GCC Shopping Round Up

You may have noticed that I skipped Menu Plan Monday this week. With the holiday weekend I just decided to wing it.

So I shopped from the recesses of my freezer and found the last package of elk burger, I made some rich golden vegetable broth from some veggie peelings and onion/garlic skins I'd been stashing in the freezer and I found a few chicken breasts. Also scavenged up some frozen melon, blueberries, rhubarb and frozen banana and we had the best smoothies this morning. The kids said they tasted like tropical starburst.

So here's what I added from the store this week....

Franz

2 boxes chocolate donuts $1
2 bags english muffins $1
2 loaves wheat bread $1
1 bag bagels/ 1 bag hoagie rolls $1

Win-co

2 lbs strawberries $3.56
2.23 lbs bananas $1.29
15 lbs potatoes $1.98
TP $6.48
cheese $4.58
5 dozen eggs $5.72
2 gallons milk $3.96
2 pasta sauce $2.56
Whole chicken $4.27


Grand Total $ 38.40

I plan on a making:

Crockpot Hamburger Barley Stew
Crockpot Whole Roasted Chicken
Homemade soup with my veggie broth and odds and ends of veggies and pasta with rolls.
Amish Baked Oatmeal
Pumpkin Muffins
THIS lentil taco filling to make some sort of mexican layered casserole

And I'm hoping for inspiration for the rest of the week.

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Grocery Cart Challenge Recipe Swap

Happy Memorial Day Weekend! Lot's of us have barbecues or potlucks planned for this weekend. So in order to take advantage of the extra day of relaxation but still have an easy dish to serve family or friends, here is an amazing recipe for BBQ ribs that you can make in the crockpot. Toss them in there and enjoy your company. You can go HERE to see the recipe. Make sure to read all the reviews. It's pretty unanimous that this is a winner.

Crockpot BBQ Ribs

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The "B" Word

Do you ever get to the end of the month and wonder where all your money went? Do you have to eat top ramen the last few days of your pay period because your money ran out. Worse yet, are you using credit cards to stretch your paycheck? This is the way a lot of us live whether our paycheck is in the hundreds or the thousands. The good news is there’s an answer to the problem but you may not want to hear it. It’s called a budget.

The word budget sends shivers down the spines and excuses to the lips of those who don’t have one. But the truth is that nearly everyone can benefit from having a plan for their money, whether they have an abundance of the green stuff or not. Some common excuses for NOT having a budget are….

• I don’t want to have to deprive myself
• I have a secure job
• I have everything I want so I don’t need to save for anything
• I’m already debt free, I don’t need to budget
• I always get a tax return/raise/bonus each year that I can count on
• I’m not good at math so It would be to hard to keep a budget
• It’s too tedious
  

Have you caught yourself saying these things? Budgeting is not a complicated task. In fact it gives you more control of your money and helps you to prioritize what is most important to you. It can help you reach long term goals, give more to charity, plan vacations, get out of debt and stretch your dollar in more ways than you imagined. Having your finger on the heartbeat of your money will release a ton of stress and pressure and help you enter into each month proactive, rather than reactive.

Here are some directions to get your own personal budget set up. It will take somewhere between 1-3 hours to build your budget for the first time but only around 30 minutes per pay period to stay on top of your money and make it stretch farther than it ever has before. It’s time well spent.

