Karen Hellier

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

Monthly Archive: March 2018

Announcing the Prizes for the March Blog Drawing

March 26, 2018 4 Comments

It’s that time again…the last week of each month is when I hold my blog drawing so that people who subscribe to my blog during the current month, and those who have already subscribed and share the post using the sharing buttons below this post, will get entries into the drawing. How to Get Entries into the Drawing: Remember, you must subscribe to this blog by either using the pop-up form or by adding your email in the space on the top right    (on a laptop or desktop computer. That space doesn’t show up on phones). You will get one entry for subscribing in the current month, but if youa re already a subscriber, or sign up this month and want extra entries, you will get 1 entry into the drawing for each social media site you share ANY of my blog posts for the month of March, AND leave a comment…
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Free Stuff, Monthly Contests

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Stock Up on Groceries Using Sales and Coupons and You Will Save Money

March 24, 2018 7 Comments

My stockpile of 14 jars Ragu spaghetti sauce.

Save Money By Combining Sales and Coupons and Stockpiling When I first started grocery shopping for my family, it never occurred to me that I should be stocking up on items when they are on sale. Nope, I just thought I was supposed to go to the grocery store once a week and buy what I needed for my family for the week. Ah, silly me. Well, that was a long time ago, and I have learned a lot over the years which has helped me save a lot of money. And now I want to help YOU save money too. One of my favorite tips from when I taught coupon classes is to stock up on items when they are on sale, or when I have a coupon. And if I can combine a sale with a coupon, that’s an even better way to save money! Wouldn’t it be…
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What I Got for Free in February and How You Can Get Free Stuff too

March 19, 2018 3 Comments

Items I got for free in February, 2018.

February was not as productive for me in terms as freebies as most other months because my husband and I were away for part of the month. We went to an annual conference that is held in Las Vegas for my husband’s business. Some of the freebies I got were from attending the conference and that is always fun to get freebies while traveling. A Free Donut from Dunkin Donuts The first item I will share with you is my trusty free donut from Dunkin Donuts. I share at least one free donut picture with you every month because, well, honestly, I LOVE Dunkin Donuts. I love the coffee as well as the donuts. I usually get one free donut each week when I go thrift store shopping for eBay, or bargain shopping at grocery stores with coupons. I found a Dunkin Donuts near the Golden Nugget hotel we stayed…
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Free Stuff, Saving Money

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Paying Attention and Getting Connected Will Help You Save Money

March 13, 2018 3 Comments

Save money by not letting the grocery stores trick you into spending more money than you need to!

A lot of people may be confused by the title of this blog post but this title has been rattling around in my head for awhile, calling me to write a blog post about these two things. What exactly do I mean by that? Well, in order to save money, you must constantly pay attention to ways to ways to save. And getting connected to others who are also trying to save money will also help you save money as well. 9 Ways Paying Attention Can Help You Save Money   Look at the back of your receipts to see if there are any advertisements on them that will help you save on a future purchase somewhere. Keep your eyes open for coupons and coupon booklets that will help you save money. 3) Join the websites Couponmom https://www.couponmom.com/ or Southernsavers http://www.southernsavers.com/ to see a list of all of the coupon deals that come…
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Saving Money

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