A Hot Mess And Godless

Yay! You've ended another week without strangling anyone! Here's some deals and tasty recipes to reward you for making it through another week of work and parenthood!  Deals I love this week: Groceries  Free, yes FREE chocolate at Frys! Download this week's  Free Friday Download  before the end of the day today and stop in sometime before April 4th to redeem it!  Fry's also has a great deal going on for strawberries 4/$5 and deals on soda I will be taking them up on! Check out your local store's Weekly Ad  for more!  Feeling crafty? Have a big project you've been waiting on good deals to purchase materials for? Head over to Michael's for a 40% off one item AND 20% off your total purchase you can use together! I'll be heading in there myself today to pick up materials for some ritual wreaths I'm making for a Grey Faction project! *See bottom of blog for more info*  Sprouts has an amazing 72 Hour Sale  going on this weeke...

Welcome to Frugal Fridays! Where I go over good deals I've spotted going on throughout the week!  First up is Fry's Food & Drug stores! Fry's recently started doing Digital Deals;  digital coupon sales that can be used up to 5x in one transaction. These sales typical last Friday - Sunday but this isn't always consistent and not every store is the same, so please check your local weekly ad before hopping in your car. I'll be stocking up this weekend and tossing a few packages in the freezer for later as these typically go for $4.49 each at regular price. If you want a good tip on how to rack up some extra fuel points while you're saving some cash at Fry's start at the register before you shop. Purchase a qualifying Visa gift card that  you can use on the groceries you're about to buy and you'll earn 4x the fuel point spent on that card purchase PLUS the fuel points you earn from the groceries. It requires two transactions through th...

         I know; I've ranted on about all kinds of things this week and by this point you're sitting there thinking  okay bitch now tell me how to save some money already! Alrighty Then! I don't "extreme coupon." I'm not going to make wild claims that I can help you lower your grocery bill from $300 dollars a week to a few bucks. 1) Nobody got time for that. 2) It's actually a huge pain in the ass to try, and as more people have been trying it, more stores have changed their sales and coupon policies to stop it. I can give you solid advice on knocking off a few bucks here and there though. I'm quite the frugal shopper, in a household of five (6 if you count the dog) I have to be, and some things you just pick up on after doing it for so long. So here's a few general (and realistic) tips and advice to get you started on your money saving way. * Focus on where you actually shop (or where you know you will realistically make the trip out to)...