1. Make a list of all the money going out. Include car and mortgage payments, credit card bills, utilities, hobbies, memberships, groceries, gas, child support, insurance premiums, daycare, daily Starbucks…etc.
2. Make a list of all the money coming in. Include wages, child support, residual income, investment income..etc.
3. Subtract the two to figure out if you have a surplus or a deficit. This will you give an idea where you need to make adjustments. You’ll either have some flexibility or need to take a better look at where you can cut costs.
4. Make needed adjustments. This is where you need to be willing to rethink some things. If you have a deficit this will be the toughest part and a true test of your commitment to handle your money wisely. You might have to make some temporary belt-tightening adjustments to live within your means. Can you cut back on the extra’s on your phone plan? Can your insurance agent suggest ways for you to lower your premium? Can you cut back your designer coffee consumption to once a day or even once a week? Can you bring lunch from home?
5. Make a debt reduction plan. You can approach this two different ways. First you can find the smallest debt that you owe, budget in a larger than normal payment each month, pay it off, and have a whopping success under your belt. Then take what you were paying on that first small debt and apply it to the next debt. This increases the amount of your payment on the next debt but your overall outflow of money each month stays the same. The other option is to tackle the debt with the highest interest rate since that is sucking the most money out of your pocket each month. According to Bankrate.com if minimum payments are made on a $1,000 charge on an average credit card, it will take almost 22 years to pay, and will cost more than $2,300 in interest ($3,300 total). So the higher the interest rate the more you’re paying per year just to borrow money from the credit card company for something that you may have purchased years ago and got rid of already. Either route you take, make sure to just roll over each paid off debt’s monthly payment on to the next debt. It will have a snowball effect and get those debts paid off in record time.
6. Make a place for savings and investments. If you have an overwhelming amount of debt you might want to skip this step. In my opinion it’s more important to get debt out of the way first. But if you have the flexibility, this is a great time to goal set what you’d like to accomplish for your financial future. You might want to build up a savings account, an emergency fund, retirement planning or a college fund for your kids. Our personal goal is to set aside 10% of our monthly income for this category.
7. Revisit your budget each month. Budgets are a fluid thing, they really don’t’ stay the same for very long and that’s ok. Look over your budget at the end of each month to make sure that everything is matching up. Do you need to adjust the grocery category? Is gas costing more than you had expected. Adjust and move forward.
   

You can find a handy worksheet to make this process simpler courtesy of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling.

10 Ways To Reuse It: Fabric Softener Sheets

You open the dryer, take our your warm fresh clothes and out falls your used up fabric softener sheet. Do you throw it away? Most people do. I have to admit that I don't even use them anymore but I remember throwing away lots of those sheets without a second glance. And I'm willing to bet that there are a lot of you out there using fabric softener sheets and chucking them after one use. So here are some ideas to get the most out of those fragrant sheets.

1. Use it again! Guess what, they last more than once in your dryer and do just as good of a job as the first time. So save them and pop them in for the next load too!
2. Deodorize Stinky Shoes. Do you have a loved one with notoriously stinky feet? Shove your dryer sheet all the way to the toes of the shoes when you're not wearing them to fight odors.
3. Stinky Garbage Cans. If you were to take my garbage out and look in the bottom of my kitchen can you'd find a wad of dryer sheets soaking up the old garbage smell.
   
4. Nice Smelling Drawers. Freshen up your sock drawer (or any other drawer) by tucking a few sheets in the back corner of each drawer.
5. Lint Remover. Rub your clothes to remove pet hair or lint. No more purchasing fancy lint rollers.
6. Remove Static Cling. Sometimes during the dry cold months I get static in my hair. I've been known to grab a used up dryer sheet and run it over my hair to remove static. Works good on clothing too.
7. Deodorize Your Pet. Oh yeah. You can rub your dog or cat and remove extra hair and freshen them up a bit. Don't let them chew on them though.
8. Dust Your Furniture or your Blinds. These are great dusters, especially for kid hands. They pick it up fast and fun and you don't even need to spray furniture polish.
9. Clean Burnt Pans. Place a sheet in a baking pan that has burnt on gunk, fill with water and leave overnight. In the morning the gunk glides right off.
10. Scrub The Tub. The chemicals in the sheet remove soap scum and ring around the tub.

For more WFMW tips go HERE.

GCC Shopping Round Up

I used a coupon this week! Woohoo! I had a $5 off my total sale at S & S. I also remembered to hit the bread store on their Saturday sale. I had to put a post-it note on my front door all week so I would remember. It's just too good to pass up. Here's what I got...


