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I am a stay at home mom with four wonderful kids. I have been married for over 10 years to my best friend. I am head over heels in love with him. He always supports my crazy "thrifty adventures". We have a lot of fun together.
I was raised on a small dairy farm. Where I learned very young, the value of hard work and how to be thrifty in all areas of life. Growing up our meals were made from scratch. Only on special occasion would we get name brand cereal, chips, or any other fancy treats. Now that I am a Mom with my own budget, the basic foods always comes first. I too make most of our meals from scratch and take pride in feeding my family a well balanced healthy diet.
I enjoy seeing how far I can make our budget stretch, and when I take the time to match sales with coupons I am able to get all those "fun & fancy" items that would other wise be out of my budget. Being thrifty has always been a way of life for me, but it has also become a real joy.
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 Need to start really saving money? The only way to get these great savings is to get newspapers in bulk. Why? Because that is where the coupons are – in the inserts. Here are some of our A Thrifty Mom newspaper deals in California, Nevada, Utah and Idaho. Is your state not listed? Or your local paper isn’t listed? Click here to see other national newspaper deals
Idaho
- - The Idaho Statesman (1) 7-day subscription (4) Sunday Only subscriptions For a total of 5 Sunday papers ( those are the ones with with coupons in them) All home delivered for a total of 5 Sunday papers for only $17.55 per month (4 weeks) PLUS TAX which is $4.39 for a paper every day plus 5 on Sunday. News stand price for one Sunday paper is $2.00 so this is a fantastic deal home delivered.
- - Idaho Press Tribune Idaho Press Tribune : For only $14 per month, couponers will receive 5 Sunday papers and plus you will get the daily paper on Monday through Saturday. Makes it only $.32 a paper! This fantastic deal lasts for 6 months. To sign up, you can call Greg Roesberry at 870-2784.
- - The Idaho State JournalYou are signing up for a month-to-month subscripton to The Idaho State Journal. This newspaper is available ifor delivery to the cities in South Eastern ID: Pocatello, Malad, Preston, ect.
Utah
- - The Salt Lake Tribune - Deseret News You are signing up for a 52 week subscription to The Salt Lake Tribune or Deseret Morning News. You can subscribe to only 2 Salt Lake Tribunes and 2 Deseret Morning News for a total delivery of 4 Sunday papers. Each subscription is $50 and you’ll receive a $6 gift card to Target, Smiths or Wal Mart for each new subscription.
- - The Herald Journal You are signing up for a month-to-month subscription to The Herald Journal. The newspaper is available in Cache and Box Elder counties. –The subscription is on easy pay, the first two months billed up front, which then turns into a month to month subscription.
- - The Standard ExaminerYou are signing up for a month-to-month subscription to The Standard Examiner. This newspaper is available in Box Elder, Weber, Morgan and Davis counties
California
- - Orange County Register You are signing up for a 52 week subscription to The Orange County Register Sunday paper. If you are a CURRENT subscriber, you can add up to four more Sunday only papers for $12 each for the year (that’s just .23 a Sunday per Sunday paper!!). If you are a NEW subscriber, your first subscription will be $12 for 52 weeks and then you can add additional Sunday only papers for $12 each for the 52 weeks. You will receive the SmartSource, Red Plum, AND Proctor & Gamble inserts in your newspapers
- - ALL the LANG newspapers have the same offer You are signing up for a 52 week Sunday subscription for ONE of the LANG papers listed above that delivers to your LA County zip code. If you are a NEW subscriber, your first subscription will be $26 for 52 weeks and then you can add additional Sunday papers for $26 each for 52 weeks (that’s just .50 a Sunday per Sunday paper!!). If you are a CURRENT subscriber, you can add up to four more Sunday only papers for $26 each for 52 weeks. You will receive the SmartSource, Red Plum, AND Proctor & Gamble inserts in your newspapers
- Torrance Daily Breeze (South Bay area north to Santa Monica, but not Santa Monica) See above
