Living better, spending less.
The price of stamps is rising two cents on May 11, to 44¢ from 42¢. This would be a great time to go pick up some forever stamps. I don’t necessarily think it’s a good idea to go crazy buying up stamps just to save money on potential future increases… the return on your investment [...]
I just off the phone with one of my credit card companies. While paying my bill this month, I noticed a charge from Saturday to an equipment trading company for $101, and a charge of $40 (and then strangely, a credit in the same amount) from an equipment magazine company of some sort. Apparently, our [...]
The FedEx guy brought me a happy little surprise yesterday–$500 in Shell gas gift cards!
These came as a result of signing up at an online offer website. You know those sites that promise to send you money or a laptop or gift cards? I had never even considered clicking on one of those links because [...]
In the world of personal finance online, I have occasionally saw a few tips for saving money that just seem to be above and beyond the call of duty. I don’t care how much money I save, I will not stop bathing. I will not stop using deodorant. I will not stop using my air [...]
I make pizza from scratch pretty often, because it’s dirt cheap, healthier and my husband and I both prefer my pizza to delivery. However, sometimes you want to just throw something from the freezer into the oven, and we always have a few frozen pizzas in our basement freezer. I have discovered that no matter [...]
My grandfather used to give us all a Sam’s Club membership for Christmas every year. When he stopped bothering with that, we missed it and started paying the membership fee on our own. The last few times we were there, though, we didn’t buy much, and actually thought the prices were fairly awful. Our membership [...]
I received a very fun envelope (or what was left of one, before the postal service got a hold of it!) this afternoon!
These are the coupons from the coupon giveaway held by That’s Just Nifty Thrifty! I was so excited to receive them. :) I have only had time to rifle through them [...]
Last year, I had a stack of old raggedy towels hanging around. I was in the peak of my sewing hobby and I had been collecting these towels for use in cloth diapers. Interesting fact: regular old terry from towels? Gets stiff and weird when you sew it into a diaper. Soo… I suddenly had [...]
The first two million people to register at freedietdrpepper.com will receive a coupon for a free 20oz or 2 liter bottle of Diet Dr. Pepper. This offer ends 3/31/09 (if two million people haven’t signed up and ended it already) and the coupon mailed to you expires 6/30/09.
And remember, Diet Dr. Pepper tastes more like [...]
I am still trying to figure out how I want to track my savings/earnings. The shopping thing seems to be beyond my ability to track well, but I have a spreadsheet with rebates and with what I affectionately call “Weird Income”. The weird income is stuff like bank bonuses, company sign-up bonuses, credit card dividend [...]
When I became a stay-at-home-mom, I promised I could save our family money by shopping sales and maybe even using a few coupons. I had no idea what I was getting into. These days, I am on a first-name basis with the cashiers at the local drugstores, I haven't paid for toothpaste or shampoo in over a year and I spend my free time here, helping others do the same. So please, make yourself at home while you learn how to save, and when to spend!