Karen Hellier

Freelance Writer, Coupon Lady, eBay Entrepreneur: Helping You Save Money and Work From Home

Monthly Archive: January 2018

How to Get Entries Into the January Blog Drawing

January 29, 2018 6 Comments

Prizes for the drawing this month on the Karen Hellier blog

It’s time once again for the monthly drawing. There’s only a short window to enter this month as the contest ends on Wednesday, 1/31 at midnight Eastern Standard time! As you can see to the left, the drawing this month will be for the following prizes: Prizes for January 2018   1st prize: A $25.00 Amazon gift card 2nd prize: 1 $15.00 Starbuck gift card 3rd prize: An Avon hand cream and lip balm There are 2 ways to be entered into this drawing to win a prize: Sign up as a subscriber to the Karen Hellier blog and/or 2.If you already are a subscriber, or you have just subscribed and want more chances to win, share the posts on the blog by using the sharing buttons below each post, and then leaving a comment below the post that you shared that month stating which social media sites you shared…
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How Creating a Price Book Can Help You Save Money on Groceries

January 23, 2018 3 Comments

Using a simple notebook as a price book can save you tons of money at the grocery store! I created a comparison chart of grocery store prices and was amazed at the results!

I love to grocery shop! Yes, I know, from what I have heard I am in the minority here, but there’s always been something special to me about buying food to nourish my family. Once I discovered how to use coupons correctly, I became addicted to saving money at the grocery stores. So today I want to share with you the value of creating a “price book” which will help you save money on your groceries. What is a Price Book? What is a “price book” you may be asking? It’s simply a notebook in which you keep track of all of the items you and your family use regularly, and what the normal price is for those items are when they are NOT on sale, at every store you would consider shopping in. I always advocate that shoppers go to more than one store to take advantage of the…
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Announcing the Winners of the December Blog Drawing

January 16, 2018 0 Comments

You can win one of these prizes in the December drawing on this blog!

I am sorry it has taken me awhile to announce the winners of the monthly blog drawing on my blog for December, but I have not heard from the winner of one of the prizes yet. So, I will just say if you are a subscriber to this blog, and your email address begins with the word “ebay”, and is a gmail address, please contact me asap so I can send your prize through snail mail.   The other two winners are: Starbuck’s gift card: Debra Oehlberg Avon products: Sarah Hauta   Thanks everyone for sharing the post and I wish you all luck in the January blog drawing which will be the last week of January! In the meantime, stay tuned for more money saving posts, and soon to come, some information about working from home. Have a good week! Just to clarify: winners have 30 days from the time their…
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