Treasured Tidbits by Tina

What is a Clever Shopper?

What makes a clever shopper?

Controlling the Chaos, Money Saving Info, Organization, Shopping Deals | Tina Miller | March 15, 2016 10:42 pm | Comments (4)

How We Are Saving Grocery Money With a Larger Initial Investment

If you read our recent shopping post you know that we only budgeted $400 in total for groceries in the month of February after we spent January “Just Making Do” from the pantry and freezers.

Shopping Deals | Tina Miller | February 7, 2016 11:45 pm | Comments (2)

This Week’s Shopping Haul $193.13

Restocking for the month

25 Simple Ways We Saved This Week

25 Simple Ways We Saved This Week

1.) We stayed home.

Yep, very simple. We did not participate in shopping online or in store the day after Christmas

2.) We created a paycheck by paycheck budget for 2016, beginning with the check we received on Christmas (we get paid bi-weekly). My wonderful hubby even created a spreadsheet to update as I change the numbers when bill amounts fluctuate. (Saving me a huge amount of time doing math each month.)

3.) We were blessed with perishable groceries from an unusual source.

We have a family friend leaving for a short family visit and they asked if we wanted to consume their perishables while they were gone. Of course! A gallon of milk, some fresh, crisp apples and other assorted items means we saved at least $10 we would otherwise have spent on perishables this week.

4.) We joined and uploaded receipts to Receipt Hog.

We earned 280 coins by uploading this week’s receipts (for any store), filling in our information, playing a free “pull” and confirming our email. If you would like to earn free money that can be cashed in for PayPal or Amazon Gift Cards, I suggest you sign up too. If you use this code SKAN9388 when you sign up, we will both receive a free “spin”. ( My first spin earned me 14 coins towards those gift cards). I figure I already spent the money at the store, a few extra minutes to upload the receipt is worth the gift cards at the end of the year.