Frugal Living NW

Helping you live well on a budget in the Pacific Northwest.

Welcome to Frugal Living NW!

I'm Angela Davis, a PNW native, mom of lots of kids, and I love saving money. I'm here to help you live well on a budget by making every penny count. You'll find deals at your local stores, ways to save online, recipes, and frugal living tips and inspiration.

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Safeway Deals for August 23 – 29 {DOUBLE COUPON DEALS}

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Here are the best deals at Safeway this week. The Safeway ad runs Wednesday-Tuesday in the Pacific Northwest. Find the full list of this week's Safeway deals, including a printable list feature, here. Please note that at this time, the list does not include double coupons. Along with sales and coupons, you can get also save with two smart phone cash back apps: Ibotta Checkout 51 Just download the apps and browse for offers available at Safeway! Look for the $5/$50 coupon in your weekly ad that was delivered to your house or your Safeway.com account. WEEKLY DEALS Green Seedless Grapes on sale $.99/lb Fresh Express Salad, Keep Reading

Best School Supply Deals for August 20-26, 2017

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Here are this week's best school supply deals in the Pacific Northwest! STAPLES Staples 1 Subject Notebook on sale 15¢ 2 Pocket Paper Folder on sale 15¢ Staples School Glue (4 oz) on sale 50¢ Composition Notebook (100 sheets) on sale 50¢ Crayola Crayons (24 ct) on sale 50¢ Staples Pink Erasers (3 pk) on sale 50¢ Staples Pink Pencil Top Erasers (12 pk) on sale 50¢ Staples #2 Wooden Pencils (12 pk) on sale 50¢ Bostitch Twist & Sharp Pencil Sharpener on sale 50¢ Staples Graph Ruled Composition Notebook on sale $1 Staples 1” Standard View Binder on sale $1.92 Staples Graph Ruled Notebook on sale $2 Crayola Washable Crayons (24 pk) on Keep Reading

I decided to give Stitch Fix another try (August 2017 box review)

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Over two years ago, I decided to jump on the "let's start dressing like a big girl" and started ordering Stitch Fix boxes. I loved the experience of the entire thing -- getting a surprise box of loveliness in the mail curated just for me. What is Stitch Fix? Stitch Fix is a personal online styling service. You get your own stylist that shops for you and sends five items of clothing and/or accessories either monthly or on a date of your choosing. Once you receive your box, you have three days to try everything on and decide what you want to keep and what you want to send back (shipping is free both ways). If you purchase all five items, you Keep Reading

The best school supply deals on Amazon

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It's school supply shopping time! Amazon dominates most shopping throughout the year, but they honestly aren't super competitive with brick-and-mortar stores. I did find a couple of deals worth doing. Here are the best school supply deals available on Amazon right now: Elmer's School Glue (4 oz) -- 50¢ Elmer's School Glue (1 gallon) -- $11.99 Elmer's Glue Sticks (30 pk) -- $8.32 Elmer's All Purpose Glue Sticks (4 pk) -- $1.99 (add-on item) Pink Pearl Erasers (3 pk) -- $1 Ticonderoga #2 Pencils (96 pk) -- $13.37        Bic Round Stick Xtra Life Black Ball Point Pen (36 pk) -- $3.79 (add-on item)          Mr. Sketch Scented Markers, Chisel Keep Reading

Fred Meyer Friends & Family Pass 2017 is HERE (school supply deals)

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It's Fred Meyer Friends & Family Pass time! The coupon is valid through Friday, August 11, 2017 and you can use your coupon over and over. Print your Fred Meyer Friends & Family Pass coupon HERE. This coupon can be used with any weekly ad coupons, bonus coupons, Price Blaster items, or sale and clearance prices. The F&F pass savings will be calculated last. 20% off apparel, shoes, cosmetics, accessories 15% off Home department, including toys, school supplies, sporting good, auto, garden 10% off Home Electronics 10% off Nutrition Center 10% off Private Brand products, including Fred Meyer, Big K, Private Selection, Keep Reading

Fred Meyer: Up to $8 off Gillette and Venus cartridges (CRAZY deals!)

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There's a fantastic deal on Gillette and Venus Cartridges running at Fred Meyer this week! BTW, this may be the first time I've seen a deal on cartridges ever. Buy 1 Gillette Cartridge (4 pk or larger), Get $5 cash back from Ibotta Buy 1, Venus Cartridge (4 pk or larger), Get $5 cash back from Ibotta Plus there's a manufacturer's coupon that you can use! $3/1 coupon from 7/30 P&G insert -- limit 2 like coupons per trip You can combine both offers into one purchase to get a smokin' deal! Here are some options I found in my store:   Gillette Fusion 5 Cartridges (4 pk) on sale $14.99 Buy 1, Get $5 Ibotta offer Use $3/1 Keep Reading

Discounted tickets to Brick Fest LIVE in Portland (LEGO Fan Experience at PDX Expo Center)

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BrickFest Live is coming to the Portland Expo Center August 19 and 20. The Brick Fest Live LEGO® Fan Experience is filled with hands-on attractions and activities engineered to inspire, educate, and entertain. It seems pretty cool. I was offered four free tickets in exchange for promoting the show and giving you a promotion code to save $3 off each admission. Sounds good -- I'm always up for free stuff. But then I researched ticket prices a bit further and discovered that the promotion did NOT give you the very best deal. I found two better ones: 4 tickets from the company's website with the $3 off code + fees = $85.80 4 tickets from Goldstar + Keep Reading

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