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My Personal Info Has Been Hacked!!!

The Frugal Housewife — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 19:43:11 +0000

Recently, my personal information was hacked. The hacker tried to go on a shopping spree but was found out very quickly. I never really thought about using a service to monitor all my personal information but that has now changed. Thank goodness there is a GREAT deal available for their services.

I’m heading over there now to sign up!!!

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My Coupon Insert Buying Spree

The Frugal Housewife — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:42:37 +0000

My coupon insert stack for March, 2012 was huge. Why? I was at my mother’s house in Middle Tennessee and her local paper puts the Sunday coupon inserts in the following Wednesday paper. The Wednesday paper only costs 50 cents so I would buy four of them each week (I was there nearly three weeks!). Plus, mom doesn’t use coupons so I would get her inserts also and my boss was saving all the inserts from my West Texas newspaper.

So you would think that I went to town saving money with all those coupon inserts. WRONG!!! Here’s why!!!

Most of the coupons in those inserts were for items that the Frugal Hubby and I don’t use.

The sales on a lot of the items that we did use came in my West Texas town when I was at my mom’s house and the sales in my mom’s town never matched the coupons. It doesn’t do a lot of good when you can’t match the coupons to the sales.

By the time I got back to my West Texas town, several of the coupons were expired or nearly expired.

A valuable couponing lesson was learned — always, always, always look at the coupon previews for the coupon inserts. You can find the coupon insert previews here at Sunday Coupon Preview. Most weeks there are coupons that I will never use in the coupon inserts but there are also some coupons that I will use. It’s rare that an insert will have absolutely no coupons that I can use but it’s happened. In the last two weeks, there have been more coupons that I couldn’t use and fewer coupons that I would use. The small savings just did not justify buying the newspaper (it would have if they had been featured again in the Wednesday paper).

The Frugal Housewife tip of the week: Always look at the coupon preview for the Sunday paper. Calculate how many coupons that you will actually use and how much savings you will get from them. If the savings is greater than the amount of money that you will pay for the papers, then go for it!!! Purchase multiples and create your stockpiles! If (and this does happen occasionally) there are no coupons that you will use in the coupon inserts — Don’t buy that week’s paper!!!

Leave us a comment and let us know if you’ve had similar experiences or what you think about our tip of the week!

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National Pretzel Day — Today Only!!! Get a Free Pretzel at Pretzelmaker

The Frugal Housewife — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:33:06 +0000

It’s National Pretzel Day!!! Today only .. you can get a FREE pretzel at participating Pretzelmaker by doing one of the following:

Sing for your snack
Dance for your snack
Say “National Pretzel Day”!!!

Click here for a complete list of participating Pretzelmaker stores.

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Pretzel Crisps Printable Coupon and Target Deal

The Frugal Housewife — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:15:06 +0000

There is a HOT printable coupon available for Pretzel Crisps. Click the link to get your $1.00 off any size Pretzel Crisps. You can print this coupon TWICE per computer. There is also a GREAT under $1.00 deal at Target that you can make using this coupon.

Here’s the Target Deal:

Pretzel Crisps, 7.2 oz, $1.99 (prices may vary by store)

Use: $1.00 off any size Pretzel Crisps

Final Price: $.99

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Today Only — Free Kids Meal wyb An Adult Meal at Olive Garden w/Coupon

The Frugal Housewife — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:53:56 +0000

Today is Take Our Daughters And Sons to Work® Day! Today only…April 26, 2012…Olive Garden is offering a “Get 1 free Kids Meal w/ an Adult Entrée”! Head over to Olive Garden’s Facebook page to claim your coupon.

Here’s how it works!

Go to Olive Garden’s Facebook page!
Click the link in the post “Take Our Daughters And Sons to Work® Day is 4/26! Get 1 free Kids Meal w/ an Adult Entrée!“
The coupon will be sent to your email address that is associated with your Facebook account.
Print the email and take it to Olive Garden.

Here is the fine print on the coupon.

This coupon may be redeemed for one free Kid’s Meal with the purchase of one adult lunch or dinner entrée (not including soup, Garden Salad, or pizza). Offer valid for kids aged 12 years and under. Free Kid’s Meal choices are from the Kid’s Menu only and include an entrée and choice of drink. Coupon not redeemable for cash and cannot be combined with any other offer. Dine in only. One coupon per visit. Cash redemption value 1/20 of one cent. Coupon may not be reproduced, sold, transferred or traded. Sales tax paid by the bearer. Valid at any Olive Garden location in the U.S. and Canada. Valid only on 4/26/2012. ©2012 Darden Concepts, Inc.

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Save $1.00 off One 24 Load or Larger all Detergent

The Frugal Housewife — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:24:59 +0000

There is a NEW Printable coupon available for all Laundry Detergent – $1.00 off all Laundry Detergent — 24 load or larger.

all Laundry Detergent usually goes on sale at several different stores. Combine the sales with this coupon and it will make for a GREAT stockup opportunity!!!

Remember, you can print this coupon TWICE per computer.

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