Frugal Friday Recipe: Turning your homemade yogurt into thick Greek yogurt or custard style

I have been making my own yogurt now for over a year and while my family does enjoy our homemade yogurt it is just not as thick as store bought. The kids don’t remember anything different (but my is our homemade deliciousness [...]

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Elizabeth emailed me and told me about an HP6310 All-in-One Printer that she was interested in getting. She had seen it for 50% off at Office Max and asked if I could do a quick tutorial on how I would go about figuring out if that was a good deal.
So here is my quick tutorial [...]

Frugal Friday Recipe: Making your own yogurt
Making your own yogurt is surprisingly easy and sooo affordable.  I make my own yogurt several times a week because we eat so much of it. But it can last up to two weeks in your fridge!
Here are my top reasons to make your own yogurt
1-easy, easy, easy -About [...]

Redbox how to and codes
Redbox is my preferred way of renting movies. While they don’t carry alot of older movies they are a great place to get recently released movies for a great prices. ($1/ night or free!)
1) Find a redbox near you. click here to locate the nearest redbox
2) Redbox is a [...]

Money Saving Monday-Meal planning saves you money

Be sure and check back every Monday for money saving tips for your family
Now don’t get overwhelmed. You don’t have to plan out your meals for a whole year, month or even week. But coming up with some type of meal plan will save you lots of money I [...]

Shopping at Rite Aid
For the pacific northwest Rite Aid is another great store for getting amazing bargains by taking advantage of some of their programs.
Note: Rite Aid is generally more expensive then your local grocery store unless you shop sales. In addition to their sale prices Rite Aid’s has thier SCR (single check rebate) program [...]

E-coupons are coupons that you load directly onto your frequent shopping card.
The advantages of E-coupons are:
1. They can be combined with other coupons and are automatic.
2. They are totally free, you don’t have to buy a paper or pay any sign up fees
3. You don’t have to worry about “finding a paper coupon” the deduction [...]