Franz 2/$1 Saturday

4 boxes chocolate donuts &
2 packs of English muffins &
4 loaves of bread $5.00

S & S

2 boxes cake mix $1.58
beef broth $.99
pineapple $.79
Taco shells $.49
Shampoo $1.99
marshmallows $.49
2 cans oranges $1.38
sugar sub. $1.99
foil $2.99
2 boxes sandwich bags $3.98
- $5.00 Off Coupon

Win-co

milk $1.98
Pineapple juice $1.78
Whole wheat flour $3.04
Teriyaki Baste $1.58
Sausage $3.48
chicken breasts $9.33
yogurt $1.88
hash browns $2.33
olives $1.58
sour cream $.98
cheddar $4.58
stir fry veggies $1.47
spinach $1.48
turkey bacon $1.98
evaporated milk $.89
green onions $.48
spring greens $1.98
grapes $3.66
bananas $1.47
mushrooms $1.78

Grand Total $64.40

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Menu Plan Monday

Ok, I'll be the first to admit that this going back to college stuff is kicking my butt. Why oh WHY wasn't I forward thinking enough to appreciate college at 18? Dang it for my fun-loving youthful ways. To all you women out there who got (or are getting) your college education post-kids, I salute you!

In the meantime, I've got a family to feed. My kids are getting a heavier load of chores (not a bad thing) and learning to cook more than just scrambled eggs (another good thing). Oh, and the freshman 10? Not just for the teenage freshman. You'll notice lots of low fat recipes. Here's what we ALL will be cooking this week...

Breakfast

Applesauce Cranberry Oatmeal
French Toast
Fruit, yogurt and granola parfaits
Farmers Breakfast
Whole Wheat Apple Cinnamon Pancakes
Pumpkin Muffins and fruit
Leftover Muffins or Pancakes

Dinners

Still some leftovers from last week in the fridge
Scramble eggs, sausage and toast
Taco's
Sweet and Sour Chicken and Veggies over brown rice
Baked Potato Soup and green salad
Funky Chicken Sesame Noodles with stir fry veggies
Leftover Buffet

For more Menu Plans go here.

Grocery Cart Challenge Recipe Swap

So, my recipe this week is for a yummy fruit dip. Great for all the outdoor BBQ's coming up. I've also put the fruit on a pretty tray and taken it to baby showers and other parties. It takes nanoseconds to make and costs very little.

Quick and Easy Fruit Dip

• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 7 ounces marshmallow creme
• an assortment of your favorite fruits, melons, berries, grapes, apples...
  

Beat cream cheese until smooth. Add marshmallow creme. Place in a pretty bowl and arrange fruit on a tray. Serve.

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Free Ice Cream! Yep, that's what I said.

WALMART’S FREE ICE CREAM SUNDAE EVENT DETAILS

WHAT: Walmart invites families to come have a free ice cream sundae* with Breyers new and exclusive flavors, and Blue Bunny Premium Ice Cream and new All Natural Frozen Yogurt topped with Hershey's Chocolate Syrup, Reddi-wip, and Fresh Strawberries. The “Free Ice Cream Sundae” event will give moms some sweet inspiration topped with even sweeter savings.

*While supplies last.

WHO: Suitable for all ages

WHEN: Saturday, May 22 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.

WHERE: More than 2,000 Walmart stores nationwide

Participating Store Locator

10 Ways To Reuse It: Paper Rolls

My garbage cans are full of paper rolls. They come from the center of wrapping paper, toilet paper, plastic wrap, tin foil....they're everywhere. What can you do to reuse them? Here are ten ideas to get a second life from these handy tubes.

1. Protect your tapers. My long skinny candles get broken when I store them alone in the drawer. Store two to three tapers in a paper towel tube to keep them from getting banged around.
2. Organize Hair Accessories. Use a toilet paper tube to keep ponytail holders in place. We wrap the ponytails along the outside in the middle and put clippies and bobby bins along the edges.
   
3. Plastic Bag Storage. Shove plastic grocery bags in the ends of a wrapping paper or paper towel roll. They take up much less space and you can easily pull one out of the end when you need it.
   
4. Get Organized. Set small rolls straight up in a small box. Use it to organize pencils, paint brushes, scissors, or pens on your table top.
   
5. Keep cords from getting tangled. Cut a slit down the side of the tube. Roll up tv cords, extension cords or appliance cords and insert them into the tube to keep them from getting tangled.
   
6. Playground Equipment for Pets. You know those expensive habitrails you can buy at the pet store for your gerbil or hamster? Build your own with toilet paper rolls and tape. The kids will have fun and so will your pet.
7. Seed Pots. Here's a great tutorial on how to make free seed pots with your rolls.
8. Make Homemade Party Poppers. We shoot these off on new years. You can make your own by following THESE instructions.
9. Wrap small gifts. I like to use TP rolls to wrap and decorate small gifts. Put the gift inside, wrap pretty tissue around, leaving the paper hanging off the ends. Then tie a ribbon around each end to make it look like a large wrapped piece of candy.
   
