The Weatherford ISD Community Resource Education offers a full-service "Resource Niche" open to the community - Teachers, Churches, Booster Clubs, Home School Groups, Scrap Bookers, Day Cares, Mom's Groups and Anyone is welcome. The Niche is located in the Travis Student & Family Education Center at 602 W. Water Street.
Services include: Die Cut Machines, Binding Machine, Sticker Maker, Poster Maker, Paper Crimper, Label Maker, Badge Maker, Copy Machine, Cold Laminating Machine & more.
Tons of scrap booking and craft supplies are available for purchase.
Hours are Monday-Friday 7:30-4:30 pm
Wow this sounds like an amazing "Free" resource right here in Parker County. We will be checking it out soon.
Parker County Mama
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
A Little Searching = A Lot Of Savings
Hello Parker County Mamas. I know for sure that we are all trying to save a little extra money whenever we can. Over the past year I have been trying to save as much as possible by using coupons. Its almost like a competition between me and the specific store I'm shopping at that particular day. I love looking that the end of my receipt to see the total savings. Most of I love to shop and if I can save money I love to shop even more. Here are the few of my strategies I wanted to share with you on how I find the best deals and coupons.
Always get the Sunday Paper. It is usually loaded with 2 or 3 coupon inserts.
You can also go to a brands specific website and they usually offer coupons or promotions on their site. For example here is the Campbells Chunky Soup site http://www.chunky.com/?pd=yes or the Kellogg's Cereal site http://www2.kelloggs.com/ Both of these sites are loaded with coupons.
I also subscribe to a magazine called ALL YOU. Each month they have tons of coupons and recipes in there magazine. The February issue has $79.36 worth of savings coupons. You can also just pull coupons off of their website. http://www.allyou.com/
Another smart option is to join a specific stores savings program. For example Brookshires offers a value card. You can earn rewards and extra coupons. I know Kroger, Tom Thumb, SAM's Club, CVS, Walgreeens and other stores offer these types of incentives.
Shopping the ads is a must. Compare prices. I know you might say this takes so much time. Designate 1 hour and I promise it will be worth the savings. Sunday is my coupon clipping day. I search through my paper and keep all the ads to refer back to them over the week.
Shop at Target. Yes Target offers on-line coupons plus you can also use one manufacturer coupon along with their coupon. So I first see whats on sale, search their site and then see if I have any coupons that match up. I love saving double at Target. For example this week if you purchase 3 Huggies Jumbo Packs you earn $5 back. The Sunday paper has a $1.50 off and a $2.00 off coupon. I actually got two inserts so I can use a coupon for each pack to save a total of $5.50. The total cost started at $27.00 for 3 packs. After my coupon savings I'm now down to $21.50 plus I get a $5 gift card reward so my total cost is $16.50 for 3 packs of diapers.
Finally subscribe to specific blogs who do nothing but share information about coupons and deals. My favorite is http://www.thefrugalgirls.com/ well besides Parker County Mama.
Finally you can always just type the word "Coupons" in your google search bar and you will be amazed on how much stuff is out there. I challenge you for 2 months to start clipping coupons, use them and then save your receipts. After two months look back and see how much money you saved. You will be amazed and realize that by doing a little searching you will have saved a lot of money.
Happy Savings Parker County Mamas!
Here are few other sites I check frequently: http://www.redplum.com/ , www.coupons.com
Always get the Sunday Paper. It is usually loaded with 2 or 3 coupon inserts.
You can also go to a brands specific website and they usually offer coupons or promotions on their site. For example here is the Campbells Chunky Soup site http://www.chunky.com/?pd=yes or the Kellogg's Cereal site http://www2.kelloggs.com/ Both of these sites are loaded with coupons.
I also subscribe to a magazine called ALL YOU. Each month they have tons of coupons and recipes in there magazine. The February issue has $79.36 worth of savings coupons. You can also just pull coupons off of their website. http://www.allyou.com/
Another smart option is to join a specific stores savings program. For example Brookshires offers a value card. You can earn rewards and extra coupons. I know Kroger, Tom Thumb, SAM's Club, CVS, Walgreeens and other stores offer these types of incentives.
