You Can Go Broke Saving Money

No one tried to go broke by saving money, but that is just what often happens. Moms trying to save a few bucks on their weekly grocery bill start using coupons and find that they are spending more money each week than they did before. Single gals use Groupon or other social savings apps for their nights out on the town and scramble at the end of the month to pay their bills. Families search for deals and sales when they shop for clothes and spend twice what they anticipated. How does this happen? How can you go broke when … Continue reading

How to Turn Your Resolution to Save Money into a Reality

Make sure that you can turn your resolution to save money into a reality when you put the following steps into place. It isn’t enough just to resolve to be frugal or cut back. You have to make a commitment and then know where to begin and how to keep it going. It takes just 21 days, by conventional wisdom, to turn a resolution into a habit. That means with just a little effort each day for the next three weeks, you can start down a path of a lifetime of saving with the end result being financial solvency. The … Continue reading

Where Can I Find Coupons? Here are Ten Different Places to Grab Them

There are many different places to find coupons, from the obvious to the obscure. Go on a treasure hunt to gather up as many as you can. Coupons can save you money, whether you use just a few coupons on your favorite weekly items or practice the art of extreme couponing, a way of shopping that can get you up to 90 percent off of your groceries. Don’t forget that coupons can also be used on retail purchases, online purchases and entertainment venues too! Here is a breakdown of the many places where you can find money saving coupons. Grab … Continue reading

Seven Ways to Save Money on Everyday Expenses

Minimize the cost of running your home when you use the following tips to save money on those everyday expenses. 1. Combine services It isn’t only your cable service that offers bundling. Once you are done combining your Internet, phone and cable television into one package, move on to other services that be combined in order to save money on your monthly expenses. For example, you can combine your home and auto insurance for a lower overall rate. 2. Pay your bills on time That $5 or $10 a month may not seem like much, but in the course of … Continue reading

Grocery Savings without the Fuss

There are many different grocery savings tips out there, but most of the general advice involves spending a lot of time cutting coupons, driving from store to store, shopping at odd times, and creating a full-blown price book. For many of us, that is just too much fuss and a larger time commitment than we can handle right now. The good news is that you can still lower your grocery bill without all of the fuss by just following a few simple rules. 1. Find the right store and stick with it Without going crazy, compare prices on a few … Continue reading

Coupons for Kellogg’s, Starbucks, Angel Soft, and More!

There’s no way around it. Eventually, you are going to have to go grocery shopping. Frugal families know that coupons are a great way to save money on groceries. Here’s a batch of coupons from Coupons.com that will help you. Coupons.com sends me email with links to a bunch of featured coupons. They have been putting an amusing little picture at the top of each email. This time, there are three gingerbread man cookies, (in different shades). The wording says: “The More the Merrier!” It is followed with: “’Tis the season for holy jolly savings.” If you use all of … Continue reading

Coupons for Hormel, Ziploc, Advil and More!

It is always a good idea to go to bring coupons with you when you go to the grocery store. The food you buy for your family can quickly add up, and anything that help you to keep the cost down is useful. Here are some more coupons from Coupons.com that can save you some money on groceries. If you use all of these coupons you will end up saving a total of $13.85. That should help! Hormel has a coupon that will save you $1.00 when you buy 2 Hormel Bacon Toppings. Hormel has a coupon that will save … Continue reading

Coupons for Totino’s, Pillsbury, Vitaminwater, and More!

There is one thing that all families have in common. They are all going to need to go grocery shopping every once in a while. The best way to save some money on groceries is to bring a bunch of grocery coupons with you. Here are some to get started with. One of the places I look for coupons at is Coupons.com. They send me email with links to their newest coupons a couple of times a week. If you use all six of these coupons you will end up saving $3.95. Here is what the latest batch of coupons … Continue reading

Coupons for Campbell’s , Gorton’s, General Mills, and More!

Frugal families know that a great way to save money on groceries is to bring a bunch of coupons with you. One of the places that I look for coupons at is Coupons.com. They are always updating with new coupons, and their coupons are for products from popular brands and companies. Here is a little bit of what Coupons.com is offering this week. Campbell’s Chunky has a coupon that will save you $0.50 on any 2 Campbell’s Chunky soup or chili or 100% Natural Microwavable Bowls. Gorton’s has a coupon that will save you $0.50 on 1 Gorton’s Skillet Crisp … Continue reading

Why I Rarely Spend Money on Bathroom Products

Some people put in line items for bathroom products, cleaning products and then groceries. Usually, we lump all of these expenses together, since I most often buy groceries and cleaning products at the same time. I was thinking about bathroom products, though, all of those shampoos, soaps, body wash, etc., and curious about how much we spend. With the exception of some special toothpaste because of one child’s allergy, we really don’t spend much money on bathroom products. In fact, I can’t recall the last time that we did. So how do I get away with hardly spending anything on … Continue reading