Blog Tour & Book Giveaway: Savvy Savings by Melissa Jennings and Shelley King

Savvy Savings Blog Tour & Giveaway

by Melissa Jennings and Shelley King; Cedar Fort, Inc.

2012 Winter Books & Things Catalog, Pg.20

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About the Book:   Working to stretch your budget? With their expert coupon strategies, menu planning, and other household management skills, Stockpiling Moms are the answer! Straight from their award-winning blog to your hands and home, they’ve compiled their best loved tips and tricks just for you. They know what it takes to live a frugal lifestyle within a budget, and now you can too!

About the Authors:   In 2009, Melissa Jennings and Shelley King founded StockpilingMoms.com and made it their mission to save money for their families. They share their journey to savvy living as they use coupons to build their stockpile and live a debt-free life. Melissa and Shelley are best friends who met through International Adoption.

Melissa taught family and consumer science (home economics) on the high school level for eleven years and holds a masters degree in education. 

Shelley spent three years as a substance abuse counselor, educating people and giving them the tools to aid them in living a healthy lifestyle. 

Melissa and Shelley are stockpiling experts who want to help you stretch your family budget. Melissa has one son (Peyton), and Shelley has two boys (Chase and Caleb), all of whom were born in Guatemala.

Kay's Kritique:  The New Year is upon us - How is your Resolution List coming?  How about adding to the the list to cut your grocery budget 50-70%?   Using tips in Savvy Saving you will learn how.

Here's some tips I picked up reading Savvy Saving:
-  Product sale cycles, Month by Month - Do you know the best month to buy potatoes?
-  All the ins and outs of using coupons - Do you know what "stacking" is?
-  The pros and cons of warehouse clubs and tips to get the most for your membership - Do you know how to stretch out a yearly membership to 18 months?
-  Shopping strategies - Do you know how to pick the best cashiers?
-  Product dating - Do you know the 4 types of open dating used by manufacturers and what they mean?
-  Storage and freezing tips - Do you know how to extend the life of sour cream?
-  Monthly Menu Planning - Don't forget the "left over" days!
-  Eating Out Strategies - Do your favorite eating spots have e-clubs?

If you can't answer the questions or want more tips - you now know where to find them - Savvy Savings.

Giveaway Details:

I'm giving away 1 Copy of Savvy Savings when it is released in January, if the winner lives in the US/Canada or if an International winner they will receive an eBook copy.

Super Simple to Enter:

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The winner will be selected using Random.org

Last Day to Enter is Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012
Winner will be announced Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012

Thanks for stopping by. 
Feel free to browse around the blog while you are here.

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