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Archive for September 2007

September 19th, 2007

Thrifty Links for September 19th

Free $5 Starbucks Gift Card
Colgate has some cool stuff for kids.
25 Free Fizzy Wizzies for Bath Time
Ford Developing Thrifty Gas Engine
Tags: colgate, ford, free stuff, gift-card, starbucks

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By Karen -- 0 comments

September 18th, 2007

Have You Started Your Christmas Shopping?

Do you realize that there are only a few months until Christmas?  Have you started your Christmas shopping?
My mom taught me almost everything I know about being frugal.  We shopped the clearance racks together, I watched her use coupons and compare price per unit, and I saw her shop all year for Christmas presents. 
I used to […]

By Karen -- 4 comments

September 18th, 2007

Food Lion Celebrates Their 50th Anniversary

Food Lion is celebrating their 50th anniversary with a 50% off sale.  Some of the things you might find 50% off are:

Smithfield Center cut ham slices
white seedless grapes
FL chicken snack wings
Doritos, 12-13 oz
Nabisco Single Serve Snacks
Hamburger Helper
Brawny paper towels
Quilted Northern bath tissue
Crest baking soda toothpaste
Kraft Handi-snacks
Wise potato chips
Cobblestone Mill English muffins
Old El Paso dinners
Ragu pasta […]

By Karen -- 0 comments

September 18th, 2007

Top 10 ways to reduce your car insurance rates

My car insurance comes around every three months. I hate having to fork out that payment. I have looked high and low for the top 10 ways to reduce your car insurance rates. Hands down, the same ways keep coming up so here they are.

Shop around. Don’t just take the first […]

By kellys -- 6 comments

September 18th, 2007

Carnivals are Everywhere

Dieters, Welcome to the Carnival of the Recipes!
Carnival of Family Life
Carnival of Family Life (from last week)
Organize Your Life, Carnival Edition
Make it from Scratch
Festival of Frugality
Carnival of Personal Finance
Tags: blog carnival, carnival-of-family-life, organization, recipes

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By Karen -- 0 comments

September 16th, 2007

Easy Homemade Brown Sugar

Did you know that you can make your own brown sugar?  I had no idea until just recently.  I didn’t even know how brown sugar was made.
Making your own brown sugar is the frugal way to go.  I’ll admit that sometimes I’ll pay a little more for convenience, but this recipe is so easy that […]

By Karen -- 5 comments

September 15th, 2007

Happy Anniversary, Karen

I am so glad that Karen has stuck it out and has finally come full circle with her first blogaversary!  I tried to talk her into blogging with me a couple of times and finally she said yes.  Little did she know what she was getting into.
So, Karen, let’s look at all our firsts together:

Alligator […]

By kellys -- 4 comments

September 15th, 2007

Happy Anniversary to Me!

 
I celebrated my first blogging anniversary this week.  Yep, it was just a year ago that Kelly proposed that I begin writing with her at Thrifty Mommy. 
It’s funny to look back on some of my writings from a year ago.  It’s kind of like looking back at high school pictures.
Thanks to you all for your […]

By Karen -- 14 comments

September 14th, 2007

Frugal Friday 23: Coupon Tips

 
When I was a married college student I was a dedicated coupon shopper.  I had my coupons organized in my little coupon pouch.  I would shop mainly with my coupons at Ingles grocery store because they doubled coupons and I also shopped the sales.  With my technique I rarely paid full price for anything. 
I’ve decided that I need to […]

By Karen -- 13 comments

September 14th, 2007

Pick your restaurant of choice coupons

I found a great website for restaurant coupons.  You can just put in your zip code and find coupon deals for your local restaurants.  That way, you can find resaurants in your area adn not have to be disappointed by great restaurant coupons that you can’t use.  The coupons are something like 50% off and […]

By kellys -- 2 comments