Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Dave Ramsey Items on Sale for $10 each

Most of Dave Ramsey's Financial books,CDs and DVDs are on sale for $10 each. If you buy 10 items, you will get 2 free. And, if you buy $65.00 worth of items you will qualify for free shipping. These make excellent stocking stuffers and holiday gifts for friends and family. Now is the time to do that holiday shopping.

Be advised: Dave Ramsey does not believe in the use of credit cards, therefore purchases must be made using your bank Debit Card or your Paypal account:

https://beta.daveramsey.com/shop/c10.html?store=ep&ictid=sml

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Gently Used Clothing, Furniture and Home Decore at Well Springs, Duluth

Thursday, Friday & Saturday, November 20, 21 & 22, Well Springs (an upscale thrift shop that sells donated gently-used clothing and home furniture) is having a sale. Already great prices are now even lower.

Specializing mostly in Gently-used Women's clothing, they also carry some beaustiful used furniture, antiques, and home decor at fabulous prices. This is a great way to decorate for the holidays and pick up some chic winter clothing at real deals!

Well Springs is located in the Publix Shopping Center in Duluth, at the corner of Old Peachtree Road and Buford Hwy.

Bring in a donation to the store, and recieve a $5 coupon to use on your purchases!

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Saving money, the first step

If you are serious about saving nickles and dimes, there are a few things you can do to prepare yourself, get organized, "get ready, get set, GO!".



1. Set up a new FREE email account with google. Just click on the top of the google page where you see gmail, and set up an new FREE email account. This account is the email address you will give every retailer, website, savings club and reward program. In other words, there will be nothing in that mail box EXCEPT ways to save money. Make it a cleaver name, like Iluvcoupons@gmail.com, or couponchristian@gmail.com, or maybe watchmesavewithcoupons@gmail.com. Then, give this email address to Kroger, Publix, Ingles, CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens, Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Long Horns, ShortCuts.com, and the Coupon Mom. Your new email address will be full of money saving tips and coupons.



2. Buy the Sunday paper (and extra copies) and keep the whole circular. Even if you clip a few coupons you want to use this week, keep the circular. You will want to get more coupons out of it later. There are many ways to organize the past circulars. I file mine by month in a file folder. Others hole punch them and keep them in binders. Whatever works for you.



2. My favorite website is COUPONMOM.COM. This website will give you a list each week (comes out on Sunday mornings) of all the local grocery and drug stores and let you know what is on sale that week, where you can find a coupon, the final price and the percentage saved. This is a FREE website, so you have nothing to loose, but lots of money to gain.



3. When you are on the COUPONMOM.COM website, don't miss this: extra info on the left hand side of the page, in blue.

a. Coupon Database. This where you can find a coupon. For instance: You need to buy cold medicine, kleenex, cough syrup and soup. (Obviously you are feeling bad). Go to the Coupon database and type in Sudafed and a list of all the ciruclars from the past that still have an unexpired coupon for Sudafed will be in there. Go to that circular (yes, you are suppose to be saving the circulars) and cut out the coupon you need. Repeat for Kleenex, nyquil, soup etc. This will save you a lot of money.



b. Coupon Mom Blog. This is also on the COUPONMOM.COM website, on the left hand side in blue. This is a place where the Coupon Mom and her readers can blog great deals. It will tell you about money saving tips, deals and other things that are unadvertised. On the blog this week, I found out about Walgreens offering a $5 off anything coupon if you know the right code (the code is on the website). The catch was that this coupon was only good for two days. (sorry, already expired).





On your next day off, spend a few minutes setting up your new gmail account, giving this new address to companies with savings programs, and navigating the coupon mom website.

You'll find these few minutes very informative, and well spent.

B

Friday, November 14, 2008

I've been invited to share

Hey guys,
Since I've been called THE COUPON QUEEN, cheap, thrifty, a good steward, El Cheapo, tight, Scrooge, Miser and many other words for a person who believes in saving money, I have accepted your invitation to share some ideas on how to save money.

Even been in line to pay, with the exact same items as someone in front of you and they got out for half as much, and now your wallet is empty, and they have enough left to move on to the next store? I hate that feeling. I hate knowing I was dumb enough to pay more than everyone else.