10. Compost it. If all else fails shred it and throw it in the compost. Cardboard breaks down easily and can feed your soil.

For more great WFMW ideas. Go here.

GCC Shopping Round Up

I finally got to the store today. I still had lots of produce in my fridge this week so I didn't need to buy a whole lot of that. I also had hamburger left over from a bulk package recently. TP was a need as were lightbulbs. (My kitchen has been a little dark for the past few days.) I only had time for one store this week but here's what I got...

Win-co

Chicken thighs $8.09
TP $6.48
2 gallons milk $3.96
lightbulbs $1.82
butter $2.84
margarine $.98
2 tubs flavored yogurt $2.96
bananas $1.19
bleach $.98
Tomatoes $1.17
bulk instant milk $2.93
bulk seasoning salt $1.85
2 strawberries $3.96
2 avocados $1.36
mozzarella $3.98
top ramen (the kids cheered) $3.36

Grand Total $47.91

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A Day Late...

Hi everyone. I'm still catching up from my weekend away and didn't get my grocery shopping done today. Check back late on Tuesday for the shopping round up and links.

Menu Plan Monday

The kids survived a weekend of Dad's cooking while I was away with some friends. The first item on this weeks menu is the dinner I forgot to put in the crockpot for them before I left on Friday morning. Ooops. We'll just recycle that days menu plan into this weeks. Here's what else is cooking...

Breakfast

Pumpkin Pancakes
Scrambled eggs with toast
Strawberry muffins and applesauce
French toast with berry syrup
Oatmeal with apples and cinnamon
Sliced bananas with cream and PB toast
Freezer Pancakes

Dinners

Slow Cooker sausage and potatoes
Grilled ham and cheese, veggies and dip
Homemade Soup and buttery bread machine rolls
Crockpot Ginger Chicken, steamed rice and veggies
Spaghetti, steamed broccoli
Tuna sandwiches, and fresh veggies with dip
Leftover Buffet

For more great menu plans go HERE.

Grocery Cart Challenge Recipe Swap

I made these little yummies for a teen party last week. The minute I pulled a tray out, they disappeared so I'm thinking they were yummy. We served them with BBQ sauce to dip them in.

Mini Wiener Wraps

• Little Smokies sausages
• crescent rolls

Preheat oven according to directions on crescent roll package. Unroll but leave intact 2 triangles of crescent rolls to form a square. Pinch seam together and cut lengthwise into 5 strips and then cross-wise in 1/2 to make 10 strips. Roll each strip around one sausage and place in baking pan that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking oil. Bake according to crescent roll package directions. Serving with BBQ sauce for dipping or ketchup and mustard.

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Free Bowling This Summer

Kids across the country will get two free games of bowling EVERY DAY this summer. Check out this link to see if there is a participating bowling alley near you. I'm so excited for summer!

10 Way To Reuse It: Wax Milk Cartons

Periodically I buy whipping cream or milk in those plastic coated paper cartons. Juices and half and half come in them too. So what can you do with them when they're empty? Here are 10 ideas.

1. Seed Starters. Rinse out and cut off the bottom to use as seed starters or containers for your window herb garden.
2. Indoor Bowling. Clean them good and then stack them like bowling pins for the kids. Give them a rubber bowl and teach them to bowl. It's a great rainy day game.
   
3. Ice Blocks. Having a party with a punch bowl? Freeze ice blocks in the containers to make a long lasting rectangle ice cube.
   
4. Guard your garden plants. We live in the land of slugs so every year when my tomatoes are still young and tender I cut off a ring of the milk carton and place it in the dirt around my tomatoes. This keeps the slugs and bugs from getting to my plants.
5. Paint Holder. I just finished painting my front door and the trim around it. While hubby used the bucket for window trim, we poured a small amount of paint in a waxy milk carton for the trim around my front door. When I was done I just tossed it...no clean up.
6. Collect cooking grease. I use the waxy containers to drain the grease off my hamburger. The wax keeps it from leaking out and when it cools, the whole things goes in the garbage.
7. Organize your junk drawer. Doesn't everyone have a junk drawer? Cut off the tops and store loose paper clips, nails, staples or whatever you find in there.
8. Protect your floor. Cut off the bottoms and place under the corners of heavy furniture. This not only helps furniture slide across the floor from moving but can save your carpet or floor from getting permanent dents from the weight of the furniture.
   
