There were three coupon packets each in my home-delivery editions of The Monroe Evening News and Detroit Free Press.
This is a good opportunity to check out that double coupon sale at Kmart this week.
It’s also a good opportunity to start on my eight-week grocery savings plan.

Memorial Day promotions are a big theme in this week’s sales fliers. Look for the seasonal opportunities in patio furniture, garden plants, picnic food, camping equipment and patriotic decor.
Here are some discount, drugstore and grocery store deals of interest to my local readers in Monroe, Mich., as found in the ads that were in my [...]

Angel Food Ministries is a monthly low-cost grocery purchase program that is open to anyone of any income level.
Dundee Assembly Church of God, 13790 S. Custer Rd., Dundee, Mich., has announced its office hours for the May 30 orders:

Tuesday May 12: 7 to 8 p.m.
Thursday May 14: 10:30 a.m. to noon.
Saturday May 16: 10:30 [...]

Have you seen the fun pictures people are posting with their marshmallow candy peeps in action?
Here’s our first attempt at such a thing: the Peep picnic.
Oh, yes, I did it on a budget. The Peeps themselves were bought on sale, and all of those props are from my Barbie doll collection. Felt piece is from [...]

This photo and story was on the front page of Wednesday’s edition of The Monroe Evening News. If you are not familiar with my community, Frenchtown Township is adjacent to the city of Monroe, Mich., and much of that township shares the same zip code as the north side of Monroe. The beach areas of [...]

Pat Regnier of Money Magazine has this piece posted at CNN: How we’re going to save more.
A snippet:
If you’ve got a decent income, changing your brand of coffee or being the last person in your zip code to buy an iPod just isn’t going to get you very far. To make a real difference, you [...]

ABC News has this report: Barely surviving on unemployment pay.
A snippet:
“The safety net is being tested in ways that it has not been in more than a generation and there may have to be even more done to shore up [the] U.S. safety net going forward,” said Andrew Stettner, the deputy director of the National [...]

The Detroit Free Press is reporting Wayne County, Mich., sheriff will not enforce foreclosure sales.
A snippet:
“Today I will be stopping all mortgage foreclosure sales in Wayne County beginning with the sale that was scheduled for this Wednesday,” Sheriff Warren Evans said. “I am doing so because it’s my opinion that recently enacted federal laws [...]

The Detroit Free Press has this story today: How to navigate a bridal show without going crazy.
My favorite tip:
Sort through it all as soon as you get home. It may be tempting to shove your bag of bridal brochures in the closet after hours at the expo, but go through everything you’ve collected as soon [...]

I don’t know ahead of time what advertising inserts are scheduled for The Monroe Evening News. I work in the newsroom, not in the advertising or distribution departments. Even if I did know, I avoid relying on confidential or “insider” knowledge. It’s just not my style.
That’s why I don’t list the sales fliers until I [...]