- Long Beach Press Telegram (Long Beach, Lakewood, everything north of OC line) See above
- Los Angeles Daily News (San Fernando Valley and North Hollywood area) See above
- Whittier Daily News See above
- Pasadena Star-News See above
- San Gabriel Valley Tribune See above
- San Bernardino Sun See above
- Inland Valley Daily Bulletin See above (Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga)
- Redlands Daily Facts See above -
- San Diego Union Tribune You are signing up for a 20 week subscription to the San Diego Union Tribune Sunday paper. If you are a NEW subscriber, your first subscription will be $20 for 20 weeks and then you can add additional Sunday only papers for $10 each for the 20 weeks. If you are a CURRENT subscriber, you can add up to four more Sunday only papers for $10 each for the 20 week subscription (that’s only .50 per paper!). You will receive the SmartSource, AND Proctor & Gamble inserts in your newspapers -
- Press Enterprise You are signing up for a 52 week (one year) subscription to The Press Enterprise. Each Sunday paper you purchase will cost $26 for the year! That’s only .50 per paper! You will receive the SmartSource, Red Plum, AND Proctor & Gamble inserts in your newspapers
- - Sacramento Bee You are signing up for a 6 month (26 week) subscription for the Sunday paper. Each Sunday only paper will cost $19.99 each, or .77 per week! If you choose all 5 papers, your total will be $99.95. If you already have a subscription, that’s great! You can add up to 4 additional Sunday papers to your existing subscription for only $19.99 for each paper. When it’s time for you to renew your papers, you will receive an invoice in the mail from the Sacramento Bee.
- - Modesto Bee You are signing up for a 52 week subscription to The Modesto Bee Sunday paper. If you are a NEW subscriber, your first subscription will be $22.99 for 52 weeks and then you can add additional Sunday only papers for the same rate. If you are a CURRENT subscriber, you can add up to four more Sunday only papers to your existing subscription for $22.99 each for the year (that’s just .44 a Sunday per Sunday paper!!). You will receive the SmartSource, Red Plum, AND Proctor & Gamble inserts in your newspapers -
- Fresno BeeYou are signing up for a 52 week subscription to The Fresno Bee Sunday paper. If you are a CURRENT subscriber, you can add up to four more Sunday only papers (for a max total of 5 per household). If you are a NEW subscriber, you can have up to 5 papers delivered. If you are ordering ONE or TWO papers, your rate would be $28.64 per paper. If you are ordering THREE, FOUR or FIVE papers, your rate would be only $20 per Sunday paper for 52 weeks. To receive the $20 rate, you must order 3 or more papers at one time. Individual papers added at a later date would have a rate of $28.64. You will receive the SmartSource, Red Plum, AND Proctor & Gamble inserts in your newspapers
Nevada
- - Las Vegas Review-Journal You are signing up for a 6 month (26 week) subscription for the Sunday paper. You must first select one option for Subscription #1. Then you may up to 7 more additional Sunday papers to that first subscription. For example, if you do not already have a subscription, your first subscription will be a daily paper (Mon-Sun) and will cost $37, or $1.42 per week. After that, each additional Sunday only paper will cost $20 each, or .77 per week. If you choose all 8 papers, your total will be $177.00. If you already have a subscription, that’s great! You can add up to 7 additional Sunday papers to your existing subscription for only $20 for each paper.
The Idaho Statesman:
You will get ;
(1) 7-day subscription
(4) Sunday Only subscriptions
For a total of 5 Sunday papers ( those are the ones with with coupons in them)
All home delivered for a total of 5 Sunday papers for only $4.39 per week, or $17.55 per month (4 weeks) PLUS TAX. That means you will get 11 papers a week for $4.39. News stand price for one Sunday paper is $2.00 so this is a fantastic deal home delivered.
To start your subscription call 377-NEWS (6397) and ask for the “athiftymom.com” special offer. Subscriptions need to be pre-paid and can be ordered in 13, 26 or 52 week increments. I would suggest you lock in this price for the 52 weeks, The price is locked for the term. When it expires you will move to the next best rate. So it is definitely beneficial to sign up for the 52 weeks and lock in the rate.
