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Yesterday I received my annual Costco rebate check in the mail. For the last 5 or 6 years my parents have renewed our Costco membership as a Christmas gift every year. It’s a pretty sweet deal if you ask me. This year we got back $81.81 on our purchases. Technically I could have just walked Read More >>
Although we didn’t get a huge amount of free “chicken scraps” this week, what The Girl and I were able to reclaim was awesome. For starters, we were able to save over a pound of fresh asparagus from going in the dumpster which was pretty exciting, since we haven’t had asparagus on our dinner plates Read More >>
I finally made it over to Albertsons today to pick up a few freebies and some milk for the kids. I was planning on sitting this round of double coupons out, but I’m glad I stopped by. I was able to pick up some free tissues {I will donate those to the food bank} free Read More >>
There were 5 boxes of free food waiting for The Girl and I when we went to the grocery store this week. About half of the watermelon and grapes were still edible. We scored a bunch of fresh mushrooms, cilantro, spinach and 1 green pepper. 3 ears of corn, bean sprouts, strawberries and blueberries. We Read More >>
This past week I went over budget. I need to get serious and hunker down here pretty soon if I am going to reach my goal of averaging $100 a month for groceries for 2012. With only $273.40 left to spend for the year, I’m going to need to map out a plan, and quick. Read More >>
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