Tag: frugal
member name: j - Frugal Mom - r.
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June 01, 2009 06:38 PM EDT --
I do not go to Walgreens every week, but this weeks there were a couple of deals that I was interested in, so I packed off the coupon back and headed for the store.
I ended up going to the store twice, . . .
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October 07, 2009 03:31 PM EDT --
With the arrival of my younger brother coming up, I decided that it was time to get some of the projects done that I had wanted to get done since we moved here in January.
When we moved I was pregnant, . . .
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July 02, 2009 11:53 AM EDT --
After quite a stormy night, I decided to go take a look at my many frugal gardening experiments this morning. With the extreme heat and/or rain storms we have had in South Florida for the past many weeks, . . .
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April 27, 2008 10:38 AM EDT --
My husband just brought home two copies of the Sunday newspaper. Today the coupons seem to be the same, but some weeks they are not, which is why we get two different local newspapers. Buying two newspapers . . .
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February 15, 2009 11:49 AM EST --
I did not get much done yesterday, which means that I have several projects on the schedule today. I told the boys that if we get a lot of stuff done today, we might have time for a trip to the beach . . .
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April 22, 2009 08:25 PM EDT --
In honor of Earth Day, I have decided to make a photo essay about how it is possible to make every day an earth day, and how to do it the frugal way.
I grew up on a farm in Denmark, and every summer . . .
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April 24, 2009 07:42 PM EDT --
Yesterday I received my second $25 Target gift card from Gather, and they were seriously burning up in my pocket. I had a $5 off a $50 apparel purchase, and I was ready for some frugal clothes shopping. . . .
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April 28, 2009 11:03 AM EDT --
This morning I have been busy emailing coupons from companies, as the coupons I receive are usually much better with value and expiration dates than the ones in the local paper. Lately it seems as if . . .
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May 05, 2009 08:06 PM EDT --
This afternoon the boys and I needed to cool down in the backyard, once the shade began covering it and the breeze kept it cool. Our walk home from school was very hot in 89 degrees sunshine, and although . . .
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June 24, 2009 03:46 PM EDT --
A bunch of Kohl's stores recently opened up in South Florida, and I was so excited. I knew the company from when we lived in New Jersey, and competition is always great. We had one Kohl's opening up in . . .
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July 18, 2009 10:02 AM EDT --
Well, as you can tell I'm still here. Baby E seems to keep changing his mind about coming. I woke up with strong contractions 4 minutes apart last night, but after three hours with contractions they stopped . . .
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October 07, 2009 07:30 PM EDT --
Children are expensive no doubt about it, but there are ways to minimize the cost without missing out out on anything. Having a baby on a budget is actually possible, and . . .
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September 24, 2008 09:09 PM EDT --
I have two picky eaters in my home, and I have not been able to get my youngest son to eat much, since he got sick two weeks ago. He was checked out at the doctor today and the ear infection is almost . . .
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November 13, 2008 04:14 PM EST --
Wow, this week has been awesome when it comes to product testing.
This week I am testing jello, poptarts, cereal and diapers. I'm not mentioning any brand names as this is against my contracts, . . .
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March 18, 2009 04:37 PM EDT --
This afternoon I went to the grocery store, as our fridge was almost empty and we were out of many essentials. I love to go to Publix, because if I play my cards right I can usually get out of there with . . .
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March 25, 2009 02:04 PM EDT --
Today was the big shopping day at our house, but I really did not feel up to it. My husband dropped my youngest son and I off downtown a little after 8 a.m., and we started out at Target.
I spent . . .
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April 05, 2009 04:00 PM EDT --
Did you make sure to buy today's Sunday paper? I noticed that a lot of my coupons expired on March 31st, so I made sure that my husband brought home two newspapers today.
I was not disappointed, . . .
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June 24, 2009 09:15 PM EDT --
After a couple of days with temperatures in the high 90s, we finally got rain yesterday and today to cool South Florida down a bit. This gave me an opportunity to turn of the A/C and finally let . . .
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July 20, 2009 01:11 PM EDT --
CVS has some great deals on back-to-school supplies, and this morning I went to take advantage of a few of them, just in case I have to go into the hospital soon.
Yesterday I posted a post about the . . .
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March 26, 2008 06:50 PM EDT --
This morning my youngest son and I went for a two hour long walk, while my oldest son was in pre k. We (or I) walked 4.5 miles. This is great exercise, and my son loves sitting in the stroller observing . . .
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