Mr. Rebates - Earn Cash Back For You Online Shopping

I recently signed up for Mr. Rebates...what a great find! You can earn cash back on purchases you make online at over 1,000 stores. I will be ordering school uniform shirts, shoes and socks from JCPenney's soon so I will be sure to order through Mr.Rebates site and earn cash back of 2% on my order. Not only that but Mr. Rebates lists coupons and money savings for the stores on their site so you can always get the best deal possible. Follow the link below to learn more and start saving more for those online purchases you were needing to make. Look up some of your favorite stores and see what rebates they offer! Mine are JCP - 2%, Gap - 3%, Disney Store - 3%, Macy's - 6%, Old Navy - 3% and so many more...over 1,000 stores!

Donna

Sign up for FREE Home Depot Garden Club!

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It's that time of the year we spend more time outdoors working in the yard and gardens. I love gardening and am always looking for more tips and savings. Hydrangeas are a favorite plant of mine and I have done countless searches for information on planting and caring for them. The Home Depot Garden Club offers great tips for the garden all in one place! It's an excellent resource for all things gardening...advice, answers to your questions from professionals, regional planting information, money savings and so much more...sign up today, I am loving the info on their Garden Club Site!




Donna

Coppertone Sun Care Products $3 off Coupon Link!

UPDATE: I just checked this coupon link and it is now $1 off....keep checking their website throughout the summer to see if they offer more coupons!


As we headed out to soccer today with the kids I realized we were out of sunscreen. Knowing I am heading out to pick up a few items tomorrow I made it my mission to find a coupon for sunscreen and boy did I find a good one! Follow the link below to print your Coppertone Sun Care Products $3 off Coupon which expires 6/28/2009....print out a few extra's to stock up. And in the new CVS ad running 5/31 - 6/6 Coppertone sun screens are on sale for $8.99 with the card making it a deal at $5.99 with your $3 off coupon!

Just Click Here To Print Your Coupon!

Donna

Frugal Living Lessons I Have Learned This Week...

I started this blog with the intention of sharing coupons, coupon codes, and various other ways to save money with my readers.

Today I want to share a story about lessons I have learned in saving money and living frugal. Just a quick personal story on my journey to save money for our family. Due to the economy and slower than normal sales, my husband recently had to take a pay cut at work. Needless to say, I started to review the budget to find more ways to save money and possibly cut back our spending.

The first to go was eating out. We never really ate out all that much but now we needed to curb it for the time being. And since summer is upon us and grilling days I'm not sure I will miss eating out all that much. Since we have a nice sun room we will simply be enjoying more meals there. Considering an average meal out would cost $20-$30 we are now saving $40-$60 a month.

The next thing to go was (gulp) car washes. You see, I have become spoiled in driving through the car wash to get the car cleaned. Yes, five minutes and the job is done. That being said, at $10 a car wash twice a month I could save $20 each month. So yesterday I grabbed my bucket, car wash cleaner and a hose and an hour later I had the job done. Not as easy as the five minute car wash where I didn't need to lift a finger but I am saving money! And the bonus was the kids ran around the yard and enjoyed being squirted with the hose.

Then my sister stopped over yesterday and we went to Walmart together. As she gets into my car she remarks at how nasty our grille is and it really is...lol...it's been around for about 10 years now and has seen better days but it still works! She told me we should just break down and buy a new one. Well, first of all, the nasty old grille still works perfectly fine. My point is why spend money on a new one when it's not needed and we don't have the extra money to buy one now. Her reply, just charge it. Again, not feeling like we have to buy a new grille at this time and why go into debt for one. When it stops working then we will look at a new one. Until then why spend $100-$200 on something that works fine, just doesn't look good.

Speaking of Walmart...I brought along a coupon from my "All You" magazine for a Taco Bell Taco Dinner Kit for $1 off one box. My kids love tacos and it's a quick dinner to make for them. The Taco Bell Dinner Kits were just $1.98 at Walmart so with my $1 off coupon I paid just .98 cents for the Taco Kit! The evening we have tacos our entire dinner for the four of us will cost around $4-$5...can't beat that.
I just subscribed to "All You" magazine and love it. It's a great magazine that has interesting articles and tips to read and you get the added bonus of all the fantastic money saving coupons. Follow the link below to get your subscription. It's currently $15 for a year then Amazon has an offer to take $5 off so you end up paying $10 for a year!

We can all find little ways to save money each day in the way we live. My most recent changes were a few meals out and the car washes. Consider giving up the expensive coffee or switch from bottled water to filtered and watch the savings add up!

Donna

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Save Money...Grow A Vegetable Garden!

Today Michelle Obama, along with children from a local DC area school, planted a vegetable garden on the south lawn of The White House. I recently wrote an ehow article on this very topic. What a great way to save money by growing your own vegetables! And if you have children get them involved in this project. You will be teaching them the benefits of healthier eating and they can have fun working on the garden with you. Growing your own vegetables can add up to savings at the grocery store. If you're new to gardening then do some research and be sure to ask questions at your local garden center. Click Here to read the article I recently published on ehow to learn more about Saving Money By Growing Your Own Vegetable Garden.

Deal Of The Week!

Kraft Salad Dressing is selling for $1.58 at Walmart this week and if you clipped your coupons from Sunday's papers, there is a coupon for $1.50 off Kraft Salad Dressings. That means you can purchase your salad dressing for just .08 Cents!! And if you're like me and purchased extra copies of the paper then you can grab several bottles of salad dressing...what a great deal !

MIA March!

What a month this has been for me! I started out on this great freelance writing venture I had been researching and planning for and got a great start...really! I have been happily writing articles and trying to post on this blog and develop a couple of new blogs (still in the very early stages). What I hadn't planned on is the very un-timely loss of my laptop this week. Yep, it's not fixable! It's funny how dependent we become on our computers every day. I email friends, research, WRITE, search for coupons and savings, make money and much more. So going for almost a week without it has been a major drag....on the flipside, my house is soooo clean! PS...I am borrowing my husband's work laptop...I was having serious computer/internet withdrawl! I should have my very own new laptop this weekend. Anyway, just wanted to post an update as to where I have been and why I haven't been posting regularly. I will be back on a regular posting basis next week and with a brand new laptop...yeah! So check back for more great money saving tips and please enjoy following my blog as I continue this great adventure in writing and blogging.