Works for Me Wednesday

Works for Me Wednesday – Camping

July 7, 2009

Last week, my family and I went camping for the long 4th of July weekend. Camping is one of the best frugal vacations there is (well, I guess staying at home would be even more frugal). We only paid $21/night for our site and we are able to cook and eat at our …

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Earn Free Gift Cards with MyPoints

June 2, 2009

I have been a member of MyPoints for about a year. Like the name suggests, you earn points for doing various activities such as:Read e-mails – 5 points just for clicking on the periodic e-mails that MyPoints sendsSurveys – 10 points if you don’t qualify, 50+ points if you do qualifyOffers – some of …

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Walgreens 101 Tutorial

May 12, 2009

The last couple of weeks, I wrote about how to save money at CVS and Rite Aid. I’m saving Walgreens for last, because it’s the store that I have the most problems with. It seems (to me anyway) like many of the coupon policies are decided at the store level, so it varies from store [...]

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Best Frugal Tip – Purchase Items at "Rock-bottom" Prices

May 6, 2009

For many families, food and toiletry items are the largest variable expense each month in their budget. According to the US Department of Labor, the average American family of four spends $8,513 per year on groceries (about $709 per month).I find that figure to be extremely high. I’m sure that there are families …

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Rite Aid 101 Tutorial

April 29, 2009

Last week, I explained the ins and outs of shopping at CVS. It can be really confusing to new shoppers at CVS. However, Rite Aid (aka Longs, Brooks, and Eckerds) is a lot easier program to shop. Here are the basics: Rite Aid has a monthly rebate program called the Single Check Rebate (SCR). …

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CVS 101 Tutorial

April 21, 2009

Although I blog about CVS all the time, I realized that I have never actually written a post about how shopping at CVS works.CVS is my favorite drugstore, since it usually offers some of the best deals and it has the easiest coupon policy of the 3 drugstores (CVS, Walgreens, and Rite Aid).How Does CVS [...]

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Walk through Holy Week with Jesus

March 31, 2009

During the last few weeks, I’ve been sharing some of my ideas for celebrating Easter with your kids such as making a chocolate cross for their Easter basket, various books, CD’s, and DVD’s that we use to share the meaning of Easter, and some kitchen fun that we have with Resurrection Buns.In my last post [...]

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Easter Ideas in the Kitchen

March 24, 2009

Two weeks ago, I shared how we make chocolate crosses for our boys’ Easter baskets, and last week I listed the books, movies, and music that we use to share the Easter story with our kids. This week, I’m going to put you and your kids to work in the kitchen.Each Easter, we make …

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