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Clothes * Chicken * Calendars * Car InsuranceForward this to everyone you know who wants to s*ave m*oney This d*eal alert is a new service of America's Cheapest Family — we want to make this as helpful as possible, but please be patient as we tweek the content and work out the kinks in delivery. And . . . we need you to keep your eyes open for d*eals all around you. Thanks to Kaeli, Brenda and Denise for their input! |
Clothes
We can't tell you the number of killer, brand name designer clothes we've purchased over the years. We just had a camera crew from a national TV talk show follow us through a S*avers Thrift store last week. We were challenged with finding as many complete outfits as we could for $100. In the end we found about seven outfits (for guys and girls) — over 24 different clothing items for $104 (tax included). That's an average of $4.24 each. And this shopping spree included Abbey (13 years old) finding a beautiful, sequined, satin ball gown ($25).
D*EAL TODAY ONLY - 50% OFF AT S*AVERS
S*avers Thrift Department Stores - 200 location across the US, Canada and Australia 50% off on September 3
Mondays are 99 cent tag day and every day they have a colored tag that is 50 percent off. But, about 5 or 6 times each year they host a special 50 percent off everything in the store day. You can really clean up today.
In every city they choose one charity to benefit. They purchase clothing by the ton from the group and sell it to the public.
Check for their next 50% off Sale
BABY CLOTHES GIVE-AWAY
Mommy Knows Blog is giving away something from The Baby MarketPlace every single day for the rest of September, just for leaving comments when the giveaways are announced! Here's the link http://mommyknows.com/?page_id=117
We checked it out and she's giving away one clothing item each day (no charge for shipping) to one of the people who leave a comment on her blog.
PLATO'S CLOSET
Clothes for Teens and Twenty-Somethings
Denise sent in this tip: My teenage daughter loves shopping at Plato's Closet. It is a teen resale shop that only carries name brand clothes like Hollister, Abercrombie and Aeropostle. They are located in many states. They are a bit more expensive than a regular resale shop or garage sales, but it is full of clothes all teens would love to wear. My daughter has bought $80 jeans for $12. Let someone else pay full price! Another great thing is they will buy name brand stuff on the spot from you which means cash in your pocket.
We checked out Plato's Closet web site. It looks good. Over 200 franchise location across the US.
Find a Plato's Closet near you
2008 CALENDARS $1
HomeEconomiser Newsletter subscriber Kaeli sent in this great find from Michael's (Arts and Crafts Store).
As you are probably aware, calendar prices are outrageous! Granted you can also get them free through different businesses, but I have always liked to give them as gifts too, they are often a great fit. So I wanted to tell you about the calendars I found the other day. At Michaels (a craft store) they are selling very nice 2008 calendars for $1. This is not a sale price. They even have 2 year pocket planners (great variety to chose from). I even got a calendar that is set up so when the month is done, you tear off the photo and it becomes a postcard (what a great reminder to send someone a note). Just thought I would pass it along!
America's Cheapest Family Comment: S*ave even more by watching your Sunday Newspaper for a Michael's ad and clipping the 40% off coupon. Use it for one regularly priced item. We love saving with those coupons!
Locate a Michael's store near you
START S*AVING ON CAR I*NSURANCE NOW!
We regularly promote quoting your Auto and Home Owners insurance. It is the easiest and quickest way to s*ave hundreds, if not thousands of dollars each year.
InsWeb.com is a great resource for quoting Auto Insurance and Homeowners insurance. We discovered them after reading a Consumer Reports article about Auto Insurance quotes. We were hesitant at first to submit personal data through this web site, but our experience has proved to us that it is very secure and we have received no spam. Our information was submitted to numerous companies (More than 28 are listed on the web site) and we started receiving quotes within 24 hours.
We spent about 15 minutes punching in our information and ended up saving $400 every six months on our auto insurance.
F*REE CHICKEN AND COKE
ACF F*reeZine Subscriber Brenda sent in this d*eal from Chick-Fil-A.
Go to the Chick-Fil-A web site and register to receive a Chicken Sandwich and a Coke - no charge.