Buck Up

Have you checked out your local dollar store lately? There are bargains and treasures to be found.

It’s a Win-Win

When I was young I always enjoyed when the local PBS station would have their annual auction.  An announcer would describe each of the items on the board and there was a phone bank manned by volunteers who took peoples’ bids.  I was fascinated by some of the items they had for sale and dreamed [...]

Deals under a $1

I just had to share.  I came back 30 minutes ago from a trip to Michaels where I went specifically to buy one thing.   I found that one thing and headed to the cash register.  When I got there the normal $1 bin of “stuff” at the register was marked down to 25 cents!  My [...]

Have you ever Wooted at midnight?

The best time to Woot is at midnight (CST) when the inventory changes over. If you haven’t heard of it, Woot is an internet retailer that sells one item per day, until the product runs out or midnight arrives, in which case another item is put on sale

More Black Friday Tips

I recently blogged about BF addicts, so when I came across a great set of tips for Black Friday shopping on the Coupon Sherpa Blog I wanted to share them.  I thought a lot of the tips were useful and relevant and wanted to make sure I got them out post haste since Black Friday [...]

Aldi – Offering a Good Value

Here in Rochester, NY we are lucky to have the Aldi chain of low-priced, value grocery stores. If you haven’t checked one out yet I highly suggest you visit a store near you.

Clip your costs

They recently opened a new haircut place near me. I knew about it because they had signs along the road advertising $2.99 haircuts!