Welcome, to stay in the know with my blog updates subscribe to my RSS feed. For bi-weekly coupon news and deals sign up for my newsletter. Thanks for visiting!In time for back to school shopping, many states will have a sales tax holiday this month, especially this first weekend. Qualified purchases are exempt from state sales tax. Here is the Guide to State Sales Tax Holidays which includes participating states, dates and qualified purchases.
It’s going to be busy at the stores, so here are some tisential tips to help …

I was quite surprised when I saw this. As I had mentioned in a previous post, many cities are having a restaurant week to entice diners to try some of their cities’ finest restaurants. Well Miami wants to one up all the other cities by having Miami Restaurant Months. Yes, that’s right months!
This August and September nearly 100 restaurants will offer diners three course meals for $23 for lunch and $36 for dinner. So if you live in Miami or plan to visit Miami make sure to take advantage of this event. For …

Happy Birthday to the Cheesecake Factory. In celebration of 30 Delicious Years and in commemoration of National Cheesecake Day on July 30, The Cheesecake Factory will offer every slice of its more than 30 varieties of cheesecake at $1.50 per slice on that day to dine-in guests (limit one per guest)- just as they were when the first Cheesecake Factory opened in Beverly Hills in 1978.
In addition, a special, limited edition cheesecake, the 30th Anniversary Chocolate Cake Cheesecake, will be introduced on National Cheesecake Day with $0.25 from the sale of …

Chipotle has a special promotion in Georgia and Iowa. (Those are the only states I am aware of having this promotion. If there are others, please share.) Chipotle customers who purchase a burrito, taco, salad or burrito bowl on July 30 and/or July 31, can return Aug. 2 and Aug. 3 for a free burrito, burrito bowl, order of tacos or salad, with proof of previous purchase.
Chipotle Promotion in Georgia
Chipotle Promotion in Iowa
Thanks to a gracious reader for sharing this deal.

A friend of mine recently told me she was laid off. She seemed surprised but I wasn’t. Not that she was a bad employee, but because she worked for a home products company. With the dramatic drop in home sales and the shrinking of the credit markets providing home equity loans, it was just a matter of time before companies selling home products and services would see a drop in their business as well.I had nudged her to look for a new job last year when the economy and especially …

Here are this week’s school supply deals:
K-Mart
25 cents: Crayola crayons 24-pk
33 cents: No.2 pencils 10-pk
$1.50: Bic mechanical pencils 12-pk, Westcott scissors, Scotch tape 4-pk
Office Depot
1 cent: Office Depot school glue
5 cents: Faux wood 12″ ruler
30 cents: Composition book
50 cents: Crayola colored pencils 12-pk and Wilson Jones 1″ poly binders
Free After Rebate: Dry erase markers 4-pk
TI-83 Plus Graphing Calculator: $75 After Rebate ($100-$25)
TI-84 Plus Silver Graphing Calculator: $115 After Rebate ($140-$25)
TI-Nspire Graphing Calculator: $135 After Rebage ($160-$25)
Free with purchase of any TI Graphing Calculator: Protective calculator case in assorted designs
OfficeMax
1 cent: 12″ ring …

These days with the high cost of gas everyone is talking about the cost of ownership of a car, specifically large cars like SUVs and trucks. While the price of gas greatly affects the cost of ownership of a car (as well as affecting your wallet) there are many other ways to think about the cost of ownership in your daily life.
While the initial cost of items on sale seem enticing, it’s important to take a step back and examine the cost of ownership. As the new iPhone came out, …

This week is Restaurant Week in Atlanta and New York City. You can enjoy a three course meal at some of the city’s best restaurants for only $25 - $35. Actually New York City will run Restaurant Week for two weeks, so you can try out many restaurants that have been on list. Boston, Dallas, Houston and Washington, DC will hold their events during the second week in August. In the second week of September Los Angeles will hold its Restaurant Week. To see when your city has their restaurant …

Here are this week’s school supply deals:
K-Mart
9 cents: Notebook 70 sheet
20 cents: Elmers 4oz glue and Elmer’s 2-pk glue sticks
50 cents: book covers and plastic school boxes
Office Depot
1 cent: Translucent 2-pocket poly portfolio
15 cents: Notebook filler paper 150 ct
25 cents: Scholastic crayons 16-pk
50 cents: 1″ vinyl binder
Free After Rebate: Sharp Scientific Calculator

TI-83 Plus Graphing Calculator: $75 After Rebate ($100-$25)
TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator: $115 After Rebate ($140-$25)
OfficeMax
1 cent: 12″ flexible ruler
10 cents: Sharpie Mini pen
25 cents: Poly binders, glue sticks
50 cents: Compostion book 100-sheet
Target
20 cents: Elmers 2-pk glue sticks, wood ruler, …

We all have routines. We do the same things everyday without thinking about them. Yet, if you step back and examine your daily consumption, you might find ways to cut back. I don’t mean giving up anything, just using less.
To show you what I mean, I will share my daily routine and what items I am now using less.
Morning
I started using half of my regular amount of shampoo and body wash and I still get clean. I don’t have as many suds as before, but I still have enough to …