How to get cheap magazine subscriptions

What do you get the person who has everything-a magazine subscription can be a wonderful gift for Christmas. Magazines are good for kids who are learning to read as well Where is the best place to find magazine subscriptions for cheap price-Ebay!

Here are some good deals at Ebay

Shape Magazine starting at $1.99 a year

Vogue Magazine starting at $5.99 a year

People Magazine 52 issues starting at $19.99

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Summer vacation begins

Today is our first offical day of summer vacation. I thought they would sleep in late already today, but not all all. We have already been bike riding as it is a little too cold for swimming this morning. I want to do as many free activities as possible over the summer since Disney is a lot of money for us this summer.

We use our library alot over the summer-borrowing books or videos. They have a lot of story type hours.

One thing that has always worked well for us is creating a playgroup. I did this with children from my oldest's preschool group and now again with my other boys. We do scheduled times at local playgrounds once a week. There are about 15 families who are received schedules and no one is obligated to come. It gives the kids a chance for the kids to play with their school friends as well parents to connect. Most of the moms in the group are either stay at home moms or work part-time so are looking to keep the budget in check as well.

Find cheap summer fun ideas ofr the kids

5 ways to go to the movies for cheaper

We all know going to the movies can be expensive. It can cost a family $40 or so to go; so we don't go all that much!

Here are some tips to save money on going to the movies

1. Buy tickets in bulk
An example of this would be to go AMC theatres You can buy a minimum of 50 tickets with no expiration date for $6.00 from them. You usually need to wait a few weeks before seeing the movie, but for the savings it may be worth if you have a family and go to the movies often.


2. Buy from ebay
So you don't want to buy in bulk, check out ebay. Just doing a search found me several auctions for 10, 20 tickets. Of course do your research to make sure they are a good seller.


3. Loyalty or reward cards
Most of the major chains have them. Show it each time you buy tickets or popcorn and you will get points. You can redeem those points to use at the theatre for later time.

4. Drive in theatres
There are still 500 drive in theatres in the United States. In fact we went to one to see Spiderman 3 a few weeks back. It only cost us $20 to get in. Check to see if there is a
drive in near you. You can bring your own snacks. We got there about 1 hour early and the kids played ball and frisbee-it was like tailgating.


5. Free movies for kids
Sometimes they might not be first run but you can see if you local movie theatre is offering free summer movies for the kids

Frugal meal planning Jan 14th

Here are our frugal dinner plans this week:

Sunday pizza, snack type for the Big Patriots Game today!!

Monday Steak, baked potatos, veggies

Tues Chili

Wed Dinner over moms

Thurs Chicken nuggest, french fries

Fri Chicken, rice,

Sat 40th birthday party