I'M GOING TO BE IN ALL YOU MAGAZINE!!!!

IT PAYS TO SHARE STORIES ONLINE!

Since I've boarded the savings train (CHOO CHOO), and since I love All You Magazine, I recently joined All You Reality Checkers.  It's a new online community where participants can get freebies, share savings tips, get exclusive savings, and possibly be featured in the magazine.  

About a month ago we were asked to share a story about a great bargain that we found.  I wrote about a terrific find that my husband and I made and today I got this letter:

Hi Kimberly,

I hope this finds you well!

You recently commented on ALL YOU Reality Checker Central about an AMAZING shopping score you found:

“For years, I’ve wanted the orange Rachael Ray cookware set. Back in the spring, Wal Mart marked it down from $199 to $99, but I still couldn't part with $100. Then my husband and I were waiting in the checkout line when an associate brought over a box—the last one of the set—and stamped it with ‘$49.’ I heard bells ringing! Sometimes, it really pays to wait.”

Good news! We'd love to include this quote (and you!) in an upcoming issue of ALL YOU magazine!

To be featured, can you please reply with the following info?

- Your full name, date of birth and where you live 

- A high-res photo of yourself (preferably smiling and looking at the camera)

- If possible, a photo of the item you're referencing in your quote

Thanks so much and I look forward to hearing back from you! Please let me know if you have any questions at all.

Best,

Kathleen 

I'm very excited and I wanted to share this wonderful opportunity with you.  Join today and you too will get freebies, lots of savings tips, and possibly be featured in an upcoming issue of All You.  I have saved SO much money by reading All You ever month.  It pays for itself ten times over.  Peace, love, and happy savings!!!

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Smart Grocery Shopping

My Mawmaw knew how to save money, but she always had the basic necessities to make just about anything we wanted to eat.  Today I find myself using Pinterest and other websites to accomplish what she did in her head every single day.  The older I get, the more I realize how smart, organized and creative she actually was.

The first thing Mawmaw did was stock pile grocery staples, ingredients that could be used to make a wide variety of foods.  She always had plenty of butter, eggs, sugar, flour, oil, meat, peanut butter, can goods, and other basics.  From these basics she could whip up everything from an entire Sunday lunch for eight, homemade cookies, beignets, cakes, etc.  She didn't have much money, but she planned well and used what she had before buying more; nothing was ever wasted.

I read recently that Americans waste over $500 per person per year on wasted food.  This didn't surprise me because I can't tell you how many groceries I've throw away because they spoiled or because I just didn't use them.  Luckily, I found a website that helps.  I'm not as smart or as organized as Mawmaw was; I need help!

Like Mawmaw, I rarely measure or follow a recipe.  I like to create as I go.  However, I need to make sure that I have enough of the basics to cover what I plan to make in the near future.  Therefore, when it is time for my monthly big shopping day, I use SayMMM.com.  If you take just a few minutes, you can enter stuff that you already have in your pantry.  Next, install the recipe clipper on your bookmark bar.  Just go to http://saymmm.com/mmmclipper.php and follow the simple directions.  With this button on your bookmark, you can add ANY recipe that you find on Pinterest or any other website to your Saymmm account.  When it's time to make out your grocery list, click on the recipes that you want to make in the next few weeks and it will automatically add the ingredients that you need to buy to your list.  You can also plan menus and install the mobile app.  What I love the most is that it saves the items that you purchase the most on a "frequent items" list so that when it is time to make your next list, you can check through your commonly purchased items and add them to your new list with a click of the mouse.  You will waste less food, avoid running out of stuff that you need, and always have ingredients in your pantry to cook things that you like to eat.

Since I have been using this website, I find that I almost always have the ingredients to whip up all of my family's favorites.  In the next blog, I'll share some food storage tips that have helped me keep ingredients for a lot longer.  Now if only I could just stick to buying what is on the list like Mawmaw did!    







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SAVE MONEY!!!!

When I was little, Mawmaw used to save green stamps.  Does anyone remember those? You would get them when you checked out at the grocery store.  You could save them for dishes or other gifts.  I wish that they still did that!

Even though green stamps don't exist anymore, there are countless ways to save and even get stuff for free. True, many of them are scams, but some are legit and very beneficial.  Here are a few of my favorites:

• Mycokerewards.com- Do you buy Coke products?  There are codes under bottle caps and inside of 12 & 20 packs of all Coke products.  You can easily register on Mycokerewards.com and start earning points today.  You can enter a maximum of 120 points a week, so don't forget to enter them each week.  They will even send you a reminder.  I haven't paid for a magazine in years.  There are other rewards such as electronics, gift cards, photo gifts, etc.  I just enjoy magazines.  I have subscriptions to seven magazines and I didn't pay for any of them.  
• Join Sample Source- I signed up and one month later got a box full of goodies!  If you rate them when they send you a survey about the products, they keep you on the mailing list.  I got a full sized toothbrush that was AMAZING, coffee, over the counter medications, snacks, hair products etc.  
• allyou.com/- My favorite magazine and the best place for coupons, daily free samples and great tips on how to save a lot of money!

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