It serves a couple of purposes There are several apps that give you cash back for scanning your grocery receipts. It turns out that you can stack receipt rewards by scanning the same receipt in all of the apps. Swagbucks Magic Receipts is going on the stack I don’t do a lot of get-paid-to sites … Read more
Kinda the same food, but just as easy to prepare and tasted way better After our daughter left for college, our motivation to cook dinner took a nosedive. I won’t say that we ever really enjoyed cooking overall, but we certainly enjoyed it less when it was just the two of us. We had been … Read more
Every teacher has a favorite student, even if they won’t admit it 😉 Grocery receipt apps let you turn your grocery receipts into a small amount of cash. (Information about purchasing habits is valuable to marketing companies and companies that sell consumer goods.) The process is little more than this: I currently scan some of … Read more
Saving money and getting money for grocery receipts is pretty easy with receipt-scanning smartphone apps. To save more, use more apps … With all of the news about companies finally being brought to light for making a mint off of your personal information without reasonable disclosure, it’s a good thing when other companies pay you … Read more
(This post was originally posted on June 21, 2016, and has been updated.) Eating at home instead of eating out is beneficial in a number of ways … Our rural-ish county is slowly catching up to the 21st century. It was only a few years ago that we got a Walmart, and this year we got a … Read more
Eating at home is one of the surer ways to save money, but you can save money eating out, too. Here are a few ways to do it … 1. Order water instead of soda Order water. Once in a while, we’ll get a special drink, but more often than not we just get water … Read more
Here’s a quickie list how to save money when you buy and prepare food for your family … After mortgage/rent payments, utilities, and transportation, one of the most important categories in just about any budget is FOOD. It also can be one of the places in your budget that you can reduce the most. (Try … Read more
We’ve cut our grocery budget substantially. However, we hold on to a few conveniences to save time, even though they cost a bit more … We used to spend a lot more than we really needed to on food. Between putting our entertainment expenses on a budget, and putting a few principles to work, we … Read more