9. Make a one of a kind coin purse. Some people are so creative. Check out this tutorial to make a really sturdy coin purse. I love this idea.
   
10. Bird Feeder. Give the kids a summer project and use these directions to make a bird feeder.

For more great ideas go visit WFMW.

GCC Shopping Round Up

I crammed my shopping trip in between a bunch of appointments today but didn't do too bad. I'm noticing the price of strawberries is going down. Yay Spring and garden season!


S & S Liquidators

5 lemons $1
5 roma tomatoes $1
5 lbs pink lady apples $2.99
tomato soup $.49
2 bags spinach $1

Win-Co

Ground beef $7.96
Milk $1.98
Cottage Cheese $5.98
ranch dip $.43
2 lbs smoked sausage $6.36
Cream cheese $.88
swiss $3.53
cheddar $4.48
Tampons $3.97
Bulk protein powder $1.79
cream of chicken soup $.88
self rising flour $2.93
shampoo $.97
strawberries $3.96
bananas $1.94

Grand Total $54.52

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Menu Plan Monday

I managed to salvage a ham bone from Mothers Day at my Mother in laws. It's so nice that she "gets" me and my frugal ways. So we'll be having yummy ham and bean soup this week. I also am looking forward to my annual girls weekend away so Friday morning I'm hitting the road after putting some dinner in the crockpot for the family. Then it's no more cooking for the rest of the weekend. Here's what is on the menu this week.

Breakfast

Apple n Oats Breakfast Pudding
Poached eggs, bacon and toast
Strawberry Topped Puffy Pancake with Creamy Orange Filling
Spiced Pumpkin Scones with Honey Butter, fresh fruit
Freezer Pancakes

Dinners

Italian Bake (never cooked it from last week), green beans
Crockpot Ham and Beans, Buttery Bread Machine Rolls
Grilled Cheese and tomato soup
Mexican Rice Casserole, spinach salad
Slow Cooker Sausage and Potatoes, green salad

For more great menus go HERE.

The Search Is Over: Homemade Dishwasher Detergent

I think I've tried EVERY homemade dishwasher detergent recipe known to man. But every single one of them left a film on my glasses and finally I gave up. The good news is that I found out that the dollar store brand (Sun) works just as well as any other store bought I've tried. The even better news is that I finally, after three years of searching, found a home brew that works and is way cheaper. I've found that the homemade detergents work differently in different types of water (hard and soft), but out of all that I've tried, this finally works for me. So experiment with it and let me know if it works for you.

ADD:

1 Tablespoon of Borax
1 Tablespoon of baking soda (not washing soda from the homemade laundry soap)

Pour into your powder dispenser and close the lid.

MOST IMPORTANTLY:

Fill your rinse reservoir with distilled white vinegar and then run your washer.

No film.

Shiny clean dishes.

AND a bonus because the vinegar cleans out your dishwasher and removes any odors.

Do you have a recipe you'd like to share? Please link directly to your post, not your blog, and please include a link back to the Grocery Cart Challenge.

Say Buh-Bye To Dryer Sheets

A reader sent me a link to an amazing idea and I thought I'd pass it on. Instead of using dryer sheets, this link shows you how to make a dryer ball out of tin foil that not only removes static but so far has lasted 6 month without replacing. Talk about frugal! So go on over HERE and check it out. I'm so excited to try it.

10 Ways To Reuse It: Junk Mail

Every day I get a mail box full of junk mail. Sometimes I don't even open it and just shove it in the trash, offended that I didn't have something good in my box like a paycheck or card from a friend. Other times I open it up, shove it all back into the postage paid envelope and mail it back to them. Ha! Take that! But have you every stopped to realize how much FREE paper you're getting. Maybe there is some way to use all those resources just showing up with no effort at your door. Here are some ideas.

