Christmas Clearance Part 1 of a ton

Happy New Year, long time no see. I've been tied up for awhile, my grandmother is very ill and not expected to live long and I'd like to spend all available time I have with her. I did manage to get quite a bit of after Christmas shopping done though. It's amazing what you can accomplish on 15-30 minute breaks when you are determined. In the photo above I snagged the sheet sets for $7.00 a piece, killer deal!!!!  I've needed my own bundt cake pan for awhile and Paula Deen had one out for Christmas that on clearance I snagged for  $5.00, lots of cake to come!!!!

The glass jars were a great deal at $1 a piece and boy do I have plans for them.

I also managed to make a quick run to Target and got $2.00 canisters of doggie treats, the dogs are gonna love me for those, $2.50 snack packs of pretzels, and $5.00 packages of nuts.

This is just the beginning!!!!

I'm frantically trying to find a place for it all.

Frugal is Fabulous ------ Happy New Year

Happy New Year

Boy it's gonna be a good one I feel it in my bones.

It started off with me having a 3 day weekend. Anytime the New Year starts with me getting rest I know it's going to be an awesome year.

Well what better way to get off to a good start to a New Year than to talk about saving money.

Now before you start grumbling remember saving money is fun!!!

Frugal is Fabulous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's our them for 2012

Everything about saving money should be fun. Think of this year as a great challenging game. If you like crossword puzzles and word searches and all the board games than frugality is for you.

It's a challenge but we're making it sooooo fun, fun, fun.

We're gonna coupon shop, thrift shop, garage sale, online shop, craigslist shop, do curbside pick up, and hit all the major malls and boutique stores not to mention wholesale shop.

It's shoppers gone crazy here.

The best part is we're going to pay a fraction of what everyone else is paying.

My kind of shopping.

We're going to talk about saving money on absolutely EVERYTHING.

From home to work to church and everything in between if your not living it frugally than your not living up to your potential money wise.

So check in daily and see what the 75% off lifestyle is all about.

Here frugal is fabulous!!!!

Happy  2012 and welcome.

 Happy Savings,

The Cute  Couponer

What's Coming in 2012

The New Year is finally upon us and I'm excited to share that here at The Cute Couponer we're finally able to implement the changes we've been trying to do for the last few months.

Here's what there is to look forward to.

Sundays----  Sunday Suppers --- a  brand new linky party where you get to link up and share your favorite family recipes. So invite your family and friends over for dinner and link up share.

Mondays---- Eat Cheap, Eat Healthy series----Learn to feed your family healthy meals on a budget.

Tuesdays---- All about our Frugal Tip of the Week. Implement small changes for big savings.

Wednesday---- All about thrift shopping.

Thursdays----  All about my shopping trips of the week.

Fridays--- All about the freebies of the week.

Saturdays----The guest bloggers are coming back in style for 2012. They have fresh new ideas to live a frugal lifestyle.

I'm so excited!!!! Remember our theme for 2012 is, "Frugal is Fabulous!"

Look forward to seeing you all often!!!!

Look what $20 buys at Wal-Mart

Four transactions, lots of manufacturer coupons, combined with store coupons, price matching and in store specials  I brought home all of this for $20.00! Cha-Ching!!!!




Back to Shopping,


Valerie


Try couponing today, period!

After Christmas Clearance Shopping

WE INTERRUPT THIS BLOG TO LET YOU KNOW WE ARE CURRENTLY OUT SHOPPING!

Not quite sure when we will return, but when we do it will be worth your while.

We learned our lesson to not ditch BIG shopping days after missing Black Friday.

No sir no mam, we are out shopping.

Now when we return we will share all our new goodies with you.

Remember we're starting off 2012 with our, Frugal is Fabulous campaign.

We're just gettin a head start.

Make sure to check back everyday this week for all the goodies we're finding.

Happy Shopping,

The Cute Couponer

A Very Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and many blessings to you and yours.

2012 is going to be the best year yet.

All those changes I spoke about 6 weeks ago are coming.

Make sure to tune in.

There are many more mouths to feed, hugs to give, and blessings to be made this next year.

We're going frugal all the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So go have the merriest Christmas yet and remember many people are sending blessings your way!!!!


Merry Christmas,

The Cute Couponer

Turkey Brine

So it's almost Christmas and many of you are cooking a turkey again. Now for me and my family we like to mix it up a bit. If you aren't soakin your turkey in brine your aren't livin, period.

Now most turkey brine recipes ingredients cost a fortune.

A few years ago on recommendation from a friend of my mom's, we took a trip to Williams Sonoma and bought their turkey brine.  Scrumpscious, delicious, never knew a turkey could taste that good are all thoughts that have come to mind when eating this.

For $18.50 it soaks two turkeys. You can't beat that! Cha-Ching!!!

I'm saving my 2nd half for Easter!

It's really quite simple how this works. Boil the ingredients in some apple juice and water pour it over your turkey that's sitting in a mega-sized bowl, add more water, and cover.

Stick it in your fridge for at least three days... for Mega flavor and voila the best turkey ever for minimal effort.

They also have it on sale after Christmas.... hint... hint!


Happy Cooking,

The Cute Couponer

Linking to Tidy Mom, French Country Cottage Shabby Nest Chic On A Shoestring