Fun & Frugal Class Monday, March 28 6:30-8:30-  

 Is your family on a budget? Maybe you want to save for a special trip or purchase. Learning frugal tips and tricks will help you save money in a heartbeat. This unique class blends the best frugal ideas …online and offline. First, you will learn where to go and how to find the best online savings, coupons, free shipping, free samples, and more. We’ll help you protect your private information and save money safely using the Internet. Then, we’ll move offline to help you save money and time in your daily routine when we cover bulk buying tips, bulk cooking and freezer meals, homemade cleaning supplies and other simple tactics perfect for any budget. You’ll have plenty of time to ask questions of a couple professional tightwads, swap ideas, and leave with plenty of resources to get started saving today!

  Let me know if you’re interested…….info@tidytightwads.com

photo credit: liberalmind1012

Is your family on a budget?  Maybe you want to save for a special trip or purchase.  Learning frugal tips and tricks will help you save money in a heartbeat.  This unique class blends the best frugal ideas online and offline.  First, you will learn where to go and how to find the best online savings, coupons, free shipping, free samples, and more.  We’ll help you protect your private information and save money safely using the Internet.  Then, we’ll move offline to help you save money and time in your daily routine when we cover bulk buying tips, bulk cooking and freezer meals, homemade cleaning supplies extreme couponing and other simple tactics perfect for any budget.  You’ll have plenty of time to ask questions of a couple of professional tightwads, swap ideas with others and leave with plenty of resources to get you started saving money today! 

New Century Charter School

Hutchinson

6:30-8:00

$20.00 payable at the door.  YOU MUST PRE-REGISTER SO ADEQUATE MATERIALS CAN BE PROVIDED.

Advanced Couponing Strategies

Creativity pays big dividends when it comes to couponing.  Learn how to increase your coupon savings with strategies.

You can stack plates and you can stack laundry, but did you know that you can stack coupons?  Find out how I bought the following at Target:  2 bags of Archer Farms coffee, 4 bottle of Aveeno body wash, 5 Schick razors, 5 boxes of Act II microwave popcorn, 2 trial sized bottle of Axe Men’s body spray and 2 trial sized Degree deodorant and pad $3.32!

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$2.70/pound organic chickens.  They will be fully dressed, you bring your cooler and you wrap them yourself.

See www.kadelbachfarms.com to see how the organic “chicken farming” is done.  For more info or to get chickens, contact:

(320) 587-1112

or glen@kadelbachfarms.com

My family purchased 6 last year, which wasn’t enough.  We got about 3 meals out of each chicken and they were ever so tasty.  If you name isn’t on the list…….it should be!

If you’re interested in saving money on the things your family uses everyday, you’ll want to come to this class. It’s not where you shop, it’s how you shop and you will learn this technique.

You will receive tailored shopping lists, specific to our area, learn how to score freebies, how to get a printable coupon, take advantage of rebates, as well learning how to use a coupon database. It’s not your typical clip and file coupon class.

$10.00 per person payable that evening. Please RSVP to info@tidytightwads.com. Jennifer Weber from Coupons in our Hands will be the instructor.

Monday, April 26th

6:30-8:30 pm

Vivid Image

897 Highway 15 South

Hutchinson, MN  55350

Deal Idea:

I like to burn candles so I took advantage of this deal.  Target has Glade Relaxing Moments candles on sale this week.

6 candles @ $3.04=$18.24

- $3.00 (.50 off for sale price this week)=$15.24

- $4.50 (.75  x 6 off with coupon from 4/11/10 Sunday paper coupon)=$10.74

-$5.00 (Target gift card coupon from Real Simple magazine, which I had)=$5.74

-$6.00 ($2.00/1 coupon  x 3 from 4/11/10 Sunday paper coupon)=.026

-$5.00 Mail in rebate (if you buy 3 Glad products)=   ~$5.26

So, Target paid me to buy 6 Glad candles……..so now I’m going to relax!

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Got FREE milk?

Yes, I got free milk today!  I’m also excited to share my shopping trip with you. 

*Lucky Charms -had a 50 cent coupon 

*Lucky Charms-had a 50 cent coupon 

*Honey Nut Cheerios had a 50 cent coupon 

*Trix-had a $1.00/2 coupon 

Cereal was on sale and you got a free gallon of *milk if you bought 4 boxes. 

*Chicken-was on sale 2$/8.00 and I used a 75 cent coupon on each package bringing the price to $6.50 for 2 family packs of chicken. 

*Crest toothpaste was on sale this week for 78 cents and I had a 75 cent coupon so I paid 3 cents for it.  I really don’t need any toothpaste, but for 3 cents I couldn’t let it go by and it’s a great food shelf donation. 

The *Poptarts were free with a $25.00 purchase and I reached that dollar limit before my coupons were deducted. 

The “Crystal Lite was on sale this week also and I had 2/$1.00 coupons that I used on each one of those. 

My total bill paying full price would have been $32.40.  But, since I don’t pay full price for anything,  I ended up with $13.23 in savings and saved a total of 41% on my total bill.  Plus, I got a catalina (the extra cash register slip that prints out to use on your next purchase) for $2.00 off General Mills cereal, which is NOT added into the total saved. 

If you’re interested in learning how to coupon…………without clipping, filing and taking a shoe box with you to the store, to sift through,  let me know.  A class is coming soon to Hutchinson.

No more frozen pizza or cereal for supper…………Come to this class to learn all of the information you need to start your own once a month cooking club with friends.  This class will help you get organized and provide you with tips and tricks to avoid time and money “wasters.”  By the end of this class you will be armed with a process to create easy shopping lists and many wonderful freezer meals.

I will provide you with 25 recipes, and you’ll have e-mail contact should you need to check in with me later.  I will post money saving tips and Once a Month Cooking related topics to my blog and Facebook pages.

When:  Monday, April 12th, 2010

Where:  Vivid Image

897 Hwy 15 South

Hutchinson, MN

Cost:     $20.00 per person

Time:  6:30-8:30

Pre-registration required.  E-mail, comment or contact me via Tidy Tightwads on Facebook

If you want to stretch your butter and make it a soft spread that can be stored in the fridge you can do this.  Take 1/2 butter and 1/2 canola oil and blend them in your blender or with your mixer.

TRY making your own.  Shake or whisk together one part of balsamic vinegar to three parts of oil with a little prepared mustard, salt, pepper and you’ll get something far superior to the Italian dressings selling for $2.99 a bottle.  Like it creamy?  Whisk in a tablespoon or so of mayonnaise.  Another reason to make your own is to avoid the preservatives in bottled dressing, but the trade-off is that homemade will only keep for a week or so.