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by Cassie on November 4, 2010
Sam’s Club is offering a FREE $10 gift card for new memberships that join by November 24th. You will receive your gift card that will be activiated after the 26th (after Black Friday of course!).
If you have thought about buying a Sam’s Club membership then this might be the time with this gift card deal.
Also, we wanted to share our thoughts again regarding the value of a club membership. We find that we save more money in the grocery store or Target/Walmart with sales and coupons than we do for the shelf prices of Sam’s Club bulk items with the exception a few items listed below.
We have mostly used the membership for a few food items that we like that can only be found at Sam’s Club or things that are hard to get cheap at the store – we have consistently purchased these items at Sam’s Club. We usually end up going about every 3-4 months.
For example – these items (in our experience) seem to be the cheapest and hard price to beat at the store:
Fresh shredded Parmesan (the hard kind) is cheapest there
Hormel real bacon bits (these are quite pricey for the non-imitation) in the regular store and we use it in recipes and salads a lot!
French’s Fried Onions
Honey (although we have been able to get this in our local grocer’s case lot sales the last 2 years for cheaper)
There are some frozen bulk foods that can only be found at Sam’s Club that we really like too
When we do make our quarterly or so run to Sam’s Club – we often find great produce deals and will stock up to eat fresh or freeze for the future.
When you are not getting your digital photo prints for FREE and need some photo prints now – Sam’s Club has the lowest price at .15-.16 a print. It is also easy to upload them from your computer and pick them up in the store and even cheaper that way!
They can also have good deals on office type supplies and ink if/when you get in a bind and have not been able to get those items cheap lately and need them now. We mostly buy our ink with our Max Perks rewards – but have still needed to make a Sam’s Club ink run here and there.
With some exceptions – we will purchase the frozen chicken or fish if/when we run out and there are no immediate sales (see our explanation on saving on meat).
Finally, we go through batteries very quickly with our camera that is always on We cannot stock-up fast enough to keep up with our usage (after we run out of our awesome stock from the office store sales) so we get the excess that we need at Sam’s Club as they have the lowest everyday price.
So that is what we do with our membership. We debate renewing it each year, but have ultimately decided to renew because of the above list.
Please share your thoughts on whether or not you think a warehouse/club membership is worth the value and your experience!
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by Cassie on September 23, 2010
Our Family at Our Yellowstone Vacation 2010
This is going to be a fun weekend to explore some historical and beautiful sites across this great country.
This Saturday, September 25, it is both FREE Museum Day and FREE Public Lands Day.
This means that you can go to many museums and many national parks for FREE! Whether you want to take a day trip to someplace fun or visit a site in your own town, it is the time to do so.
For the FREE Museums, you will need to request your FREE tickets to any of the FREE museums listed on the Smithsonian site. You will be able to request two FREE tickets. Plus many of the attractions will let children 3,4,5, or even 6 and under for free without a ticket all of the time.
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by Cassie on August 13, 2010
Here is a round-up of FREE things to do on Saturday August 14th!
First, Walmart is having FREE sampling of many products again for this weekend. Click on each of these to see if you local Walmart is participating (each store is offering different ones) and for additional details.
This is an excellent way to try out the shopping and see if it is something that would be useful to your family’s budget. We do have a membership – but honestly shop there rarely!
We find that we save more money in the grocery store or Target/Walmart with sales and coupons than we do for the shelf prices of Sam’s Club bulk items with the exception a few items listed below.
We have mostly used the membership for a few food items that we like that can only be found at Sam’s Club or things that are hard to get cheap at the store – we have consistently purchased these items at Sam’s Club. We usually end up going about every 3-4 months.
For example – these items (in our experience) seem to be the cheapest and hard price to beat at the store:
Fresh shredded Parmesan (the hard kind) is cheapest there
Hormel real bacon bits (these are quite pricey for the non-imitation) in the regular store and we use it in recipes and salads a lot!
French’s Fried Onions
Honey (although we have been able to get this in our local grocer’s case lot sales the last 2 years for cheaper)
There are some frozen bulk foods that can only be found at Sam’s Club that we really like too
When we do make our quarterly or so run to Sam’s Club – we often find great produce deals and will stock up to eat fresh or freeze for the future.
When you are not getting your digital photo prints for FREE and need some photo prints now – Sam’s Club has the lowest price at .15-.16 a print. It is also easy to upload them from your computer and pick them up in the store and even cheaper that way!
They can also have good deals on office type supplies and ink if/when you get in a bind and have not been able to get those items cheap lately and need them now. We mostly buy our ink with our Max Perks rewards – but have still needed to make a Sam’s Club ink run here and there.
Finally, we go through batteries very quickly with our camera that is always on We cannot stock-up fast enough to keep up with our usage (after we run out of our awesome stock from the office store sales) so we get the excess that we need at Sam’s Club as they have the lowest everyday price.
