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Big List of Senior Discounts

Big List of Senior Discounts

Did you know that senior discounts at many places begin at age 50? Below is our master list of senior discounts that you may want to keep on hand. Not all locations may offer a senior discount, but it never hurts to ask, “Do you offer senior discounts?”...
How to Buy Gift Cards for Less – Discount Gift Cards

How to Buy Gift Cards for Less – Discount Gift Cards

Don’t pay full price for gift cards. Use these clever tricks to buy gift cards at a discount. Use a Gift Card Exchange Site You can buy discounted gift cards for 10-35% off the face value if you use sites like the following: GiftCardSpread.com CardCash.com...
9 Strategies to Save Money Eating Out at Restaurants

9 Strategies to Save Money Eating Out at Restaurants

If you are trying to save money in your food budget, here are 8 ideas to save money eating out. Eating out can be a relaxing experience, but it need not break your budget. 1. Eat out on weekdays You can save money eating out on a weekday rather than a weekend. Some...
A College Student’s Guide to Saving Money on Food

A College Student’s Guide to Saving Money on Food

For a busy college student—or anyone else who has a busy schedule–it’s difficult to eat fast, healthy, and on a budget. But here are some ideas that may help. If your budget is 15 cents and day, your only answer may be Ramen Noodles. Oatmeal is also fast,...
Big List of Senior Discounts

Big List of Senior Discounts

Did you know that senior discounts at many places begins at age 50? Below is our master list of senior discounts that you may want to keep on hand. Not all locations may offer a senior discount, but it never hurts to ask, “Do you offer senior discounts?”...
National Pancake Day, February 27, 2018

National Pancake Day, February 27, 2018

National Pancake Day® is Tuesday, February 27, 2018. IHOP® is celebrating by offering a FREE short stack of their Original Buttermilk Pancakes when you donate to help children battling critical illnesses. Every stack served helps them reach their goal of raising $5...
Free Donut Day: First Friday in June

Free Donut Day: First Friday in June

The first Friday in June is National Donuts Day. See where to get FREE donuts: Where To Get Free Donuts On June 5, aka National Donut Day, No Matter Where In The U.S. You Live 8 Ways to Get Free Donuts on Friday Read about the history of donut day....
Free Pancakes at IHOP on National Pancake Day, March 7

Free Pancakes at IHOP on National Pancake Day, March 7

National Pancake Day is March 7th, from 7:00am to 7:00pm—with select locations offering extended hours until 10:00 pm. IHOP is going to give out a FREE short stack of buttermilk pancakes. In return for free pancakes, IHOP is asking for a simple donation to help...
Rotating Food

Rotating Food

It’s a smart idea to buy large quantities of food and other necessities when they are on sale. You can store these items and use them over several months. Eventually, you’ll have a whole room full of items that were purchased on sale— food, health and beauty...
How Much Do You Spend Eating Out?

How Much Do You Spend Eating Out?

According to the National Restaurant Association, the average American household spends $2,678 eating at restaurants. That’s about $223 per month! The truth is that most of us probably eat out more often than we should. According the U.S. Commerce Department, as...
Where Kids Eat Free in the Northwest

Where Kids Eat Free in the Northwest

Thrifty NW Mom has published a list of restaurants in the Northwest that offer a Kids Eat Free (or cheap) promo. The listing shows each location by days of the week. Download your Kids Eat Free Listing here and save it to your computer and then print it out and keep...
3 Budget Hacks: TV, Eating, Exercising

3 Budget Hacks: TV, Eating, Exercising

Your “fixed” expenses may not be as inflexible as you think. Through “budget hacking,” people are finding extra money they can use from their fixed, recurring expenses, rather than canceling fun activities or no longer making small purchases...
7-Eleven Freebie Week

7-Eleven Freebie Week

Are you aware that you can get a FREE Slurpee on 7-Eleven Day, Friday, July 11? What’s even better this year is that 7-Eleven has now created an additional 7 days of freebies: Saturday, July 12: Big Gulp Sunday, July 13: M&M’s Birthday Cake Flavor Candies...