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Learn How To Use Coupons and Shop Strategically

May 10, 2018 by jlpenner 1 Comment

When you combine your coupons with store sales you will find that you can get a lot more for a lot less. You should stock up on items that are a great deal. You want to buy enough to get you through until there is another sale on that item. So, in order to understand what a great deal is first you need to know more about the prices of the items you are buying. Let’s take cereal as an {Read More}

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From Satellite to Streaming: We saved $528 a Year!

May 3, 2018 by jlpenner 18 Comments

When hubby and I (this post was originally by Laura) bought our home 2 years ago live streaming never crossed my mind, we had Netflix but I didn’t consider any other options out there. So we set up a horrid two year contract with a national Satellite company. As always the first year was bliss and then the big charges stated rolling in after that. For a simple package we were paying $60+ per month with DVR and junk fees {Read More}

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10 Ways to Simplify Your Life and Save Money

April 19, 2018 by jlpenner 1 Comment

Who doesn’t want to simplify these days? And what if simplifying your life could also save you money? It’s a win-win. 1.Stay home more– less shopping, less gas, less stuff (just make sure you don’t get an online shopping habit) 2.Run errands one, maybe two days a week– this doesn’t have to be hard and fast but get organized, make a list on Sunday night of the things you need to do for week and see if it can be {Read More}

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6 Tips on How to Save Money on Food

April 7, 2018 by jlpenner 1 Comment

Sometimes the hardest place to try and save money is the grocery store (but you are going to find out how it just might be the easiest!).  Prices keep going up and as your family grows up, they tend to eat more.  What’s a mom to do?  Here are 6 fantastic ways to save money at the grocery store that don’t require too much effort.  You will get the grocery budget down before you know it! Here are 6 Tips {Read More}

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Save Money (and Your Waistline) on Groceries Simply by Eating Less

March 21, 2018 by jlpenner 1 Comment

I recently decided I wanted to lose about 5 pounds because some weight snuck back up on me.  So I visited a free site I love called Daily Burn.  It tracks a variety of ways to lose weight and get into shape like diet, exercise, etc.  My favorite is the food journal.  It lets you track everything you eat and it has all the nutrition of the food you enter.  I like that I can see I can eat foods {Read More}

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Making Your “At Home” Coffee and Tea Taste Better

March 7, 2018 by jlpenner 13 Comments

So it is not a far reach to say most of us know that making coffee and tea at home vs a daily Starbucks run is going to save you money. But here is the problem… it never tastes as good to me.  Do you feel this way?  I needed a “how to” on how to make good coffee. I found a way to improve it, though, and get it a step closer to that yummy coffee shop flavor.. use {Read More}

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