The end of the month is tomorrow – and … since we are inching up on November, don’t forget to write out your budget for next month. Have you done your March Budget yet? I am doing mine this morning – I have papers ALL over my table. Combined with filing Taxes (Shop Amazon –[Read More…]
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7 Steps for Writing to Companies to Request Product Coupons
Over the last few years I have mentioned on many occasions how you can reach out to manufacturers in efforts to score product coupons. Last year for a series of several weeks, I contacted 5 per day – it was a LOT of effort, but it paid off HUGE for me. I had MANY FREE[Read More…]
How to Start Using Coupons | 5 Simple Steps
Do you have friends or family that would like to save money? Perhaps they have seen your successful grocery trips and said “Please show me how to do what you have done”…. does that sound familiar? Those of us that have couponed for some time can agree that getting started can be overwhelming. There are[Read More…]
How to Save for a College Fund
Saving for a college fund can be daunting! Here are 5 steps to help you move forward to and start a college fund for your children. Chances are if you have kids, you have, at some point, thought about the cost of their future career plans. College is not cheap – the average cost for one year[Read More…]
Why Being Complacent Might be your Biggest Mistake
Being comfortable and being secure in where you are at in life is probably a wonderful thing – right? For most people, it essentially means that you are happy – you are doing something right, and in some cases, it means that you should stay right where you are. After all, who wants change? It’s really[Read More…]
6 Ways to Cut your Time on Facebook
About 8-9 months ago, I started to keep track of how much time I was spending on Facebook and was blown away to discover it was a ridiculous amount of time. Funny thing is, it wasn’t spent on my personal page (I rarely share things), and it wasn’t uploading massive albums of pictures every other day.[Read More…]
How to Stay Financially Motivated
When it comes to motivation with money some of us have more than others. It’s incredibly EASY to throw down any amount of money and tell yourself it’s only just once. It’s only $3.00. It’s not that huge in the big scheme of things. Getting out of debt and saving money requires not only[Read More…]
5 Reasons We Gave Up Using Coupons
Clipping coupons is a lot of work. And I’ll be honest and say to some, bringing home $127 in groceries for just $.25 is impressive to most. The truth is.. using coupons is not always feasible. Do people still have trips like that? I don’t know if they do. Many of you found this[Read More…]
5 Reasons People just Don’t Coupon
Over the last SIX years, we have seen such a turn of events – many of you may have started couponing due to the popular series “Extreme Couponing” – while many of you have been couponing for years (even before that time period). We have witnessed empty shelves, and lack of stock in stores –[Read More…]
14 Ways to Save More Money
Chances are… you may be participating in our 12 month Savings Challenge. If you aren’t, you can head over HERE to read more about getting started and making that commitment. Putting away that Emergency Fund is just ONE step towards managing your finances – although it might be a difficult venture for some of you[Read More…]
Saving Money by Writing to Companies to Request Product Coupons
Over the last few years I have mentioned on many occasions how you can reach out to manufacturers in efforts to score product coupons. Today I was thankful I had done this last week – because I actually used my FREE Land O Lakes Coupon this morning.… tonight we are having MORE chicken noodle (and I use[Read More…]