Shopping the ads is a must. Compare prices. I know you might say this takes so much time. Designate 1 hour and I promise it will be worth the savings. Sunday is my coupon clipping day. I search through my paper and keep all the ads to refer back to them over the week.
Shop at Target. Yes Target offers on-line coupons plus you can also use one manufacturer coupon along with their coupon. So I first see whats on sale, search their site and then see if I have any coupons that match up. I love saving double at Target. For example this week if you purchase 3 Huggies Jumbo Packs you earn $5 back. The Sunday paper has a $1.50 off and a $2.00 off coupon. I actually got two inserts so I can use a coupon for each pack to save a total of $5.50. The total cost started at $27.00 for 3 packs. After my coupon savings I'm now down to $21.50 plus I get a $5 gift card reward so my total cost is $16.50 for 3 packs of diapers.
Finally subscribe to specific blogs who do nothing but share information about coupons and deals. My favorite is http://www.thefrugalgirls.com/ well besides Parker County Mama.
Finally you can always just type the word "Coupons" in your google search bar and you will be amazed on how much stuff is out there. I challenge you for 2 months to start clipping coupons, use them and then save your receipts. After two months look back and see how much money you saved. You will be amazed and realize that by doing a little searching you will have saved a lot of money.
Happy Savings Parker County Mamas!
Here are few other sites I check frequently: http://www.redplum.com/ , www.coupons.com
Thursday, January 20, 2011
KIRKLAND'S HOME
KIRKLAND'S HOME
Here is a great coupon for Kirkland's Home Store. Save $10 off a $50 purchase. There is a Kirkland's store by the Barnes & Noble by the Hulen Mall.
Here is a great coupon for Kirkland's Home Store. Save $10 off a $50 purchase. There is a Kirkland's store by the Barnes & Noble by the Hulen Mall.
Parker County Mama
Parker County Mama: "BRRR it's cold today in Parker County. Today is a good day to stay home and cook. Here is the link for the Kraft Kitchen. We use this site a lot to find kid friendly meals and other treats."
http://http://www.kraftrecipes.com/home.aspx
http://http://www.kraftrecipes.com/home.aspx
Sunday, January 9, 2011
A New Year Of New Connections
Wow! It is already January 9th. Before you know it summer will be here. Now to back track for a minute Christmas at my house was grand. The in-laws came in like a flash and were gone before we knew it. It was so nice having them around. We don't get to see our family very often so when we do we take full advantage of the extra help. The hubs and I got the chance to sneak away for a night and even go shopping ALONE. Another Wow, yes it was amazing. No screaming kids, no strapping the boys in and out of the car. Just as easy as pie to walk in and out of a store. Now moving ahead, the holidays have come and gone. The boys are finally back in school and I'm still trying to figure out what I'm going to do with myself. As I spend more time developing Parker County Mama I get so excited. Right now its just a blog and a facebook page. I love connecting with other people. I love finding local resources and seeing so many opportunities not only for myself but for the my boys. My ultimate goal is to turn Parker County Mama into a real website. A site where moms feel confident about the daily posts, referrals and resources. I want Parker County Mama to be a one stop shop for local moms. For example "Is their a list of local Mom's Day Out programs?" yes of course jut go to the Parker County Mama site. So now you know what I really want to do but can I actually get it done? You will just have to keep checking back with me. My husband of course wants to know why I can't bring home 6 figures in my spare time. I just laugh and remind him that I have the hardest job in the world and as soon as the government starts paying stay at home moms we will all it hit the jackpot. He quickly adds "I know dear I could never do what you do." Finally I'm sending happy wishes out to all my new connections. I may have not met all of you yet but "Cheers" to a New Year of New Connections in Parker County.
Parker County Mama
Parker County Mama
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