Here’s possibly the most valuable shopping list you’ll ever see. Most people would never consider a shopping list to be a piece of artwork, but this one might change your mind. This is a handwritten shopping list from Michelangelo which shows that his artwork wasn’t limited to certain projects, but everything that he did —…
Because more and more people now use online shopping to complete their holiday gift lists, Cyber Monday is becoming as big a shopping day as Black Friday. Cyber Monday, the Monday after Thanksgiving, is the online shopping equivalent of Black Friday when stores hold huge sales and offer great items at very low prices. To…
When people begin to coupon, one of the things that they fail to take advantage of far too often are rainchecks. In fact, when you start couponing on a regular basis, you soon learn that a raincheck can be one of your best friends when it comes to saving money on your groceries. When you…
By Shannen Bayless How much are you really saving when you go from store to store each week to find the best grocery deals? How much is it really costing to drive out of town to shop? These are a few questions I’ve been asking myself the past few weeks as gas prices continue to…
All You magazine has come out a nice infograph detailing some of the more common spending traps found in grocery stores. In addition to the grocery store traps, the infograph also gives solutions to the trap. For those that are looking for simple ways to save more money when grocery shopping, understanding these tricks so…
A number of readers have expressed interest in me doing another grocery coupon challenge this year along the lines of the Eating Well on $1 a Day Challenge and cooking a Thanksgiving Dinner for Six for Under $1 Challenge. Both those challenges were rather extreme to simply show that it could be done, but they…
The 2012 Coupon Insert Schedule Anyone that wants to make the most of grocery coupons needs to know when the grocery coupon inserts will be in the Sunday newspapers. The following shows the Smart Source 2012 coupon insert schedule, the Red Plum 2012 coupon insert schedule. There are also special coupon inserts from general Mills…
OK, I readily admit that I have no idea what this is. In fact, it’s one of the most bizarre videos I have ever seen. I was looking for videos on food and coupons when I somehow came across it. I’d try to explain it but you wouldn’t believe me if I did, so just…
I have done a couple of extreme couponing challenges in the past including eating on $1 a day for 100 days and creating a Thanksgiving meal for six people for a total of $1. While it’s certainly possible to save money to that extreme, I would not recommend that anyone go quite that far. Instead,…
When you first begin couponing, and while you are still building up a stockpile of food, there are going to be times when you need to buy food that isn’t on sale. The question becomes how do you find the coupons for these products if you haven’t clipped, sorted and organized all the coupons from…