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We are in the business of finding all the great deals for you, helping you cut the cost of your shopping bill & we are always telling you to go here and print this coupon, but how can we cut the costs on our ink usage? Here are a few ideas on things you can do to help cut your printing costs:

1) Refill your ink cartridges. In my town there is a local shop that fills them for ½ of what it would have cost to buy a new one. Check around your area, you can even find refill stations in your local mall. Walgreen’s refills your cartridges for $10-$15 typically. Also you can recycle your old ink cartridges at Staples & they will give you a $3 voucher which you can then use toward a new one!

2) Use recycled paper for your printing. This can include the kid’s leftover assignments from school, scrap papers, newsletters, etc. Any paper with a blank backside. I simply turn them over and print on the back. When using clean brand spanking new white paper I print coupons on both sides…You know how you print off a coupon and it has a whole bunch of writing below it….what a waste! I print another single coupon on the other side running the opposite direction. My printer even does a great thing: When I am printing a single coupon, right after it shows the coupon coming out of my printer I can hit cancel and it doesn’t print all that extra wording. Saves ink there!

3) Set your printer to “draft quality”. Simply go into your printer settings and select options and adjust accordingly. This uses half the ink and you still get the full coupon printout effect. I also print my coupons in black ink only. Color ink is so much more expensive to purchase, so not using color saves me a lot of money there. I haven’t had a coupon denied yet due to the fact that I print in black only.

Do you have other helpful ways to save money on your printing costs?

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Don’t Throw it Away!

Every Thursday, in our neighborhood, is bulk trash day. I always see so many things that could be donated or reused. I’ve seen couches, chairs, toys, bikes even a punching bag. All of theses items “looked” in good shape. I don’t inspect them, unless it looks like something I need or want, but I often wonder why theses things are not being donated to a local charity.

There are other ways to get rid of unwanted items without throwing them in the trash and filling up our landfills.

Join Freecycle. Here you give away for free what you have and don’t need and you receive for free what you need, but don’t have. There are local Freecycle groups everywhere.

List items on Craigslist. There is a section on Craigslist that lists items you want to get rid of for free or you can find items for free too!

Find a new use for the item. Can it be repainted or used for something else. A neighbor has a baby’s changing table in their garage to store thing on.( It’s been there for at least 8 years!)

My family actually has a yard sale three or four times a year and whatever doesn’t sell, we load it up and take it straight to our local Goodwill.

So don’t throw it away – give it away, donate it or reuse it.

To see more recycling and going green ideas please visit Anne at Mommy Has to Work.

WHAT’S TRENDING? Looking for a few engaging activities? Grab Minute to Win it Games – Traditional, Holiday, Group, and more! Use these fun activities in the office, classroom, or at your next birthday party.

WHAT’S TRENDING? Looking for a few engaging activities? Grab Minute to Win it Games – Traditional, Holiday, Group, and more! Use these fun activities in the office, classroom, or at your next birthday party.

WHAT’S TRENDING? Looking for a few engaging activities? Grab Minute to Win it Games – Traditional, Holiday, Group, and more! Use these fun activities in the office, classroom, or at your next birthday party.

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T-bone Steak (Thick Cut) – $3.99 lb (with $10 purchase)
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Red or White Seedless Grapes – $0.99 lb
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Dannon Yogurt – 3/$1
– $0.60 (8/16 SS)
= $1.40/6
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Libby Canned Veggies -$0.89
B2G1 FREE IP
$1/3 (Parade Mag – 8/23)
=$1.78/3 or $1.67/3
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Red Baron Pizza – 2/$6
-$1 (8/2 SS)
=2/$4
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Whole Tilapia – $0.99 lb

Cash Saver Long Grain Rice 4lb bag – $1.33
– $1 in-ad coupon (w/ $10 purchase)
=$0.33
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Parade (4 lb) Sugar – $1.33
– $1 in-ad coupon (w/ $10 purchase)
=$0.33
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Blue Bell (1/2 gal)
– $3.66-$1 IP
=$2.66
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Lipton Iced Tea Mix – $3.88
-$0.50 (6/28 RP)
=$3.38
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Borden Milk (all varieties – gal) – $2.69
-$1 (6/21 SS or 8/23 SS)
= $1.69
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Crystal Farms Cheese – $1.66
– $0.55 (7/26 SS)
= $1.11

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