Hi We’ve been so busy this summer that we haven’t been keeping up with sending out money-saving emails. After we hosted our Mother’s Day weekend garage sale, we reorganized our garage to make more room for our eBay flipping business. That led to buying several sets of metal shelving, which led to meeting a family who was moving out of state. Two Houses of Stuff Given To Us They gave us all of the things they hadn’t sold and weren’t taking with them. (It filled our mini-van and a 10-foot long trailer. 
Then we worked for a week cleaning out Annette’s parents’ house - they’d lived there for more than 40 years and collected a lot of treasures—we brought home 3 van and trailer loads.
Our patio and garage are stacked with boxes of things for us to go through - which is forcing us to reorganize and purge many areas in our house. This is what we’ll be spending the rest of the summer doing. Prime Day is June 21 & 22
Prime Day is coming and is gaining almost as much notoriety for saving money as Black Friday had in the past. Last year a friend of ours stumbled on a pricing glitch on Prime Day and was able to buy $20,000 worth of camera equipment for less than $700. That type of deal will probably never happen again, but other deals will. Read what Consumer Reports says about Prime Day here. See today's best deals at Amazon To see most of the Prime Day deals you’ll need to be a Prime Member - $119 per year or $14 per month). BUT, you can get a FREE 30 Day Prime Trial Membership here … and cancel as soon as Prime Day is over (use this link to cancel your Prime Membership). We’re making frugal fun!
WE HOPE THE ARTICLES IN THIS NEWSLETTER ENCOURAGE AND EMPOWER YOU!
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Home Meat Slicer Uses that will Save you $500 or More
You should be able to find a deal on a home meat slicer on Prime Day. Just search here on June 21 and 22. Use this link to see Amazon’s Top Rated Meat Slices that are less than $100 There are dozens of uses for a home meat slicer and the savings you can bank are amazing. In this article, we’ll talk mainly about how much money you can save using a meat slicer to cut your own lunch meat. And we’ll also share other things that we use a meat slicer for. Plus we’ll tell you how much our meat slicer cost and what you can expect to pay for a new one. See how much you could save with a home meat slicer here
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If you want to know how much an Arby’s Roast Beef sandwich is supposed to weigh, just read our story. What would you do if you got 30% less than you paid for? We got “ripped off,” but got it resolved quickly. We had just completed a Once-A-Month cooking day (read more here) where Annette (with help from the rest of us) prepares between 10 and 17 dinner meals which we store in the freezer for use later in the month. Read More Here ~~~$-$-$-$~~~
Sonic Drink Specials During Happy Hour Deals (Save 50%)
Have you ever gotten a Sonic Drink Special during their daily Happy Hour? Sonic is America’s Drive-In fast-food restaurant. They serve up Happy Hour deals every day (Monday – Sunday) between 2 and 4 pm. We confirmed this information and updated it in June of 2021. Download a .pdf of the most recent Sonic Menu & Happy Hour Info We drive by a Sonic location several times each week. But it wasn’t until a friend gave us a tip that we discovered these half-priced Happy Hour Deals. See All of the Deals Here
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Inexpensive Summer Activities – For Kids & Families
If you need Inexpensive Summer Activities for kids and families this summer, we’ve got 13 great recreation ideas that you’re going to love. These Summer activities are perfect for kids and adults. As Covid restrictions ease you should be able to find some safe and fun activities for your kids this year. It’s June and school’s out …what do you do to help your kids have healthy fun in the summer? Is it an afternoon at the movies, a visit to an amusement park, or an afternoon at the mall? How much will that cost you? Perhaps you might want to consider tackling a large project, learning a new skill or participating in community service. These activities can also be fun and more rewarding. Get the list of Activities Here
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Fathers Day Ideas: Serving & Teaching Your Kids to Work
The typical Father’s Day celebration is to wait on Dad, hand, and foot, hand him the remote control and let him do whatever he wants for the entire day. Try a Different Kind of Father’s DayThis Father’s day we’d like to encourage Dad’s everywhere to have a different idea or outlook on the day. We’re challenging you to make it a day when you serve your family. Instead of being served, give your time and love to you wife and kids. And in doing so, you’ll receive much more in return. Read More Here
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27 Fun & Frugal Family Vacation Ideas!
Frugal Family Vacations don’t have to be boring. And fun vacations don’t have to be expensive to be memorable. We’ve compiled a list of ways for you to have fun and frugal family vacations. This list comes from friends and our own experiences. We’ll share more than two dozen money-saving vacation tips for meals, lodging, and activities. You’ll make great memories on a budget. Get our 27 Fun Ideas for Frugal Vacations Here
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A Collection of Cheap Travel Tips
Visit our Cheap Travel Tips and Vacation Money Saving Page. It contains a growing list of money-saving tips from our readers. We hope it helps you find free or inexpensive Vacation Fun! If you have a travel tip to add, please leave it in the comment section at the bottom of the page. We love learning from you. Read All of the Travel Tips Here
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Refreshing Drink Recipes
Our Recipes Roundup page contains lots of Drink Recipes. They are Frugal and Easy to Make Drinks (non-alcoholic), Party Punch and Smoothie Recipes. There are also several videos that walk you step by step to make the drinks. Get The Recipes Here
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