Finally, Hubby is trained!!

I just wanted to jump in here and say how proud I am of my Hubby!
As you know, Mike and I both blog here at Mojo. Mike’s specialty is finding the deals first through his incredible searching abilities. However, going to the actual store and making the deals happen, is , well, not his forte.
Today [...]

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You know you are thrifty when…

We just thought we’d share with you a few of the funny things from our life lately.
You know you are thrifty when…
…when you need more tennis balls for street baseball, you send your kids rummaging through the bushes near the tennis courts to find lost balls. (did this today – actually found 12…lol)
…when [...]

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Consumers Have Shifted To a Money Saving Mindset

 

FROM THE JUST THOUGHT YOU’D LIKE TO KNOW FILES:
This story was reported in the Wall Street Journal – 2/17 edition. At a recent Food Industry conference, Heinz CEO – William Johnson has reported that consumers have made what appears to be a permanent switch to a money saving mindset. Reporting that coupon usage is way [...]

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Frugal Breakfast Ideas

As I am sitting here, our four boys are scarfing down breakfast behind me. It is amazing how much food those guys can put away!
We thought we would share a few favorite frugal breakfast ideas that are a big hit around here.
Oatmeal. Now, I know this is pretty much a no brainer, but around here [...]

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Swagbucks: Keep More Money In your Pocket

 
If you have been reading our blog for any amount of time, you will know that we love Swagbucks! If you don’t know what in the world a Swagbuck is, check out our post here.
As you know, we have used our Swagbucks to pay for many Christmas and Birthday gifts. We now have a new plan…
We are [...]

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The Importance Of Setting Financial Goals

 

Goal setting is extremely important both in business and in your personal life. We’ve started to get serious in tracking how much we spend at grocery stores, drug stores and retail stores. You can read about our goal setting and tracking – HERE. While you are at it, I strongly recommend you stop by Money Saving [...]

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Monthly Grocery Budget Check-in

We are approaching the end of January so I thought this would be a good time to do a budget check up. My goal for January was to spend no more than $400 on groceries. When you are working with a goal and a budget it is good to do frequent check ups to gauge [...]

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Weekly Shopping Re-Cap – Saved 62%

Every Sunday I am going to try to post a re-cap of how our shopping went for the week. Now, as you look at this weeks list, you will think we are a bunch of soda-aholics…lol. Well, it’s partly true. We do consume a lot of soda, but this was a major stock up week! [...]

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Haiti Relief Effort

 

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As you may know by now, a powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on January 12 killing thousands if not hundred of thousands of people.  In the spirit of giving, we would like to ask our readers to consider giving to the cause in Haiti. 
Below [...]

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The Florida Ice Over…….

We live in Florida for several reasons. We love the sun, warm weather and of course the beach. 
There are a few set-backs that one has to expect living here. We are in fact the lightning Capitol of the World, we get hit by Hurricanes, the occasional Tornado, Shark attacks,  an Alligator may stray in your yard [...]

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Organizing: Menu Planning

Ashleigh over at Fistful of Coupons did a fantastic job of teaching how to create a meal planning system that will work for you. I haven’t jumped on board of the meal planning train yet, but after reading this, I believe I will!

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Simple Coupon Book Organizing

If you are new here at Mojo Savings, you may be a little overwhelmed and wondering, “Where do I start?”. 
When I first started really getting into couponing, I felt like I had to go out and get every deal that came along. Not true. Start slow. Not every deal will be what you or your [...]

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Thrift Store Trip: 32 Garments for $57!!

Such handsome models!! (Tim, Zack, Matthew & Brad)

I took a trip to one of my favorite Thrift Stores yesterday with my Mom & Dad. This is kind of a tradition for us as we have been shopping at this particular store for over 15 years! This store is run by the Vietnam Vets of America [...]

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Happy New Year 2010 – The MOJO Story and You

Hi Friends,
Lisa and I want to say Thanks to all of our readers and blogger friends alike. So, “THANKS”. We started MoJo Savings in June of 2009. Why? Due to economic conditions, we had to close one of our businesses down (a local magazine). We also run a local coupon website so we were already familiar with how to bring readers [...]

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The Gift of Christmas

 

I don’t know about your family, but each year around this time we find ourselves continually talking to our children about gratefulness and thankfulness. It’s hard for them when there is such a focus on “getting gifts”. 
Why do we exchange gifts every year?
Why is this such a symbol of Christmas? 
Well, it all started about two [...]

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