Restaurant.com buyers beware!

My husband, son and I are enjoying a nice getaway at my in-laws place in Southern California.  In lieu of the fact that the grandparents offered free babysitting, I began collecting different “freebies” or almost-freebies to use on our nights out.  One of them was taking advantage of some 80% off coupons at restaurant.com, which [...]

All the gifts I need

Yesterday, I took some “mommy time” and went out to just browse stores.  I don’t know what I was thinking, though – what’s the point of walking around stores when you’re not buying gifts, and it’s one of the most crowded times of the year?  After a couple of hours, I gave up and headed [...]

Super Savings Saturday: A Simple Christmas

Many ideas are being posted on blogs these days on ways to save this Christmas.  For my husband and I, given the possibility of getting a ticket soon in the mail for accidentally running a red light, we’ve scaled back Christmas a lot this year . . . so much, that neither of us are [...]

Healthy for me, and the environment

I’ve been making my own yogurt for a couple  of months now, but for some reason I don’t always want to eat it in the morning, despite how tasty and creamy it is.  Awhile back, when I discovered some leftover water bottles, I refilled them with water and stocked them in the fridge, and suddenly [...]

Scotch tape, anyone?

I made a rare trip to Walgreens today to take advantage of a great deal on laundry detergent posted by Money Saving Mom.  Lately, I’ve gotten used to passing on many of the deals at Walgreens, mainly because I don’t need much.  But, as we were getting low on laundry detergent, I thought it would [...]