Home Savings Ideas and Resources

From and by Lucy Ulrich (and today is her birthday!)

HOME SAVINGS IDEAS AND RESOURCES
THUNDER MTN WARD 2009


SAVING AND USING GROCERY STORE COUPONS

There are so many web sights that match up coupons for you and tell you exactly what coupons to use and where to find the coupons. They even provide direct links to internet coupons. A lot of these deals will result in free or almost free items, and some are even money makers. These web sights are a great resource, give you step by step directions, and are completely free.

Coupon Sources
Sunday Newspaper
www.dbe.azcentral.com ($1 Sunday paper)

Buy or Trade
Trading with friends, family, and neighbors is best and most economical. Make sure if you purchase them that it is worth it.
www.ebay.com
www.hotcouponworld.com

Internet Printables www.pinchingyourpennies.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9527
Printing out coupons can get expensive so use scratch paper as often as you can and for cheap ink refills go to: www.private.abacus24-7.com

E-coupons
These are coupons you can load on to your grocery store member cards and they automatically come off when you purchase the corisponding item. These can be stacked with paper coupons for double savings.
www.shortcuts.com
www.cellfire.com
www.pgesaver.com



Money Saving Web Sights
Basic savings ideas, CVS, Walgreens, Wal-mart, Target, Kroger’s (Fry’s) internet printable coupon match ups, department and specialty stores, internet shopping savings, free samples links, etc.
www.commonsensewithmoney.com
www.moneysavingmom.com (great tutorials links on right hand side, CVS 101, Walgreen’s 101, Supermarket savings 101)
www.thethriftymama.com
www.moneysavingmethods.blogspot.com
www.thecentsiblesawyer.blogspot.com
www.goodorfreedeals.blogspot.com
www.freebies4mom.com
www.hiptosave.com
www.mommieswithcents.com
www.slickdeals.com (great deals on apparel, electronics, toys, etc)
www.bradsdeals.com (great deals on apparel, electronics, toys, on-line discount codes, etc)
www.retailmenot.com (on-line discount codes)
www.ebates.com (rebates for shopping on-line)
www.upromise.com (college savings plan)

Local Web Sights
www.pinchingyourpennies.com (this is one I use a lot, it is a great resource)
www.sistersavings.net (grocery store ads)
www.becentsable.net
www.azdealsbyallison.blogspot.com
www.providentprincess.com

Menus
It is so important to have a plan and stick to it when you are grocery shopping. It is best to center your weekly menus around what is on sale.
www.5dollardinners.com
www.jane4girls800dollarannualbudget.blogspot.com
www.supercook.com

Dining out and Entertainment
Even if you need to cutback dates nights are still so important for our marriages and our sanity. Some of the best memories come from those inexpensive, creative dates we had when we were young and broke. Be creative and remember the most important part of date nights is spending time together.

Restaurant Specials
Always check the newspaper and local mailers for coupons.
www.azcentral.com
www.azeats.com
www.restaurant.com (bradsdeals.com always has discount codes to get certificates even cheaper)




Kids Eat Free
Here are a few local restaurants that offer free kids meals:
Chick-fil-a every Tuesday 5:30-7:30
JB’s every Wednesday
Fazolis $.99 meals on Tuesdays 5-8 pm
Lone Star Streakhouse every Tuesday 2 free meals w/purchase of entrée
TGIF Mondays and Tuesday
Joe’s Crab Shack Tuesdays
Denny’s Tuesday s and Saturday
Garcia’s Mondays