ShareBlack Friday Sales! 40% off! Sale starts at 4:30! Opening at Midnight! Shop Now! Huge Savings! These are just some of the catchy marketing phrases used to lure you into the stores to shop the Black Friday sales. I’m supposing that as a “frugal” person that they should work on me. But they don’t. I’ve [...]
ShareRecently I was shopping online for our great grandbaby. She’s nine months old. She’s my first great-grandbaby (Now I know what you are thinking — great grandbaby? It’s my second marriage and my husband is 23 years older than me). I wanted to find something really special that her grandparents and other great grandparents haven’t [...]
ShareYesterday was my regular grocery shopping day. Each week I make my list out and then check to see if the local grocery stores have anything on sale that is on my list before going to the local superstore. This week my local Albertson’s was having a very good sale. So I decided that I’d [...]
ShareThis past week I had an experience with an order that I had placed from the “big” computer company in Round Rock, Texas. In the previous post, I talked about the situation and how it frustrated me for a couple of days. It frustrated me because somewhere in the translation what was actually happening got [...]
ShareWe have the usual “dollar stores” in our town. Dollar General, Family Dollar, The Dollar Tree, Big Lots, and 99 Cents Only all have stores here. Dollar General, Family Dollar, and Big Lots all offer merchandise at discounted prices. They carry name brand merchandise just like in the “mega stores.” The Dollar Tree and 99 [...]
ShareFirst I want to say thank you to all who responded to the last CVS post. The advice that was given has helped so much!!! My Second CVS Trip This week I went back to my local CVS without the dear hubby. It was a much better trip. I went with one specific item in [...]
Share There are many, many posts on the blogosphere about CVS and how you can save money. I truly believe that you can, but….. My CVS shopping experience did not go as planned. My husband went with me and I was not as prepared as I probably should have been. I slightly overspent to the [...]
Share It’s time to start thinking about Christmas shopping. It’s already time to start thinking about Christmas shopping. The year has flown by. A lot has changed in a year. The economy has become weaker. With the weak economy, department stores and online retailers will be most certainly offering good deals. It is important [...]
 |
 |
 |
