Coupons Do Work

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

I have done that and my bill has been happy. Some public libraries, campgrounds and hotels offer this freebie too. Free Wi-Fi : To save on data usage, a lot of cell phone companies suggest turning off cell phone data and use wifi. Go to WiFiFreeSpot.com to find places to surf when you’re away from home.

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Sephora Phones Hotel Library 100

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

If you get a chance, find this book at your library and read it, especially chapter 17. Pay our bills in a timely manner. Most are now set up on automatic billing which almost makes this a non-issue, but early on when I mailed actual checks, paying bills on time was a top priority. Project short-term cash needs.

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Office Family Finance Kids and Family 130

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 2, 2011

Take advantage of your local library. If you are an avid reader like me, use your public library whenever possible. If the library doesn’t have your book in stock yet, have some patience. Besides saving money, your health with drastically improve which means you can save a ton on medical bills.

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Library Television Televisions Money 176

Saving Everyday

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Use them to promote just about anything and leave them on bulletin boards, in doctor’s office’s, waiting rooms, restaurants, supermarkets, libraries, etc… Choose from 45 designs and add your own text to make the cards work for any occasion. Include with all bill payments. Bills contain advertisements…why can’t you?

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Used Bills Library Occasions 111

The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

I would like to pursue higher education in some way, maybe a History PhD, or a library science degree? One of my friends in my book club lives about 20 minutes from our city limits and does not have access to a free library membership! I was ASTONISHED, I thought everyone had access to a library. I haven’t decided yet.

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Friends And Family Sale Library College Cars 192

Family Balance Sheet

MAY 18, 2016

Coupons are an easy way to reduce your grocery bill. 2 Side notes: Our local library has a box for coupons. I go into my account and upload coupons to my store card that will automatically come off my bill at the register on my next shopping trip. It’s not a lot of money, but I am usually able to reduce my bill by $1-$2.

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Groceries Grocery Grocery Coupons Finds 150

Coupons Do Work

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

I remember learning something about saving money on books I want to share with you : the library has copies and you can check them out.And teachers have extra copies. If you can’t afford the books and the library does not have any on their shelves, ask your teacher. Some even provide free debit cards and online bill pay.

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Student College Freebies Insurance 100

Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 12, 2014

When our bill spiked up unexpectedly last March, we called the cable company hoping for some relief. We Borrow from the Library. When the movie, Saving Mr. Banks, came out, I wanted to introduce my girls to Mary Poppins, so I borrowed the DVD from the library and we had a family movie night.

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Watches TV shows Netflix Kids and Family 235

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 17, 2017

Career eBook Resource Library. Be smart, don’t treat your buddies to drinks, charge spring break trips or use expensive credit for other purchases where the product is gone before the bill comes. Keep track of what you have on your monthly card bill. Pay your bills on time when trying to build credit history.

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College Graduation Used Points 133

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 21, 2013

Jobs, kids, bills, and the beautiful mess of life can take over and eliminate dates. Rent a learn-to-dance video at the library and take a laptop to a local park at night. Grab a book from your library. Then, one day, life catches up with every young couple, even the ones that vowed they’d never let that happen.

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Cheap Co-Op Budgeting Budget 213

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Did you know that seven of the eleven presidential libraries are in the Midwest, with three of them in these states? Visit the Truman library and the Historic Truman home that he and Bess lived in; and the farm home where Harry lived as a young man for only $12 per adult and $3 per child. Presidential Provenance. Scenic Sojourns.

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Frugal Missouri Family St. Louis 185

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

One way to track you spending is to log all of your purchases, bills, atm withdrawals, and any outgoing on notebook paper at the end of each day. Borrow movies from the library. Review our spending daily to understand where your dollars are going. You might find some interesting habits. 7 – Look for FREE entertainment.

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February Frugal Financial Goals Budgeting 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Many of us find ourselves so busy taking care of our homes, our families, our careers, our social life, our bills, and everything else in between that we often forget to take care of ourselves. Go to the library. Make yourself a cup of tea or coffee at home and take it with you to your local library and browse around.