I am not sure how long they will run this offer so, get in while you can!
Now that is a Thrifty deal!
I have great news Idaho Press Tribune is offering the multiple coupon insert A Thrifty Mom Paper deal again!
On 12/01/11 they temporarily put it on hold, but as of today 1/25/12 are taking new subscribers again.
Idaho Press Tribune :
For only $14 per month, couponers will receive 5 Sunday papers and plus you will get the daily paper on Monday through Saturday. Makes it only $.32 a paper!
This fantastic deal lasts for 6 months.
To sign up, you can call Greg Roesberry at 870-2784.
Tell him you want the A Thrifty Mom special!
 Many readers have asked how to get the Thrifty Mom Newspaper Deal. Here is a great resource for our readers nation wide to save up to 75% off your newspaper subscriptions. If they don’t have a discount available then you can get up to 4 weeks free!
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Do you want coupon inserts but don’t want to dumpster dive like in the Extreme Couponing show on TLC? If you are new to couponing I would recommend reading Extreme Couponing 101.
Since we have had so many new readers the last few weeks I wanted to bring to your attention one of the best 2 ways to get coupon Inserts. We personally get both sets of papers:
Idaho Press Tribune :
For only $14 per month, couponers will receive 5 Sunday papers and a daily paper on Monday through Saturday.
This fantastic deal lasts for 6 months.
To sign up, you can call Greg Roesberry at 870-2784.
Tell him you want the A Thrifty Mom special!
And:
The Idaho Statesman:
You will get ;
(1) 7-day subscription
(4) Sunday Only subscriptions
For a total of 5 Sunday papers ( those are the ones with with coupons in them)
All home delivered for a total of 5 Sunday papers for only $3.41 per week, or $13.64 per month (4 weeks) PLUS TAX. That means you will get 11 papers a week for $3.41, that is about .31 cents a paper. News stand price for one Sunday paper is $2.00 so this is a fantastic deal home delivered.
To start your subscription call 377-NEWS (6397) and ask for the “athiftymom.com” special offer. Subscriptions need to be pre-paid and can be ordered in 13, 26 or 52 week increments. I would suggest you lock in this price for the 52 weeks, The price is locked for the term. When it expires you will move to the next best rate. So it is definitely beneficial to sign up for the 52 weeks and lock in the rate.
I am not sure how long they will run this offer so, get in while you can!
Now that is a Thrifty deal!
 Thrifty Caldwell Mom Saves Money
By Tabitha Simenc Idaho Press-Tribune
CALDWELL — A Caldwell stay-at-home mother of four works hard to maintain a thrifty lifestyle and, like many others locally, uses coupons to save money.
Sarah Barrand works hard to clip coupons and monitor deals to save 80 percent to 90 percent on her groceries each month. In September her grocery bill totaled $190.64 for $1,730.48 worth of groceries for her family of six.
Barrand began using coupons to stick to the family’s limited budget, which was initially caused by credit card debt that had to be paid off and continued with her son needing extensive medical care for a heart condition that resulted in 14 surgeries.
“I bought the things that were at their lowest price point with coupons,” she said. “I would stock up on those items, then I would not need to purchase those items for several weeks.”
How to save more
Combining manufacturer coupons with in-store coupons and sales allowed Barrand to drastically reduce her grocery bills.
“I think that the trick is, you can honestly find the best deals at any stores,” Barrand said. “I shop at stores that welcome coupon shoppers … That’s where I’m able to get the best deals for my money.”
She said that she stocks up on pantry staples when she can get them at a low price, to avoid spending more money later on when she needs the items. For example, she was recently able to buy hot cocoa for 10 cents per box, so she brought enough for the whole winter and will not have to buy anymore this year at around $2 per box.
She compared coupon shopping to trading stock on the stock market. Strategy with stock is to buy it at the lowest price point, not just what stock seems appealing, she said, and that is a good strategy to apply to grocery shopping too.
