I remember the first time I tried to go shopping with my first baby. I composed a meticulous list and tried to plan it around her nap time so she would fall asleep in the car and would slumber peacefully throughout the shopping trip. I envisioned triumphantly returning home with a trunk full of groceries [...]
Tags: Breastfeeding, coupons, cutting costs, groceries, nursing, saving money, Shopping, treats
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Scenario 1: Take Toddler to SuperTarget. Toddler wants to “help” push cart, in reality crash it into other shoppers and large thanksgiving display. Toddler refuses to sit in cart. Toddler runs away and starts collecting random items to throw into the cart (cereal that I know he doesn’t like, moth balls, on-sale Halloween merchandise, valiant [...]
Tags: cookies, groceries, Shopping, sugar
Posted in: Baby, Toddlers
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It’s a financially tough time for many, if not all, of us. If you don’t get your local Sunday paper, it’s worth spending the $1.50 or so per week, just for the coupons. Don’t get me wrong, it’s great if you can be informed and actually read some of the paper, too, but the coupons [...]
Tags: BOGO, coupons, drug store, frugal, groceries, pharmacy, sales, savings, supermarket, thrifty
Posted in: Frugal Living, Products
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I’m not the kind of person who looks for things that are wrong with the merchandise I buy or the services I pay for, but I’m also not the kind of person who ignores things that are blatantly wrong. After all, when you have young children you’re probably already working hard to stretch your [...]
Tags: complaints, free stuff, groceries, Save Money, snacks
Posted in: Freebies, Frugal Living
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About a month ago I was reading one of my many monthly magazines I subscribe to and I came across an article about saving on groceries. So, of course, this piqued my interest since I’m always up for saving money!
The article talked about a website started by a single mom of two. [...]
Tags: budgeting, frugal shopping, groceries, saving money, saving money on food, saving money on groceries
Posted in: Baby, Frugal Living
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