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Cheap Library Bath and Body Works Activism 124

Saving Cents With Sense

JANUARY 1, 2014

Utilize coupons with a sale and you’ll see a 50% savings on your grocery bill immediately. Don’t forget to check your local library for FREE events, movie and magazine rentals as well. Cut down on your bills. You can lower your utility bill by turning off lights, electronics, and other appliances when not in use.

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2014 Saving Bills Emergency Fund 88

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 5, 2019

It was a goal in 2018, but high medical bills and other financial challenges hindered our progress. This is my referral Amazon link, but I found the book at the library.). I want to reduce our debt by paying off our last non-mortgage loan. . Our main financial goal is to pay off our last non-mortgage loan.

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2019 Recycle Recycled Recycling 100

Family Balance Sheet

DECEMBER 17, 2015

There is also a video library of recipes and step-by-step tutorials on the website. If you’re new to Giant Food Stores or a current customer, pick up Savory magazine and follow these 10 tips to save money on your grocery bill. 10 Ways to Save at Giant Food Stores. Sign up for a BONUSCARD®.

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Food Storing Saving Magazines 100

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

If you get a chance, find this book at your library and read it, especially that chapter. Pay bills in a timely manner. She treated her role like a job and helped her family achieve financial independence. After reading the book, it became my mission to emulate Susan’s success (and sparked the theme for this blog).

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Office Money Family Finance 182

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 20, 2017

medical bills, a small credit card, both of our cars, and student loans. burden for us at first were the medical bills. we still weren’t making enough money to cover all of our monthly bills. bills, I felt like our checks were spent the second we received them. Or rent it from the library. The biggest.

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Debt Debt Free Friends And Family Sale Budgeting 100

Saving Cents With Sense

JANUARY 3, 2017

Utilize coupons with a sale and you’ll see a 50% savings on your grocery bill immediately. Don’t forget to check your local library for FREE events, movie and magazine rentals as well. Cut down on your bills. You can lower your utility bill by turning off lights, electronics, and other appliances when not in use.

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New Year's Saving Bills Emergency Fund 40

Saving Cents With Sense

JULY 25, 2012

I love meeting many of you at the Arizona Coupon Classes – it is wonderful to put faces to names, answer questions, and know I am able to help you learn to save more on your grocery bill! Saturday, August 18, 2012 at the Phoenix Public Library. The next available Arizona Coupon Class is Saturday, August 18. Phoenix, AZ 85004.

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August Gift Cards Gas Arizona 78

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 16, 2013

You can have a great time and cool off on a hot day for a fraction of what a day at a water park would cost, just be reasonable about your water usage and don’t leave the hose running too long or you’ll get a surprisingly high water bill. Have a Potluck Party. The adults can socialize while the kids are playing.

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Frugal Life Frugal Kids and Family Inexpensive 242

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 23, 2014

There were no online saving or bill paying services. Cameras had to have actual film and pictures had to be developed after the whole roll of film was ‘exposed’ Research was done at a library using the Dewey decimal system, not a search engine. There were no dishwashers (other than us kids!). There were no discount brokers.

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Growing Home and Garden Radios Kids and Family 180

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 31, 2012

She is on the low income payment plan for electricity and uses her Social Security check to pay that and the water bill. There are several free options out there if you can connect to the internet (perhaps from the public library). Her gas is turned off, she heats water in the kitchen to shower, and dries her clothes on the line.

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Friends And Family Sale Taxes Insurance Money 189

Savings Corner

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Starter: Starts at $50/month for up to 1,000 marketing contacts (billed monthly). Professional: Starts at $890/month for up to 2,000 contacts (billed monthly) and one-time onboarding fee of $3,000. Enterprise: Starts at $3,600/month for up to 10,000 contacts (billed annually) and one-time onboarding fee of $6,000.

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Software Bills Tools 7-Up 52

Family Balance Sheet

JULY 16, 2015

Heating/Cooling – According to Energy.gov, you can save 5% to 15% a year on your heating bill by setting the thermostat to 68°F while you’re awake and setting it lower while you’re asleep or away from home. Find a fitness video series that you enjoy and rent from the library or purchase.

