“Deal” Shopping

After-Christmas Bargains

December 24, 2008

Don’t think that I’m skipping over Christmas, because I’m not :-) . But, I wanted you to start thinking about the sales after Christmas.Christmas items – You can usually get good discounts on wrapping paper, gift labels, Christmas cards, Christmas decorations in the after-Christmas sales. I usually buy all my materials for the next …

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Don’t get caught up in getting the "Deals"

December 13, 2008

Today, I was at Bath & Body Works to get my niece a gift using this coupon for a free item (up to $13 with any $10 purchase. It was a good deal…I was going to get a Body Splash and a Lotion for only $12. They were also having a sale for …

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Know Your Store’s Pricing Policies

December 4, 2008

Today I was at Kohl’s buying some birthday gifts for some of my son’s friends, and I noticed that some of the toys that I bought for my own sons for Christmas were on sale for less than I had paid for them on Monday. So, I went to the customer service desk and searched [...]

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Frugal Friday – Online Shopping Tips

November 14, 2008

As the Christmas shopping season gets into gear, the internet is a great source of gifts. For many items, it is less expensive to buy them online, and you save gas and the bother of going to the store. Plus, if you’re planning on mailing the items to friends and family anyway, you may …

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Inexpensive Birthday (and Christmas) Presents

September 12, 2008

My older son is only 5, so he hasn’t been invited to too many birthday parties so far…but I know it’s coming. For the birthday parties that he was invited to last year, I struggled with what to buy for the birthday boy. I didn’t really know them very well, and I didn’t really know [...]

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Ways to Save Money Shopping Online

August 9, 2008

Erin at Coupon Cravings posted a great article on ways to save money while shopping online. Most of her points are things that I already do, but there are several things that I learned from her on how to get an even better deal.1) Check Out Shipping Charges First: I don’t usually do this, so [...]

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Ev’Reward

August 6, 2008

In the past, I always shopped through upromise.com (more to come about Upromise in a future post) to get money back for the boys college. However, since I’ve been visiting other frugal blogs, I’ve learned about other money-back shopping services like Ebates and Big Crumbs. However, I didn’t like visiting each site to see …

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