year, or at least we try not to. The numbers go up from there for teens and adults. The one exception may be shoes, since the kids tend to go through several pairs in a year, and although I can get the cost of shoes down quite a bit, they have less pricing wiggle room than do other types of clothing. Outlet Pricing Yesterday we … Continue reading →

How to Use Pinterest to Save Money

What is Pinterest? Pinterest is a place where all sorts of great information is organized. It is a sort of an online bulletin board, where members can “pin” their favorite websites and ideas. Pinterest is fast becoming the new way to network, and some of my friends say that they spend more time on this site than they do on any other, including Facebook. Why not take advantage of everything that Pinterest to save some money and learn some new things about being frugal? How Can I Join Pinterest? Pinterest is free to use and free to browse. You can … Continue reading →

Easy Ways to Save $50

Saving $50 is easier than you think. Here are some easy ways to get more money in your pocket. Want bigger savings? Combine more than one of the following strategies: Replace a single processed food that you normally purchase with one that you make from scratch. For example, instead of a tub of mashed potatoes or macaroni and cheese, or boxed vegetables with sauce, use a real recipe. You can still get the convenience if you take a Saturday morning to cook extra and freeze. Examine your cable bill. There may be premium channels that you can do without, or … Continue reading →

How to Save Money on School Lunches

While spending money on official school lunches may not be a bad deal, we prefer to pack our own lunches for a couple of different reasons. The first is that it is easier to control the level of nutrition that my children need (the school lunches often leave my very active, thin son still hungry), the second is that the lunch period is so short that much of it can get wasted just waiting in line for food, and the third is that it is actually cheaper for me to pack a lunch instead of paying for school lunches. Since … Continue reading →

Save Money on Shirts at CheapesTees

Everyone needs to buy new shirts, eventually. CheapesTees offers new shirts, from several big name brands, at very discounted prices. You can get shirts for your whole family, and save money while doing it. CheapesTees is a website that sells shirts, (and a few other items). Find short sleeve T-shirts, long sleeve T-shirts, polo shirts, T-shirts that have a pocket on the front, tank tops, dress shirts, sweatshirts, and more. They sell shirts for men, women, juniors, kids, infants and toddlers. You will find name brands like Fruit of the Loom, Jerzees, American Apparel, Gildan and Hanes, to name a … Continue reading →