One of my favorite online freebies are custom printable products. Tote bags, photo books, labels, business cards — they’re all available from VistaPrint for FREE on any given day. You can also find amazing deals on albums through photo prin…
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Heather Sokol is the founder of Inexpensively, Featured Blogger and Regional Savings Coordinator for Indiana Inexpensively. She is married to our webmaster, Spencer Sokol, and together they parent three beautiful, active girls.
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Two years ago, we had set aside $1000 for a simple, budget beach vacation. Then, I found out we didn’t get the condo we wanted, and everything else was $200-300 out of our range. We were left trying to figure out how to quickly add to our vacatio…
The latest issue of All You magazine has arrived, and you may have noticed my mug on page 19, spilling the beans on one of my favorite tricks for free groceries—the Scan Right Guarantee. (You may also have noticed another familiar face!) Kroger stores and affiliates offer a Scan Right Guarantee, to protect you from [...]
It’s Tax Day!. You’ve had an extra two days to file, thanks to an obscure rule that delays the tax deadline for Washington, D.C. holidays. After you’ve spent the weekend finishing up your tax forms, check out the freebies available on April 17th! Retailers and restaurants have created Tax Day promotions to ease your financial [...]
With Tax Day looming, Americans are scrambling to finish paperwork, searching for last minute deductions, and anticipating their refunds. When that money arrives, the tendency is to treat it as free money — but it’s not. It’s your money, and the government has been borrowing it interest free for the last year. That’s why it’s [...]
For several years, I have watched in awe as my friend Cherie tackled her family’s monstrous debt with determination, grace, and a healthy dose of extreme frugality. She was the inspiration behind my post on debt free bloggers. I watched, with tea…
Gone are the days of Target fashions and generic clothing. The teen and tween want Justice, Aeropostale, and whatever hot fashion happens to appear in Seventeen magazine this month. And, I get it. I remember desperately trying to fit in during my own a…
With Mother’s Day just around the corner, it’s time to find the perfect gift for the moms in your life. For some of us, though, it’s hard to accept gifts when we know what the family budget looks like. This year, skip buying her expen…
There are so many egg-dyeing kits on the market now. They range in price from under $1.00 to close to $5 each! We have many ideas to share that will help you make fun, interesting eggs from the cheapest kits available and a few items around the house. You will, of course, start with hard-boiled [...]
And, this time, it’s personal! I noticed a little Grocery Shrink Ray action in the candy aisle a few weeks ago. This refers to the practice of reducing the package size of grocery products—without lowering the price. And, it’s so. not. cool. The idea is that you won’t notice a slightly smaller package, but you [...]