1. Compost It! Seriously, I know this is always included in here but homegrown food is important and frugal and healthy soil is a bonus. Remove any plastic pieces and run it through your paper shredder. Then add it to the compost pile so it can break down and fertilize your juicy veggies.
2. Make a book mark. We read lots at our house. It's almost an addiction. And I have a really bad habit of dog earing the pages to hold my place. So lately I've been using junk mail as book marks.
3. Free Envelopes. Many times they want a reply and enclose an envelope in there. I just stash them away and slap my homemade address stickers over their pre-printed words and use it when I need to mail something.
4. Make a Funnel. Cut a corner off one end of the envelope and snip off the tip. Open up and use as a funnel for spices or dry ingredients. HERE's a link to an example.
5. Rabbit Cuddles. Shred it and use in the bottom of a rabbit or rodent cage as bedding.
6. Note Paper. I'm a list maker. I constantly have lists going to organize my day and remember stuff. Save the one sided advertisements and cut into your favorite list shape. Keep a stack by the phone for messages or in your desk drawer.
7. Fire Starter. I save junk mail and other paper to get my fire going. Whether it's the fireplace in the winter or a campfire in the summer.
8. Printer Paper. If the paper ad comes with only one side printed on it I save it to print off recipes or coloring pages for the kids. FREE....love it.
9. Make a Necklace. My friend went to Africa and brought back the coolest necklace made form paper beads. It was beautiful. Here's a tutorial on how to make your own paper beads.
10. Wall Art. Here's a tutorial on how to put it to artistic use. She made some creative art for her wall and I loved the idea.

For more WFMW ideas go visit HERE.

GCC Shopping Round Up

Oooh, I can't wait until those garden veggies start producing. I almost have some lettuce ready and my potatoes are growing like crazy. It's really going to allow my budget to stretch to cover some major meat purchases and maybe a little stockpiling during the summer months. Here's what I came home with today.

Franz 2/$1 day

4 boxes chocolate donuts &
4 loaves bread $4.00

S & S Liquidators

5 lbs pink lady apples $2.99
8 tomatoes $2.00
2 lbs cottage cheese $1.58
vanilla soy milk $.49

Grocery Outlet

razors $1.99
Tampons $3.99
Oxy pads $2.99
dish soap $.99
shredded swiss $2.99
Parmesan $1.99

Dollar Tree

Hairspray $1
Toothbrushes $1
dishwasher detergent $1

Win-co

2.22 lbs bananas $1.29
1.07 lbs bulk raw almonds $3.84
2 cartons mushrooms $3.56
.23lbs bulk soy protein powder $1.06
cheddar $4.48
.26lbs bulk oat bran $.21
2 spring mix $3.96
1 bag spinach $1.68
ricotta $2.87
.59lbs bulk flax meal $.84
.10lbs bulk bran $.04
1.41 lbs broccoli crowns $1.80
mozzarella $2.36

Grand Total $56.99

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I'm also trying out a fun new linky. Let me know what you think in the comments.

Menu Plan Monday

I'm excited for this week because I have lots of new recipes to try. I've been a little bored with our menu but this should shake things up a bit. I'll be trying out some new flax recipes. They fit into my low carb diet nicely and flax has some amazing health benefits to boot. I also found a bag of tilapia fillets hidden in the back of my freezer that I'll be using. So here's what's cooking this week.

Breakfasts

Freezer Pancakes
Apple n Oats Breakfast Pudding
Flax Muffins and fruit
Spinach and Mushroom Frittata
Low Carb Hot Cereal
PB Toast and Bananas
Freezer Pancakes
Dinners

Homemade Soup with Buttery Bread Machine Rolls
Tomato Basil Quiche
Baked Fish with Lemon and Black Pepper, Steamed Broccoli
Baked Potato Bar
Italian Bake and green salad
Leftover Buffet
Out for Mother's Day

For more great menu's go HERE.

Coupon Savvy

A while a go I had a local friend write a Couponing 101 article for me and a lot of you have become fans of her blog. BUT, she's had a bit of a technical error since then and had to move her blog to a different location. So if you are looking for Coupon Savvy in Cowlitz County you can find her here now. And if you haven't checked her out yet, head on over and take a peek.