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Frances | December 26, 2010
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Frances | December 25, 2010
Ring out the old ring in the new, Ring happy bells across the snow;
The year is going let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Ring out a slowly dying cause, And ancient forms of party strife,
Ring in the nobler modes of life, With sweeter manners purer laws.
Ring out old shapes of foul disease; Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars of old, Ring in the thousand years of peace.
Ring in the valiant man and free; the larger heart, the kindlier hand;
Ring out the darkness of the land,
Ring in the Christ that is to be.
~Alfred Tennyson, 1850 ~J. Baptiste Calkin, 1872
Merry Christmas
from
Frugal Fairhope
Frances | December 17, 2010
Stockpiling shouldn’t stop with groceries, especially if you have Little Ones in the house. If you are a Grand parent, Aunt or Uncle you might want to think about stockpiling future gifts for those Little Ones. We do our best to avoid those last minute need to buy a gift Walmart $19.95+ shopping trip. We have all done it, we have purchased a gift at the last minute and paid full price. Keep an eye out throughout the year, and stockpile those gifts. We stockpile future gifts for The Little One’s friends, teachers, and family members. Here are some tips for stockpiling your gift closet:
Not every gift has to be purchased. Sometimes the best gifts are homemade items. Times have changed and some of your lives may have changed dramatically this year. Taking care of yourself and your family comes before anything on this earth. This includes gift giving, If you are in this situation have the conversation with your family. Suggest or inform that this year you are only buying for The Little Ones or drawing names for gifts. Most families are already doing this and will understand.
A store bought gift will be forgotten and eventually thrown out but creating memories with family and friends is something that will last forever.
Frances | December 9, 2010
The first of the month can be a sad day for “coupon ladies & gentlemen” across the country. This is the day when the majority of coupons have expired. Millions of dollars in coupons are tossed in the trash.
If you have been to our Free Frugal Fairhope Coupon Workshops you have heard us talk about another use for those expired coupons. Military bases overseas can use expired coupons in their commissary for up to 6 months after the expiration date.
We have spent some time overseas, and we can tell you from personal experience it is not cheap. The military bases commissary offers some discounts that can help with the grocery cost but the cost of living in general is expensive. Like those of us living state side grocery costs are soaring with no end in sight, so every little bit counts.
Sending coupons overseas is pretty simple and your are sending the package to a U.S. territory so doesn’t require extra international postage. You can get all the instructions including how and which base to adopt at the Overseas Coupon Program, www.ocpnet.org.
Here are a few tips from the site:
There are several bases to adopt and the site is self serving. Fill out an on line form telling them how much you donated and the base the coupons were sent. This helps them keep track of what base is in need.
We have saved all of our expired coupons from this year and this month will be our first experience with shipping expired coupons overseas. We plan to send out a shipment of expired coupons every two months. Our next shipment will be in April. If you are interested in joining us in the Frugal Fairhope Expired Coupons Drive, send an email to Frances @ Frugal Fairhope .com (no spaces) and we will send you the details of the drop off. All coupons must already be clipped, sorted, and placed in Ziploc bags to be mailed.
Frances | December 4, 2010
On the 5th Day of The 31 Days of Frugal Fairhope Christmas, Frugal Fairhope gave to me a chance to win the following:
PRIZE: One (1) winner will receive an coupon/code for Amazon 20% off Diapers. This coupon can be used to get 20% off any diaper purchase from Amazon.
HOW TO ENTER: Please read instructions carefully.
Only subscribers of Frugal Fairhope or Frugal Fairhope Fans can win. Leave a separate comment only on this www.FrugalFairhope.com post for each entry to be qualified to enter. Make sure you use the same email address so we can confirm that you are a subscriber or a Frugal Fairhope Fans. For one entry for the following:
Giveaway ends December 5th at noon Frugal Fairhope time (central). Winners will be selected by random.org. Winner will be posted on Frugal Fairhope post and will have 24 hours to claim the prize.
We were not compensated for this post. Giveaway has been provided by Stoneyfield.
If you have any questions, send an email to Frances @ Frugal Fairhope .com (no spaces).
31 Days of Frugal Fairhope Christmas
For those of you who have just joined us we know it is normally the 25 days of Christmas but we like to do things differently around here so we are celebrating Christmas all month long. We will be giving away something every day for the month of December.
The only way to enter each one of these is to comment on each www.FrugalFairhope.com post for each giveaway. We will link these on our Frugal Fairhope Facebook Fan page.
Join us for the 31 Days of Frugal Fairhope Christmas!
Here is the updated list:
12/1 Pillsbury Mini Biscuit Prize Pack GONE
12/2 3 Hefty Waverly Tableware Coupons GONE
12/3 Tastefully Simple Perfectly Potato Cheddar Soup Mix, Bountiful Bread Mix, and Nana’s Apple Cake Mix Gift Bag GONE
12/4 2 YoBaby Coupons
12/5 Amazon 20% off Diapers Code
12/6 10% off Pass It On Consignment store
12/7 MacArthur Garage
12/8 Coming Soon
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12/2 Coming Soon
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Frances | December 1, 2010
We were playing around with the Target’s Printable Grocery Coupons this week so far we have found the answer to this question
How do I know which Target.com coupons are manufacture or store coupons without printing them?
The obvious answer is Frugal Fairhope list of Target’s Printable Grocery Coupons where we list all the coupons that are available, if they are Target, Manufacture, or Manufacture with a Target coupons and the expiration dates.
Here is another answer that we think you are going to LOVE:
If you are working in Firefox:
If you are working in Internet Explorer:
Here are the codes:
http://partners.e-centives.com/partners/target/… This means this coupon is a Target coupon
http://partners.e-centives.com/partners/generalm/ … This means this is a manufacture coupon
http://partners.e-centives.com/partners/manufac/ … This means this is a manufacture coupon
