Savin' sense

May 25, 20095/25/09 Courtney Tompkins 5 comments Share

Bad economy and recessionista – anyone else tired of hearing these terms?

We’re all tired of the reports, I suppose but that doesn’t mean we don’t want to still save money! Handily, Juice has a whole feature this week on saving money. Luckily we live in a state with a lower cost of living than the rest of the country which helps out a ton. Other things that help out…. a page with local coupons, and a whole network for Des Moines folks interested in being fiscally-thrifty. Here’s a blog with local deals. Des Moines Families always has great tips and deals too! The Register also pulled together a list of all free events!

For online shopping discounts, I’d recommend RetailMeNot or FatWallet.

Local things I know of… free or $1 movies at Nova Cinema or outdoors, free city wading pools for kids, $1 days at the I Cubs, $5 tunes & mingling for adults at Fridays @ the Fountain or Clive After Five or free outdoor tunes at Jasper Winery or Music in the Junction.

http://DesMoinesRegister.com Yvonne Beasley

The Des Moines Register keeps an updated “free things to do” calendar at this link: http://data.desmoinesregister.com/etpages/planner.php?event=dmregisterfree
Tea

Great resource! We’ve cut back on our weekly grocery budget from $80 to $20 for the two of us. Not sure how long we can last but we’ve definitely increased our carbs (rice & pasta) in our meals. This week, we were able to save $60 on groceries. We’re also forced to be creative and I chucked out a crepe recipe for snacking with my bananas. Good stuff can be cheap stuff.
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retailmenot’s local coupon search is one of the best. use the map to locate your area and they will show you all the coupons they have on the map
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fatwallet has always been a good resource for coupons online. Retailmenot is running in second but there a whole lot of place online too to save on stuff. Going local has always been good too.
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couponskey is local coupon search is one of the best.

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