So that is what we do with our membership. We debate renewing it each year, but have ultimately decided to renew because of the above list.
August 6 – 8th anyone can shop just like a member would. The best news is that there is no upcharge on your purchases – normally, if you shopped at Sam’s Club as a non-member, they would add a 10% upcharge to your balance – there is no upcharge this weekend! YAY! So check it out and let us know your thoughts on a Sam’s Club membership.
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by Cassie on August 3, 2010
Tonight (August 3, 2010) is National Night Out – what that means that is many cities across the Nation are hosting gatherings for the community to sponsored by local businesses and attended by the law enforcement and public service groups to:
Heighten crime and drug prevention awareness;
Generate support for, and participation in, local anticrime programs;
Strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships; and
Send a message to criminals letting them know that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back.
What are some of the activities that promote the above goals on National Night Out 2010? Well according to their website:
Along with the traditional display of outdoor lights and front porch vigils, cities, towns and neighborhoods ‘celebrate’ NNO with a variety of events and activities such as:
block parties,
cookouts,
visits from local police and sheriff departments
parades, exhibits,
flashlight walks,
contests, and
youth programs.
NNO has proven to be an effective, inexpensive and enjoyable program to promote neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships in our fight for a safer nation. Plus, the benefits your community will derive from NNO will most certainly extend well beyond the one night.
It is FREE to attend your local National Night Out. To see if your local community is participating, just head over to the National Night Out website, click on your state and then a list of cities in your state will pop up. Have fun!
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by Cassie on July 29, 2010
It is time again for Walmart stores across the nation are offering a bunch a FREEBIES at different locations for the Walmart in-store events starting today, Thursday, July 29 and running through the weekend until August 1st. Many of the FREEBIES are new products that are “debuting” and so we all get to try them first at Walmart.
Stop by your local Walmart and pick up the following FREEBIES (click on each one to enter your zip code to see what Walmart locations are offering that FREEBIE near you):
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by Cassie on July 22, 2010
Walmart stores across the nation are offering a bunch a FREEBIES at different locations for the Walmart in-store events starting today, Thursday, July 22 and running through the weekend until July 25th. Many of the FREEBIES are new products that are “debuting” and so we all get to try them first at Walmart.
Stop by your local Walmart and pick up the following FREEBIES (click on each one to enter your zip code to see what Walmart locations are offering that FREEBIE near you):
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by Cassie on July 7, 2010
We are leaving at 4 am tomorrow morning (Thursday, July 8th!!) to hit the road and drive from Salt Lake City to Breckenridge, CO for the Savvy Blogging Summit! We are very excited to attend and to learn how to become better at our efforts with blogging! We do have many site changes coming in the near future that we are excited about!
In the meantime and for this weekend – we are still blogging and bringing the deals to you! PLUS there will be the following things that we will also have this weekend:
Our fourth part on Thrifty Travel Series and staying at timeshare resorts and condos!
Our first part to our “Deep in Debt to Debt-Free – How it all started!” series
Also, there will be a big giveaway with the largest prize we have ever offered to a single reader of The Thrifty Couple!
That is a few of the exciting things going on this weekend here on our site so stay tuned….
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by Cassie on July 3, 2010
Happy 4th of July weekend everyone!! We hope you are having a wonderful weekend filled with friends, family, fun, memories and great BBQ’S!
Our weekend started on Friday when we had many close friends come over for a BBQ and fireworks, today was spent in the Utah mountains hiking and enjoying God’s creation then off to parades, fesitvities, fireworks and family gatherings on Monday! Whew – it is turning out to be quite the weekend!!
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by Alex on June 28, 2010
Denny’s is offering a yummy FREEBIE right now! Just head over to Denny’s on Facebook and “sign your Bill of Rights” which entitles you to a FREE order of Red, White and Blueberry pancake puppies when you purchase any entree or item from the $2 $4 $6 $8 Value Menu! You will need to print your Bill of Rights and as this is your coupon for your FREE pancake puppies. You will have until 7/25/10 to use it!
We LOOOVE these things – we love to eat them as a dessert – when we have a FREE coupon of course Have you tried them yet?? What do you think?
Welcome to our Thrifty World! We are glad that you are here! We offer a lot of information to help you improve your finances and your life – grab your favorite drink, pull up a chair, explore and stay connected with us!
We cannot stock-up fast enough to keep up with our usage (after we run out of our awesome stock from the office store sales) so we get the excess that we need at Sam’s Club as they have the lowest everyday price.
First, Walmart is having FREE sampling of many products again for this weekend. Click on each of these to see if you local Walmart is participating (each store is offering different ones) and for additional details.
Have you tried them yet?? What do you think?
