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Business Name:  
The Budget Author 
Ansley Sebring 

Website: www.thebudgetauthor.com
Business phone: 770-356-2441

Facebook: www.facebook.com/budgetauthor
Twitter: www.twitter.com/thebudgetauthor

Business Hours: M-F 8 am-5 pm; Appointments available nights/weekends.

The Budget Author is a financial coaching firm, specializing in creating customized budgets for families and individuals. The Budget Author helps people ditch debt and get on a spending plan that works. The Budget Author has coaches around Atlanta, and helps people get organized with their personal finance. The Budget Author provides workshops in Gwinnett, focusing on budgeting and grocery couponing.

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Saving Money - Cutting Expenses

Need to save money, cut back on expenses?
I have several pages with ideas and tips - LINK

Here's what you will find:

How To Use Coupons and Save Money!

Prices are going up every day. I can't do much about the rising price of eggs and milk, because there are very few coupons for those grocery items. However, if you can keep from spending money on some other things you buy, it can really make an impact!

How To Save Money on Gas and Practically Everything Else

This page gives tips on saving money on your everyday purchases - groceries and gas - as well as how to save money on your online purchases and even earn rebates and start a college savings fund for your kids - all from purchases you are already making!

Stockpiling Food & Supplies

This page isn't about hoarding. It's about the practice of stocking up on food and supplies when they are on sale, so you only buy at the lowest price possible.Your stockpiled food and supplies may come in handy in a time of emergency, that's just a bonus.

Where to Find Grocery Store Weekly Sales Ads, Food Sale Circulars & Supermarket Fliers

This page helps you find stores' discount weekly sales ad fliers, so you can buy what you need at the lowest prices possible. Match your coupons to the sale prices before you leave home.

Where to Find Free Printable Manufacturer's Grocery Food Coupons for Groceries

Many people do not know that they can print manufacturer's coupons for groceries free right at home. This page has been made to compile all the very best sources of these places you can Print Free Coupons Online...Print Free Coupons

Homemade House Cleaning Recipes

This page is about homemade cleaning product recipes.Most of these cleaning recipes are made out of things you probably already have around the house!

Fabulous Freebies - Free Samples, Free Offers & Discounts

Freebies and discounts as I find them on the web. Please feel free to contact me if you are a merchant with a free or discount offer, or if you are a shopper and you find a good deal, please contact me so I can pass it along!

Coupon Binder & Coupon Organizing Systems

Whether you are just starting out using coupons or if you have been using coupons for a long time, chances are that you would like a more organized system for your coupons.

Grocery Store Trips & Traps

How many times have you gone into the grocery store just to pick up bread and milk and ended up with $45 worth of groceries in your cart? For the bargain shopper, the grocery store can be like a battle zone. The grocery stores have done everything they can do to get you to stay longer, get tired and...

Buy Coupons - Coupon Clipping Services

Imagine a world where you can just go to a website, type in the products you would like coupons for, then you can just click to select all the coupons you want, and then they're mailed to you. No time spent cutting out coupons....

Kroger esaver paperless coupons

If you have always wanted to use coupons to save a bit of money, but you just don't want to deal with the cutting and sorting, you might enjoy this new venture between Kroger and Proctor & Gamble called e-Saver.

It works like this:

• You register at that site, putting in your Kroger Plus Shoppers Card. The Kroger Plus Card is free, if you do not have one.
  
• You select the coupons you would like pre-loaded to your card. You can print out a list of the offers if you like (I opted not to - if I end up buying any of the items it will just be a bonus.)

You don't have to print out coupons or anything - it's all on your card. So why not select every offer to be loaded to your card just in case? Right now there is $69 worth of discounts there, if you were to take advantage of every offer. I'm sure the selection process is just for their marketing purposes (ie if you click a dog food, they'll know you have a dog)

We should also be able to use a manufacturer's coupon for the same item in the same transaction, so that can really be a bargain!

This may be the way all coupons will be done in the future, if this venture is successful.
Proctor and Gamble has this deal with other grocery store chains, but Kroger is the only one in the Atlanta area.

For more information on how to save a lot of money using coupons and a lot of good couponing links, visit my Using Coupons page!

GIVEAWAY: 50 coupons, TAKEN

UPDATE: The coupons have been claimed by D.K. of Snellville. They'll be in the mail tomorrow. Thanks for reading www.MySnellvilleBlog.com!

