When we had a chicken coop and a lot of chickens we learned a lot about eggs and when they are good or bad. I recently stumbled across this illustration of how to tell when eggs are good or bad and I thought it was neat.
Tag Archives: Frugal Living
How to Tell if Your Eggs Are Good
Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on August 30, 2012
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Articles – Food and Groceries in America
Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on August 23, 2012
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While I’m posting articles I thought I would also share this one
“Going hungry in America: ‘Distressing,’ ‘humbling’ and ‘scary’” which makes me grateful that I have more than enough food to eat.
And the opposite
“Report: Americans Waste $2,275 Per Year by Thowing Out 40 Percent of the Food They Buy” which has reminded me that I can always do better about not wasting food.
And here are several first person accounts of people’s experiences with buying groceries and feeding their families in today’s economy-
First Person: Starving College Student — It’s a Reality
First Person: My Battle with Rising Food Prices
First Person: My Family Can’t Afford Meats and Dairy at Our Local Supermarket
First Person: Divorced Family Struggles Against Rising Food Costs
Get Free Stuff From Panera
Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on August 5, 2012
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Although I have always liked the restaurant Panera there isn’t one that close to where I live so I don’t go there very often. A couple of months ago I did end up there with my sister and I got a Panera Card for free and they told me to take it home to register it. I put it in my desk drawer and didn’t think about it again until my friends decided we should go to lunch at Panera. The night before I got out the card and registered it. I clicked on the “My Surprises” section of the website and it gave me a free Espresso or Smoothie that I was able to use the next day. Even better, my friend was able to get a card that day, register it on the internet on her phone, and get a free drink also. Now under the “My Surprises” tab I have a $1 off of any drink. If you are going to eat at Panera it can’t hurt to get a card.
Save a Page or Getting the Most from Your Newspapers
Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on August 5, 2012
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I buy or get delivered 4 Sunday Newspapers every week. I hate the amount of paper that goes to waste when I recycle them so I try to come up with as many ways as possible to use them. I give away at least one paper (minus coupons) ever week, more if anyone else wants one. Closer to Christmas I will save the comics for wrapping paper (see the cute wrapping paper here). We are about to have a yard sale and my mom pointed out to me that I should also be saving the yellow flyer ads because they are blank on the back and we can use them as smaller yard sale signs. I love frugal / green ideas 🙂
Making Home Brewed Sweet Tea
Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on August 5, 2012
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If you have never made your own sweet tea then you obviously don’t live in the south. Just joking, but I made some sweet tea with our coffee maker recently and I wondered how many people actually do this. I used tea bags I already had in the house, put them in the top of the coffee maker, added water and ran the coffee maker like I would to make coffee. Let it cool, add sugar and you have fresh brewed Sweet Tea. I have worked at restaurants for years that sell sweet tea and they make it in a very similar way. This is something I make when we are out of other sweet drinks in the house and I am trying to stretch our grocery budget since I have everything to make it on hand. Note- I recommend using decaf tea bags because the tea can get very, very strong if you don’t.
We Got a Free Gift From At&t U-verse
Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on August 5, 2012
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So when we moved into the house we live in now we were unable to transfer our current internet/cable provider and the choices were limited. We ended up choosing At&t U-Verse. This week in the mail we received a free pizza and movie from them for being with them for a year. What a nice surprise! They also unexpectedly gave us $150 in Visa gift cards for signing up for a cheap plan with them.
We have had good luck with their customer service. Read my article about How One Phone Call Saved Us $343.
See Family Movies at Regal Theaters for $1
Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on July 24, 2012
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Click HERE to see a list of theaters, movies and showtimes at Regal for $1.
Frugal Article- “Millionaires in the Making”
Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on July 21, 2012
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I enjoyed reading this article about people who are on track to be millionaires. Some of them are doing it partly by living frugal lifestyles in addition to their income. It wasn’t the traditional “How I made a million dollars with my business” article. Click here to read “Millionaires in the Making.”
Getting Free Gift Cards with Prescriptions
Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on July 12, 2012
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I apologize for the lack of updates lately. I’ve been feeling under the weather and today I went to the doctor and found out I have strep throat. Not fun. However, being the frugal person that I am I tried to look on the bright side. I had to pay $14 for 2 prescriptions but I was lucky and had two $10 Target gift card with a new or transferred prescription coupons. You can get these in a variety of ways- their weekly ad, catalina coupons, or home mailers. I didn’t know that you can use more than one at the same time. I believe the limit is actually 4. So I actually made a $6 profit in gift cards. I am always on the look out for gift card with prescription coupons. You never know when you will need one, no one plans on getting sick.
Lately, Walgreens has been giving out tons of coupons for free $25 dollar gift cards with transferred prescriptions. But I called and they are ONLY for transferred prescriptions which is why I went to target today. If you have to be sick you might as well get a free gift card (or two)!
7-10-12 Winn-Dixie Meat Stock Up Trip
Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on July 12, 2012
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So this isn’t a typical couponing shopping trip that I would post about but I figured that I would share anyways. Let’s talk about meat. It is easily the most expensive item on my grocery shopping trips and it is usually what I try to buy when I have decent moneymaker deals at Publix. But how can you save on meat not using coupons?
One thing I tried this year was buying an extra ham and turkey at Christmas time and freezing them. This actually was a really nice savings but not a lot of variety and I don’t have an extra freezer besides the small one attached to my fridge so it would be hard for me to buy more than 2 at a time.
To save money on meat I shop sales and recently I have been finding the best deals at my local Winn-Dixie. There are a lot of things that I find to be a lot more expensive at Winn-Dixie but generally not their meat department. They also have extremely good deals on meat that they put on clearance due to it being close to their sell by date. I freeze a lot of what I buy until I use it and we have never had a problem with any of their meat. The Winn-Dixie butcher himself told me he uses their clearance meat.
So on this trip I bought-
– 2 Packs of Sirloin Steaks
– 2 Packs of Chicken Breast Tenderloins
– 1 Pack of Pork Chops
– 1 Pack of Beef for pan frying (not sure what we will use this for yet)
– 1 pack of ground meat
I spent- $24.74 and saved at least $19 off of the regular Winn-Dixie prices and I’m sure it would have been a lot more than that at other stores. This meat should last us for the rest of the month and hopefully I won’t have to buy much if any more.
I actually wanted to pair my $1 off 2 Hormel coupons with their B1G1 sale but they were out of stock so I got a raincheck. We use a lot of canned chicken and this was a really good price at around $1 per can after the sale and coupons.
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