“As the economy turned, I saw so many people lose their jobs and they couldn’t afford to feed their family,” she said. “I knew a way to feed my family inexpensively.”
Sharing the wealth
Barrand decided to share this knowledge with others to help them save money too on her website.
“My website is basically a one-stop shop for thrifty living resources,” Barrand said. “We do the hard work and try to match all the coupons to the deals.”
Barrand said shopping with coupons can be overwhelming and so she gives all the information on her site to help first time coupon shoppers. She updates the site daily with information about the best coupon deals.
Barrand and her husband Matt founded the Web site in February 2009. The site has close to four million views as of this month.
The site is different from other coupon Web sites because it has a local focus, Barrand said. She tries to show how the coupons affect her family, shows her shopping trips to purchase coupon items and explains step by step how the discounts work.
“We’ll find deals that are pretty much localized just to the Idaho stores,” she said. “We actually go out and make sure the deals work.”
Sarah Barrand’s website is aThriftyMom.com
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Thank you – and Enjoy! Sarah and Matt
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So today I was searching the newspaper for a local article about our site that should be coming out soon.( it didnt come out today so keep watching). But I cam across a great article that one of our long time readers sent to the Press Tribune. It is an opinion article that our newspaper publishes when people send in good or bad opinions about local or national topics. See what you think:
Cheers to the Press Tribune for supporting “coupon madness!”
With the help of blogs like A Thrifty Mom, I have been able to save my family a lot of money!
Jeers to those who feel we are robbing the store and making their shopping difficult. Most blogs encourage people to not clear shelves or hold up lines, and to be conscious of other shoppers. They encourage giving back, donating, recycling the multiple newspaper papers (did you know taking the papers to Western Recycling proceeds go to the Ronald McDonald House?) and send expired coupons to overseas military families.
There are some couponers who don’t do this. Isn’t it that way with everything?
To those who think this is madness, I would like to describe myself. I am a stay-at-home mom with three young kids. My husband’s job requires extensive traveling to support his family. We are a middle-class family making our money stretch. This is one way I help stretch our budget.
If I chose to work, I would have to make about $15 an hour to contribute to our budget after daycare, transportation, etc. Do you know where to find a job with flexibility for my children’s needs paying $15 an hour in Canyon County?
I don’t, but I’m sure you do. One thing though: I want to raise my children! I want to be their coach, take them to the park, library, preschool, sports and gymnastics, and be a classroom mom!
So I take my coupon binder and stock our cupboards with good deals, making my grocery budget go further without using credit cards like most middle-class families.
So next time you see a coupon binder, maybe ask them what couponing does for them. Does it help pay rent, dance class, utilities or pay off debt?
• Kristel Stills, Caldwell
Article from the Idaho Press Tribune June 26, 2010
The Idaho Press Tribune did an article and a video about A Thrifty Mom, and it should be in print sometime this week. While looking on their site I noticed the video was already up. Check it out for your self. Click the Idaho Press Tribune here, then scroll down to their video section and look for Sarah’s video under Thrifty Mom. Make sure you leave a nice comment and let the Press Tribune know that we appreciate their work. Click the tab on the video side bar and at the bottom of the video on the right you can click the comment tab to leave a comment
 
Effective immediately, new subscribers to the Idaho Press Tribune will receive a great rate.
For only $12 per month, couponers will receive 5 Sunday papers and a daily paper on Monday through Saturday.
For $13.50, subscribers will receive 6 Sunday papers and a daily paper on Monday through Saturday.
This fantastic deal lasts for 6 months.
To sign up, you can call Greg Roesberry at 870-2784.
Tell him you want the A Thrifty Mom special!
Also, if you currently get 3 extra Sunday Press-Tribunes call customer service today at 467-9252. They will up you to four extra Sunday papers and reduce your rate.
If you already get 5 extra Sunday Press Tribunes your rate just dropped too. It’s now $7.50 per month for the extras and there is no need to call as it will automatically adjust to the new rate.
Lower prices and that extra customer service that only the Press-Tribune can give, what could be better?
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