I have another envelope full of manufacturer's coupons - this time there are at least 50 coupons. They are all good coupons, I just can't use them and want them to go to someone in Snellville who would like them.

No catch, and I love to have blog visitors from everywhere, but this time they are only going to go to someone with a Snellville mailing address. So if you live in Snellville and would like these coupons, just email me with your name and address and I'll get them in the mail to you right away!

Related links:

• How to save the most money using coupons
• Where to find the store's sale circulars online
• Where to print free manufacturer's coupons online
• Get someone else to clip coupons for you

Giveaway - 75 Coupons - TAKEN

I have an envelope full of 75 manufacturer's coupons here, and I will send them free to the first person to (coupons have been taken) with their mailing address and tell me they want it!

There's all kinds of coupons in it, even some restaurant coupons. No catch, I just can't use them and I want to give them to someone who can.

Related links:

• How to save the most money using coupons
• Where to find the store's sale circulars online
• Where to print free manufacturer's coupons online
• Get someone else to clip coupons for you

UPDATE: the coupons have been claimed by L.A. of Newburgh, Indiana! Enjoy them!

Selected Products at Publix for Half Price

Six Flags Tickets
Get the lowest price by ordering online!

Here are the Publix BOGO (Buy One Get One Free) specials this week. Effective through Tuesday, October 23, 2007.

Keep in mind, at Publix you can just buy one box at half price if you want!

If you can add a coupon to the deal, Publix doubles coupons, so you might find you will get some of these items almost free. Want to know how?
Check out my page about how to Use Coupons to your best advantage!

Hint: Print out this page and take this list to the store with you.

General Mills Cereals
Assorted Cheerios or Frosted Cheerios (excludes Fruity Cheerios, do you care?)
Limit 2 deals (this means you can get 4 boxes) $3.99 regular retail
Half price is about $2

Kraft South Beach Diet Entree
Assorted varieties. (no limit) $3.59 regular retail
Half price is about $1.80

Cole's Garlic Bread (frozen)
Zesty or Butter Flavored; $2.50 regular retail
Half price is $1.25

Chef Boyardee, assorted 14.5 to 15 oz cans
Excludes ABC's and 123's in sauce or Mini Bites Mini O's.
Limit of 2 deals (meaning, you can get 4 cans)
$1.25 each retail, price after discount: .63 cents each

Crystal Light Drink or On the Go Mix, or Iced Tea Mix, assorted
10 or 12 quart canister or 14 ct box.
Retails $4.69 each, price after discount is $2.35

Taco Bell Home Originals Dinner
Assorted varieties 10.75 to 16.35 oz box
Limit 2 deals (means you can get 4 packages)
Retails 2.79, price after discount is about $1.40 each

Vlasic Pickles, assorted varieties
Limit 2 deals (means you can get 4 jars)

Quaker Cereals
Cap'n Crunch, Life, Squares,
Limit 2 deals on selected varieties
(means you can get 4 boxes per visit)
Save up to 4.29

Betty Crocker Hamburger Helper
or, Chicken or Tuna Helper
Limit deals (means you can get 4 boxes)
Retails $1.99, Sale price $1 each

Mott's Apple Sauce
Original, cinnamon, or natural unsweetened, 46 or 48 oz jars
Limit 2 deals (means you can get 4 jars)
Retails $2.39, Sale price is about $1.20 each

Jif Peanut Butter
Creamy, Reduced Fat Creamy, or Extra Crunch, 40 oz jars
(limit 2 deals - means you can get 4 each visit)

Keebler Town House Club Crackers
Assorted varieties
Retails $3.59, Sale price is about $1.80
(no limit mentioned)

Ruffles Potato Chips
11.5 or 12 oz bags,
Retails 3.49, sale price is about $1.75
Limit 2 deals (means you can get 4 bags, but this store discounts chips to this price often so no need to stock up)

Nature's Own Bread
Organic or all natural
Retails $2.99, sale price is about $1.50 (no limit mentioned)

Glass Plus Glass and Multi Surface Cleaner
32 oz bottle
No limit mentioned
Retails $2.49, sale price is about $1.25

Kraft Caramels - is buy one get one, but no price listed.

Extra Gum, 8 pack, Retails $1.99, sale price is about $1

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