In a lot of areas, Utah’s cost of living is quite low but right now one annoying thing is that Utah’s gas prices are over 20 cents a gallon higher than the national average. According to gasbuddy.com, Utah’s prices are the 4th highest in the nation! Last year it cost us on average $20 to [...]

Posted by Melissa
Dated: 28th May 2010
Filled Under: Finances, Saving Money
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This week’s Thrifty Shopper post is pretty bad. I have two pictures out of 3 shopping trips and I lost all my receipts so I can’t completely break down the deals. At least I use my American Express card to buy almost everything (so I can get money back each year!) So I know how [...]

Posted by Melissa
Dated: 21st May 2010
Filled Under: Saving Money
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Well they call it doubling but that’s not exactly accurate. Today and tomorrow all coupons from 25 cents to $1.00 are worth $1.00 off! This is great for those cheap items that have 25 cents and 50 cents off coupons because this means FREE stuff! This morning I got chocolate covered pretzels, 3 Musketeer Truffles,  [...]

Posted by Melissa
Dated: 17th May 2010
Filled Under: Saving Money, food
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Walmart and Walgreens Total $15.47 Walgreens – Spent $4.95 and received $5 in Register Rewards: 2 bags of 75 plastic straws – 50 cents each with in ad coupon 2 Colgate 360 ° Toothbrushes (These are my favourite toothbrushes to buy they really do clean teeth better than any other that I’ve used) $3.49 buy [...]

Posted by Melissa
Dated: 13th May 2010
Filled Under: Saving Money
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I have several friends who want to know exactly what I buy when my grocery budget for my family of four is $150 a month. So every Thursday I will writing a “Thrifty Shopper Thursday” post and showcasing my purchases for the week. Hopefully I can help someone else save money at the grocery store. [...]

Posted by Melissa
Dated: 6th May 2010
Filled Under: Saving Money, food
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On June 1st Provo, Utah will be raising their electricity rate by 11%. It would be nice if utility rates could be like life insurance rates and we could lock in a rate for life but with inflation and advancing technology that is not realistic. It has been 22 years since Provo has increased their [...]

Posted by Melissa
Dated: 1st May 2010
Filled Under: Saving Money
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When we lived in Idaho, Winco was our favourite grocery store to shop at.  The best thing about this grocery store is their bulk section where you can buy the amount of spices, baking ingredients, popcorn kernels and more that you want, often for less per ounce than what you would pay buying a case [...]

Posted by Melissa
Dated: 29th April 2010
Filled Under: Saving Money
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Up until this week my pregnancy has been fairly easy. Now I am having the same pain on my upper right side that I had the first two times. Except with both Sariah and Bekah it started around 25 weeks. Because the pain is under my ribs and by my right shoulder blade it might [...]

Posted by Melissa
Dated: 27th April 2010
Filled Under: Health And Safety, Saving Money, pregnancy
Comments: 1 Comment