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Earn Cash for College this Holiday Season with Upromise

November 5, 2015 By Kelly

While saving for college and gifts may not seem to go hand in hand, they can this holiday season with Upromise. You all know and love coupons, online coupon codes, and deals. You might love shopping on Thanksgiving or Black Friday to score big savings. You might even be a master at getting credit card […]

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How To Save Money On Haircuts And Hair Color

October 27, 2015 By Kelly

Haircuts and hair color can be expensive. There are lots of frugal ways around spending a small fortune on your hair, but generally they involve DIY haircuts and DIY hair color. While those are a great way to save, not everyone is cut out to cut hair at home. I have been not so successful at […]

Filed Under: Beauty, eBay, Money Tagged With: beauty, centsible beauty, frugal, frugal beauty, frugality, hair color, haircut, Money, Save Money, save money on haircare

40 Kids Halloween Costumes Under $30

October 8, 2015 By Kelly

Halloween costumes can be pricey so we put together a list of costumes you can buy that are all under $30 with many being even cheaper! The good thing about Halloween costumes is that kids can use them for dress up throughout the years. We had one princess dress we purchased on sale after Halloween […]

Filed Under: eBay, Holiday, Kids, Shopping Tagged With: frugal shopping, halloween, halloween costumes, halloween costumes on a budget, Holiday, Kids, Save Money, Shopping

Stop Food Waste, Save Money

May 4, 2015 By Kelly

Do you know how much food you waste each week? Each month? Every year? Estimates vary, but the facts remain the same. We’re wasting anywhere from 30-50% of the food we buy, approximately 25% of that is right at home. That’s worth $1,650,000,000 every year. Yes, that’s billions with a ‘b’. This short video explains it […]

Filed Under: eBay, Food, Money Tagged With: earth friendly, ebay, eco-friendly, Food, food waste, Money, reduce food waste, Save Money, saving money

Cut the Cable and Save over $1,000

March 19, 2015 By Kelly 11 Comments

I’m constantly evaluating our spending to find savings. While it may seem a bit silly to cut $10 here and there it can add up faster than you might think!  In the past few years we’ve definitely made some choices that super frugal folks would frown on. One of those was adding a monthly cable […]

Filed Under: consumer, eBay, Money, Tech Tagged With: cable, cut expenses, Money, save $1000, Save Money

6 Ways to Eat on the Go for Less

February 9, 2015 By Kelly 1 Comment

One easy way to cut costs whether you work outside the home, are spending the day out running errands, or traveling is to pack food for your meals. For one person it can save $5-$10 per meal. Add up all your family members it could save you hundreds of dollars every month and thousands each […]

Filed Under: eBay, Food, Money Tagged With: Food, healthy lunches, lunch ideas, pack food, Save Money, save money on food

25 tips to slash your restaurant spending in half

January 22, 2015 By Kelly 8 Comments

Most people still eat in restaurants on a weekly basis. While I love a good meal out at a nice restaurant it’s often budget busting. Busy lifestyles, dual income families, and our car dependent lifestyle have made dining out way of life for many people. We all know restaurant food isn’t great for our waistline, but […]

Filed Under: Food, Money Tagged With: dining out, dining out for less, Money, restaurant spending, Save Money

Monday’s Meal Plan with GIANT

July 28, 2014 By Kelly 8 Comments

This week’s menu plan is sponsored by GIANT with snack ideas and ways to save big. Monday Meal Plan: July 28th New to meal planning? Download the printable menu plan for 2014 to get started meal planning to help you save $1,000s! You can view all my Centsible recipes on the Recipes page. Snack Time Penguins vs. Goldifsh Juice […]

Filed Under: 365 Days of Homecooking, Food, Sponsored Tagged With: buy theirs get ours free, Food, GIANT, grocery savings, Save Money, Sponsored

2014 Meal Plan and Printables

January 3, 2014 By Kelly 24 Comments

Printable Menu Plan

In 2012 I made a resolution to eat more at home to not only save money, but to get healthier too. To make it simple I made a year long meal plan. It took a few hours to put together-but then I was set for the entire year. I could tweak our meals seasonally or […]

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5 Simple & Frugal Tips for Packing Kid’s Lunches

September 24, 2012 By Kelly 3 Comments

One of my main goals with life is to make my life simpler. While I’m not opposed to spending more to do that at times I love it when simple and frugal meet in the perfect solution. As I shared I’m working on getting my fitness back. We’ve started being more mindful about how we […]

Filed Under: Food, Kids Tagged With: Food, frugality, Kids, lunches, Save Money, simple

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