Have you seen the Sears TV ad where the couple tells the sales clerk “We only shop on Black Friday,” and the clerk is explaining there are deals to look for BEFORE Black Friday?
Yes. Pick up the Sears ad that’s in your newspapers today. I’m looking at the one in the Detroit Free Press that [...]

Are you good at picking out the clearance sales?
Family Balance Sheet has this post: After-Holiday Clearance Sales aren’t Just About Christmas.
A snippet:
Search all around the store, not just the holiday themed aisles and the end-caps. The paper products were found in the paper product aisle and they were unmarked. Keep those eyes open.

The Christmas shopping season has started.
Now, the Sunday School teacher in me is rolling her eyes. This is still harvest time and Thanksgiving is the next holiday on the calendar. My home won’t be decorated for Christmas until Thanksgiving weekend.
But frugalista in me is watching those sales fliers. There’s nothing wrong with buying stuff whenever [...]

There were three coupon packets in each of my home-delivery editions of The Monroe Evening News and the Detroit Free Press. (I live in 48162 zip code).
This is a good week to start on my 8-week grocery shopping plan, which is timed to begin on the first Sunday of the month. After all, you’ve got [...]

It’s T. Rochelle has a post about Monthly Grocery Sales Cycles.
I haven’t compiled my own list. But I’ve been posting reports two or three times a week for more than two years about what’s on sale in Monroe, Mich., and her list is pretty much on target.
You do want to stock up as much as [...]

In recent years, September has been promoted as National Preparedness Month. The goal is encouraging people to be ready and prepared for a disaster situation that might occur in their community.
I do my family’s disaster supply inventory and updates in March or April when tornado season starts in Michigan and Ohio. Tornado warnings are the [...]

The Lowe’s sales flier that came in my mail today (I live in the 48162 zip code) has some “back to campus” deals for July 23-27.
You’ll find lots of plastic storage tubs to pick from including a lidded crate 12-gallon will be two for $10. The 18-gallon totes will be two for $10. The 30-gallon [...]

During the past two years, I’ve been picking up a couple of items each week from the summer back-to-school sales for my college daughter.
It saves her time during the rush of other errands before school starts to have that detail already taken care of. And buying such items early really is much cheaper than getting [...]

I really did buy two folders, two notebooks and package of pens for my college daughter today. Basic school supplies such as those are extremely easy to find for very, very cheap right now.
Even if you don’t have a student in the family, this is a great time to restock your home office or home-based [...]

The back to school sales have started for fall 2009.
Yes indeedy. Take another look at your newspaper sales flier pile today.
Last year, I noticed a lot of bargain pricing on school supplies immediately after the 4th of July holiday during the past couple of years that lasted until first week of August (Monroe County Fair [...]