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If I was a chicken… I’d totally want to live at The Girl Who Thinks She’s A Bird’s house… For starters…the daily scraps… Far out way the negatives around here… Remember Ricky Raccoon? Well he struck again last night… After dinner The Handsome Husband told the kids to lock up the chickens for the night… Read More >>
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Because I’m so cheap/thrifty/smart… I pack The Handsome Husbands lunch every day… In fact… I’ve been packing it for over 15 years… If I had to guess… After you factor in all the coupons I redeem… I figure his lunch costs between .50 & .99 cents a day… Wayyyyy cheaper than a Big Mac Meal. Read More >>
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Oh Happy Day… Someone (who shall remain nameless) needs some special razzle be dazzle highly overpriced fluoride toothpaste… Apparently well water doesn’t have fluoride? Anyway… as luck would have it… I have in my possession 2 coupons for potential gift cards… Albertson’s charges $14.27 for 1 tube of magic toothpaste… And is offering a $25 Read More >>
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After grocery shopping yesterday… I have exactly $9.26 left to last the next 5 days… That’s when I open my next envelope of grocery money. I think I want to cry. SERIOUSLY. I still have a boat load of double coupons sitting on the counter… waiting to be used… things like FREE candy bars (I’d Read More >>
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Typically I make a big breakfast on either Saturday or Sunday… As I was removing the bacon from the package I had 2 thoughts… #1 Hey Mavis… instead of cooking the entire package… only cook 1/2 of it… save the rest for next weekend… (Why didn’t I think of this sooner? Oh that’s right… because Read More >>
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And we’re off… $100 a month = $1,200 a year Divide $1,200 by 52 weeks and your looking at a budget of $23.07 a week. Which works out to be $5.76 per person a week. or .82 cents a day per person. *********** Every Saturday I will put our family’s allotted $23.07 in my wallet Read More >>
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I don’t know about you… but I LOVE getting the mail… You just never know what will be in there… I recently received 3 FREE product coupons…FREE Wipes, FREE Shampoo and FREE air Freshener… I think they were Facebook freebies… I don’t remember exactly… I also received 2 rebate checks from Kellogg’s Try Me Free Read More >>
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December Grocery/Toiletry Show and Tell… In preparation to 2011’s $100 a month self imposed challenge…For December I gave myself a whopping $150 allowance for the entire month. And I failed… I actually spent $183.38 Here’s what I purchased… Target had Kashi Bars on clearance… plus I had $1.00 off coupon for each box…plus I was Read More >>
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