The most common question I get is how do I prepare a menu? I am funny. I like some things to be the same over and over but meals are not one of them. I have some strange rules in my head about repeating meals, meats, and cuise types. Because of all my rules and sometimes [...]

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Do you want more ways learn how to save money? Have you had a question you couldn’t find answers to? I think besides the lists. this site is the best tool out there.
Pinching Your Pennies

 
I love:

That I can learn from other savvy shoppers on the forums.
That I can see preview lists a day or two before [...]

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Thanks to the help of the awesome gals at Food Made Easy I have this simple video to help teach you how to use GrocerySmarts.com

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I’ve been reading my coupons and there is one little tinsy sentence that has me thinking deeply as I try to use and encourage you all to use coupons ethically and lawfully. Tell me what you think about this sentence commonly found on most coupons.

“Void if altered, copied, sold, purchased, transferred, exchanged……..”

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I had a question asked of me this week that has really been on my mind. At a class on Monday one gal asked me what we eat. I told her we try to eat semi-vegetarian. What I mean by that is that when I cook I try to only have meat every other day. [...]

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I’ve gotten this question a lot lately. So for those of you who are wondering if I take hours cutting and filing coupons you would be sorely mistaken. When the Sunday paper comes I take the coupon books out write Sunday’s date on the front and put them in a hanging file folder. That is [...]

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I have been getting a lot of questions about the movie tickets. (see these posts http://thecrazyshopper.blogspot.com/2008/07/rockin-savings.html, http://thecrazyshopper.blogspot.com/2008/07/free-movie-tickets.html I just learned something really awesome especially for you who do not have a theater in your area. (Cache Valley etc..) If you have gone to the Fandango Site and entered your zip code and there are no [...]

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I am so excited that I figured this feature out. Okay so say I want to see only the “good stuff” or the 4-5 star items, this is what you do.

Choose your store
Click the Start button in the top right of the page
Click the Star right about the Stock up scale
Click Shrink in the top [...]

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I got this email today:
dear shauntell,i had a question, but couldn’t get it onto your blog. anyhow, what day and time do you recommend to go to the grocery store? when i go it seems that all the sale stuff is gone. thanx haley
I used to get so upset when this would happen to me [...]

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A rain check is something you can ask for when the store is out of a product. Each store has a different policy on rain checks. You will have to ask them what their policy is. If you do not know if the store offers rain checks go to the Customer Service Desk and ask. [...]

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