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By Bobbi Burger Brunoehler of BobbisBargains.
Meat muffins - yum!
I have recently discovered many mini-foods I can make with my muffin pan. I’m not really a muffin person, so the pan has lingered unloved in the cabinet next to the oft-used cookie sheets. Until now!
My new uses for muffin tins include:
A baby nursery for less than $260!
Remember my post from October about looking for a pregnant Halloween costume? Well, the time has *almost* come. Here are nine ways I’ve saved money in preparation for parenthood.
- We compared the prices of popular baby gear on Amazon, Babies R Us, and Target to make sure we got the best deal on a car seat and other items we wanted to buy new. You’d be surprised which retailer was the cheapest!
- I stalked craigslist, Freecycle, and my local Mommy & Me consignment store to furnish our nursery, pictured above, for less than $260. I can’t believe how much used baby stuff is free or extremely cheap. Here are more places to look to avoid paying retail for baby clothesand gear. (more…)
By Bobbi Burger Brunoehler of BobbisBargains.
Soda bottle lantern/Things Deb Loves
I LOVE holiday crafts! They are so sparkly and fun to make with kids of all ages.
Here is a list of 8 of my favorite holiday crafts.
- Soda bottle lanterns. Cut the top off a 2-liter soda bottle. Take off label. Decorate with tissue paper put on with watered down Elmer’s glue. Punch two holes on top and string wire or string for a handle. Put a battery operated tea light or glo-stick inside. This is more beautiful than you can image. (more…)
By Bobbi Burger Brunoehler of BobbisBargains.
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I love presents! I love waking up on Christmas morning to a tree drowning in presents. My family spends the day opening presents, watching movies, eating good food and talking to friends and relatives on the phone. Heavenly.
However, creating that pile of presents without breaking the budget and without gathering ANY credit card debt is a trick. A trick that I have pulled off for many years, by the way.
Here are my top 8 No Debt Santa Claus secrets:
By Bobbi Burger Brunoehler of BobbisBargains.
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Halloween is behind us and Thanksgiving is right around the corner. I love Thanksgiving because it is a time for family, reflection and thanks. The following activities can help you create a special day.
- Make a Thanksgiving scrapbook. Every year, take a picture of who you sit down with. Note who is the oldest and who is the youngest. Enter in any special relationships (Aunt Josie just got engaged to Fred) and where people are currently living. Over time, this will become a treasured family album.
- A variation on a scrapbook is a yearly
Taking your kids to a baseball game doesn't have to be pricey! Credit: kkinjo/Flickr
There are 5 1/2 weeks before the World Series begins on Oct. 19 – plenty of time to go to a baseball game on the cheap with deals found by guest writer Andrew Kardon of JoeShopping.com.
It’s a summertime rite of passage: pack up the kids, trek to the ballpark and show your family why baseball is America’s Pastime. With ticket prices dropping along with game attendance, it’s easier than ever to have a great time at the ballpark and leave with money in your wallet. Use these 10 tips for great deals on tickets, souvenirs, concessions and more.
By Bobbi Burger Brunoehler of BobbisBargains.
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I welcome back to school supply sales because each year I run an arts and crafts tent at Children’s Day 2011 in Woodley Park, Los Angeles. This is an enormous free fair for families that tens of thousands of people attend. I expect to have around 7,000 craft projects made in my tent during the day.
That is a lot of craft supplies! I work all year to gather supplies at rock bottom prices from estate sales, clearance racks, and on freecycle.
Today when I entered Walmart and saw bins of deeply discounted school supplies I was really excited. I told my daughter, “Go grab a cart. We’re going shopping.”
The main items I wanted to get were glue sticks. I needed about 200. Walmart had packages of two sticks for 40 cents. Around the corner there were packages of 12 sticks of the exact same size and brand for $3.88.
Are you a coupon clipper? Test your skills to win a $300 gourmet gift basket!
Today’s cookbook giveaway is for “Money Saving Recipes,” which you can also nab as a door prize at Frugal Festival Food! this Saturday in LA if you get there early (doors open at 11 a.m.)
The winners of Friday’s giveaway of “Wildly Affordable Organic” have been announced!
Test your coupon know-how in the Albertsons and Shortcuts Coupon Challenge at the Festival! Guess what the prize is?
By Bobbi Burger Brunoehler of BobbisBargains.
A picture of one of my salads with sliced baby squash.
I love a good salad. I’ve been told by many that I make FABULOUS salads. I tell people that it is easy. Just open the fridge, chop up whatever is in there and, ta-da, you have a salad. Let me be more specific.
Grab a large container. Get out your cutting board and your best knife for cutting veggies into small pieces. I like my salad pieces to be smallish so I can combine different flavors for the perfect bite.
Here are the ingredients I used for the last awesome salad I made.
Win a $100 Target gift card in the 11:30 am raffle on June 25 at Frugal Festival Food! Credit: Mattastic!/Flickr
Door prizes are first come first serve starting at 11 a.m. on June 25 at Frugal Festival Food! For a timeline of important Festival events, like the 11:30 a.m. $100 Target gift card raffle, go here.
I totally want to win the cookbook in today’s giveaway! Here’s your chance to win “Wildly Affordable Organic.”
The winners of “Gluten-free on a Shoestring” have been announced!
Bring your homemade jam, bread, herbs, and other goodies to swap! Credit: jeffreyw/Flickr
We are super psyched to announce there will be a food swap at Frugal Festival Food on June 25!!! Make sure to reserve a spot now.
Tips on preserving summer fruit at the Festival!
Want to learn how to preserve summer produce that is ridiculously low-priced? Albertsons specialist Heidi Diller will show you how at Frugal Festival Food! on June 25 in LA.
Today’s book giveaway is for “Vegan on the Cheap.” Contest ends tonight at 11:59 p.m. EST so make sure to comment today for a chance to win.
Comments poured in for yesterday’s contest to win “Poor Girl Gourmet.” The five winners have been announced!
Don’t miss the first ever festival to save money on food! Frugal Festival Food! is June 25 in LA and supports the LA Regional Food Bank. Get your tickets now!
Win one of 100 books at Frugal Festival Food!
We have 100 amazing books to give out at Frugal Festival Food!
- 80 are door prizes for the event June 25 in Canoga Park
- 20 are recipe raffle prizes for the ONLINE event June 13-24
Plus, we’d really like to borrow your megaphone and/or two large water cooler/dispensers (like the ones you see at sporting events) so we can serve free water and lemonade.
Bummed you can’t make it in person to Frugal Festival Food! on June 25 at Canoga Park High School in LA? No worries!
Frugal Festival Food! is coming to you…ONLINE!
Details on the Frugal Festival blog!
Free Yozen Frogurt at Frugal Festival Food!
Big news! The Frugal Festival Food! raffle includes a whopping $300 Albertsons gift card. That would feed my family for an entire month!
Plus, the amazing Yozen Frogurt will be handing out FREE samples!!!
