Want to Stretch Your Buck? Try out These Websites...

I don't know about you, but these days, I'm doing everything that I can to make my dollar stretch a little further.

Last Saturday, I had the honor of helping to lead a workshop along with four wise, wonderful women at church for our monthly woman's breakfast.  The workshop was called "healthy wallets" and presented guests with 4 different ways to help make this happen!
The four topics covered were getting out of debt, budgeting, making extra money from home and coupons/deals.
The five of us compiled a list of our favorite money saving websites as well as other money saving tips.  I thought that some of the info that we shared could be of value to you.   Maybe you use these already.  Maybe you have others.  If you DO have other valuable sites that you use or tips for us, we would LOVE for you to share them in the comments section of this blog.  Today I'll post the websites; tomorrow will be the tips!


Enjoy!

General deals, money-saving tips:

MoneySavingMom.com - Great beginner info!

Hip2Save.com

RetailMeNot.com - coupon codes for almost any site on the web.  Definitely check before doing any online shopping!

couponmountain.com  Just one of many sites to check for coupon codes when shopping online.

Dining, entertainment:

Restaurant.com - buy restaurant certificates steeply discounted, look carefully at each for specific terms

Groupon.com - daily deals all over Chicago-land, sign up to have daily deals emailed to you

Travel:

Travelzoo.com - every Wed. the Top 20 travel deals on the internet are emailed to you, including some local entertainment offers

priceline.com  great site for getting cheap hotel rooms downtown it you "name your price"

hotwire.com discounted travel

Clothing, shoes and toys:

zulily.com- daily alerts of quality mom/children's stuff that is on huge markdown

6pm.com-zappos clearance site (diff. brands marked down daily, shoes up to 75% off)  

Web bargains:

mybargainbuddy.com-daily alerts of best bargains on the web

Ways to Get Coupons:

Newspaper – Chicago Trib (Sunday only delivered for .50/wk using coupon code X277), or purchase it at Dollar Store/Menards

In Stores – booklets available on displays

Printable & Electronic Coupons:

www.coupons.com                               www.target.com

www.redplum.com                                www.mealbox.meijer.com

www.smartsource.com