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Budgeting Budget Thrifting Thrift Stores 100

For the Mommas

JULY 24, 2016

Go to the library. Instead of buying books, check them out of the library. And if you’re not paying your bill in full every month, you’re paying a lot of extra money in interest. You can save yourself hundreds, even thousands, a year by breaking up with your cable provider and signing up for an online streaming service.

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Frugal Lives Frugal Living Frugal Magazine and Newspaper Subscriptions 49

Saving Cents With Sense

JANUARY 1, 2015

Utilize coupons with a sale and you’ll see a 50% savings on your grocery bill immediately. Don’t forget to check your local library for FREE events, movie and magazine rentals as well. Cut down on your bills. You can lower your utility bill by turning off lights, electronics, and other appliances when not in use.

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New Year's Saving Bills Emergency Fund 40

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Knowing exactly how much income is going out towards bills, unplanned expenses, and splurges is the first step in saving for a college fund. Rent books, books on tape, movies, and read magazines at the library. But those can saddle your children with debt for 20 years or more! Know Your Actual Budget.

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College Budgeting Budget Friends And Family Sale 100

The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 29, 2024

I had huge medical bills for the spouse, was only working PRN, and needed new ideas on cutting corners. Those skills/needs became vital in my marriage as the spouse was chronically ill with astronomical medical bills & expensive tastes. There’s always been garage sales/flea markets, library, state parks, fishing.

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Arkansas Frugal College Kids and Family 182

The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 22, 2024

Back when I was engaged and living on my own for the first time (I lived with my parents while in grad school to save on rent), I went to the library a lot and found a copy of the Tightwad Gazette. Eventually, when I was married and working at a library I ordered my own copy of the Complete Tightwad Gazette–and I still have it!

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Rent Son Frugal Home and Garden 182

For the Mommas

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

5. Towards your Bills: Once a week practice a NO ELECTRICITY DAY. 8. In Your Community: Make use of the public library. With Your Neighbors: Rally your friends and families together and have a huge clothes and shoes swap. Don’t use TV’s, games, or computers.

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Giveaway Pizza Kids and Family Video Games 78

Couponing 101

JANUARY 15, 2015

What we are still paying for: • Regular Bills • Home Business Expenses • Gas • That’s it! We also will continue our weekly library visits for free reading material, audiobooks, and even movies/TV shows on DVD to borrow. I’ll share how we are managing our challenge to ourselves to spend NOTHING in the month of January.

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Leftovers Freezers Gift Cards January 40

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 10, 2011

Things went well for a while; I was paying my bills and traveling. We have gone to the library before and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves…there are books on everything these days. Gosh did it feel great to be independent. People couldn’t believe that I owned a house at such a young age. I felt very proud of my accomplishment.

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Personal Finance March Finance Family 133

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 21, 2012

TTMK from Tie the Money Knot presents 5 Ways to Save Money Using Your Local Public Library , and says, “Want to know about a place that offers some incredible bargains – including things that are totally free?” , and says, “There are all kinds of ways that family and money are intertwined.

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Personal Finance Finance Debt Money 219

Saving With Shellie

APRIL 5, 2011

Over the next few weeks, I’m going to take you step-by-step through couponing and tell you how to reduce your grocery bill and even start your own stock pile. Or go to your local library. So branch out of your ordinary and learn how to use coupons to achieve saving succes! Most computers are only allowed two prints.

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Magazine and Newspaper Subscriptions Betty Crocker Newspaper Red Plum 96

The Frugal Girl

MARCH 4, 2024

Box are some of my favorite authors) and I use the library to borrow both regular books and electronic resources. I can’t even imagine how many repair bills from plumbers, electricians, appliance techs, and auto mechanics he has saved us over the years. I love to read (Michael Connelly, Lee Child, Linda Castillo, Paul Doiron and C.J.

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Green And Frugal Kids and Family Hotel Frugal 180

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 1, 2014

Until, that is, she went out to the ‘library’ with her book one day, sat on the outdoor privy and got stung on the bottom by a bee! 16 Ways To Save Money On Your Energy Bill This Summer. Dad grew up on his parent’s farm with a wood stove, an outhouse and kerosene lamps. Wants – Which Is Which? Money Tips'

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St. Louis Plumbing Flowers and Plants Kids and Family 176