tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615566302085141880.post2885309992445368010..comments2024-03-28T17:32:23.208-04:00Comments on A Boomer Girl's Guide - Embracing MY 70’s: 2012 Planning - Food and other shoppingJuhlihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14440147890620303894noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615566302085141880.post-10301231983698301482011-10-24T11:23:16.192-04:002011-10-24T11:23:16.192-04:00I'm with you on the gift giving although we gi...I'm with you on the gift giving although we give to our surviving parents and well as our kids and their sweethearts. Otherwise its just season's greeting. I volunteer time too but we are able to give money as well and really target the organizations we want to support.<br /><br />I used to plan meals in advance but do it sort of half and half now. I know what we have already before I go to the store but then fill in the gaps with what looks good and is at a good price.Juhlihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14440147890620303894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615566302085141880.post-85391802836946968162011-10-23T13:57:26.721-04:002011-10-23T13:57:26.721-04:00Good plan! I've found that menu planning each ...Good plan! I've found that menu planning each week really helps keep the food budget down by creating meals out of what I already have on hand and what's on sale for the week. When it comes to gift giving I generally only buy for my children and a just a couple friends who just can't stick to the idea of not exchanging gifts. I try to give my time volunteering in place of cash donations for other organizations I want to support.Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12500564300569765406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615566302085141880.post-59120136526158379402011-10-23T12:34:25.668-04:002011-10-23T12:34:25.668-04:00I have a couple of suggestions:
Shopping online. T...I have a couple of suggestions:<br />Shopping online. Thanks to online coupons, many of them for free delivery, you can find prices that are as good as or better than local stores. You mentioned having a dog; a site called Wag.com gives free delivery to any order over $49, including jumbo bags/boxes of dog food or cat litter.<br />Shopping online through a cash-back site. This means an additional discount in the form of a rebate check. (I like Mr. Rebates, because you can request a check every month as soon as you reach $10 -- and they start you off with $5.)<br />Using discounted gift cards like cash. Suppose you shop at Petco or PetSmart, or at any of hundreds of other retailers, from contact lens places to drugstores -- buy gift cards for those places from a secondary market and save an additional 3% to 20%. Go to an aggregator called Gift Card Granny, type in the store you want and see where the best deal is to be had.<br />I've written about these tactics for my MSN Money column. If it's kosher to post URLs, here goes:<br />http://money.msn.com/saving-money/want-to-save-gas-shop-online-freedman.aspx<br />http://money.msn.com/saving-money/gift-shop-with-gift-cards-and-save-freedman.aspx<br />http://money.msn.com/shopping-deals/nab-a-19-dollar-discount-in-80-seconds-freedman.aspxDonna Freedmanhttp://www.donnafreedman.comnoreply@blogger.com