I love coupons, sales, and recycling. Thing is, most of this stuff seems natural to me. I've learned that not everyone thinks that way.

So, since you've asked, I am going to log on pretty often and share some tips on things you can do to stretchhhhhhhhh that dollar and you'll be the one everyone is watching to see how you do it.

Let me know if you have any specific needs, and maybe I have an idea for where to find it cheap, when to get it, or how to search for best price on it.
Bev

50% Off Offers

The Fish radio station has a discount program going called 'Fishin for 50% Off'. The offers change weekly on Fridays, but offer the opportunity to buy various restaurant and retail certificates valued at $50 by paying $25 plus a processing fee. May make a good Christmas gift for someone.

To find what's available each week, go to their Web site:
www.thefishatlanta.com
Look on the left-hand navigation list and click on the Fishin for 50% link.

Monday, November 10, 2008

More Kroger Couponing

Another Kroger-card coupon loading option Web site is Proctor and Gambel products Web site, P&G eSaver:

http://www.pgesaver.com/Sites/PG_eSAVER/Page/HomePage/

Heck, there's even a site to load the Kroger deals directly to your cellphone (I think you can load to a PC too if you prefer)
http://www.cellfire.com/

Kids Eat Free - restaurant tracker list

I got this online from a local subdivision: http://www.lansdowne-suwanee.com/kids_eat_free.php
You might want to call ahead and check before you go but I thought this was good information.

SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY:
Fieldhouse near Hamilton Mill has kids eat free (1 child per adult).

SUNDAY:
El Rey Mexican Restaurant 1475 Buford Drive (near Russell Rd.)770-682-0015 Kids eat free all day: one per adult, 10 and under
Mama Fu's 6590 Sugarloaf Pkwy.Kids eat free
Buffalo's Cafe kids eat free; one per adult

MONDAY:
Durango Steakhouse825 Duluth Hwy, Lawrenceville kids eat free Monday through Wednesday; one per adult
Moe'sHwy 124, SnellvilleMonday nights--Free kid's meal with purchase of adult meal
Fratelli'sMonday nights--Kids eat free

TUESDAY:
Roadhouse Grill Tuesday Nights kids eat free; up to 2 per adult
Durango: see Monday
O'Charley'sKids eat free2 kids per adult entreeMall of GA locationHwy 124,
SnellvilleBeef 'O Brady'sKids eat free, one per adult
Tony's Sports Bar and Grill 2590 Peachtree Industrial, Duluth678-475-0455Kids eat for 99¢ every dayFree kids buffet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5-8pm

WEDNESDAY:
Durango: see MondayMoe's - Mall of GA - Kid's Eat Free with purchase of adult meal on Wednesday nights

THURSDAY:
Tony's: see TuesdayCedar Creek Grill2750 Buford Hwy770-622-9907Free Kids Meal on Thursdays, starting in April!

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY:
Fieldhouse near Hamilton Mill - Kids' meals are only 1.99 including drink

EVERYDAY:
IHOPKids eat free EVERYDAY from 4-9pm; One meal per adult entree
Lefty's BBQ, BufordKids eat free ALWAYS; under 9, and one per adult purchase of $7 or more

AGES 3 AND UNDER EAT FREE ALL THE TIME:
CiCi's pizza
Stevie B's Pizza
Golden Corral - Tues is family night (special foods)Ryans
Sonny's BBQ

NOT FREE, BUT SPECIAL DEALS:
Joes Crab Shack: while there if you complete a coloring page, you get a mailed coupon for free kid's meal
Folks Southern Kitchen: kids meals always $2.69
Tony's Sports Bar and Grill 2590 Peachtree Industrial, Duluth678-475-0455Kids eat for 99¢ every day and free on Tues/Thurs

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Great new coupon resource that is FREE

If you use a Kroger card, here is a way to get coupons put on that card so you don't have to clip them to use them:

www.shortcuts.com

It is free and pretty easy to use. Eric and I share our Kroger card, so I can load up the coupons and he can shop and get use of them.

Hope to be back by Sunday night for FPU class, otherwise Eric will be there!!

Christel