In town

Visit local thrift stores for good values or see the living cheaply page.

Dollar General Dollar General is a store where everything is generally a dollar. This should not be confused with The Dollar Tree, another discount store. There are many discounts at the Dollar General especially on name brand items from companies like Frito-Lay, Pepsi, and Coca-Cola. Other discounts include the Ten for Ten aisle and the markdown cart. The markdown cart is a cart with sale items that have an additional percentage taken off. Also at the Dollar General you can purchase everyday house hold items like blenders, coffee makers, and electric can openers. More things there include diapers, shampoo, soap, and car chargers for cell phones.

Internet Deals

The internet is flooded with freebie sites and deal forums but it is hard to scour them for good deals.The two largest deal sites are http://Slickdeals.net and http://Fatwallet.com.However the mother of all freebie sites is the freebie portal http://Wireddeals.com that actually acts as a deal portal that sorts and filters deals and categorizes them based on recency,user rating and availability.

Another smart way to save money is to install a Bing.com searchbar and then open a cashback account with microsoft by visiting http://www.bing.com/cashback/.Then just search for an item you want to purchase on your Bing searchbar and voila you have a cashback link. Cashback varies from 1% to a very generous 90% and is usually instantaneously deposited in a linked Paypal account.