Conditioner

-Use it to shave your legs. It's cheaper than shaving cream.

Coloring Books

-Buy at Dollar Tree.
-Print sheets off the internet.
-Look in Thrift stores.
-look at garage sales.

Cocoa

-Keep a can in the house to make chocolate frosting and cake from scratch.
-If you have an Aldi's buy a few for the pantry when they have seasonal baked goods in the store.

Cell phone

-Shop around for the best package for you.
-Keep track of your minutes. If you are going over change the plan so you aren't paying the jacked up. If you aren't using that many try and downsize your plan
-See if you can get a employee discount (some state employees get discounts)

Consumer Reports

-Check out this magazine from the library. Research items before purchasing a large ticket item. They rate different products and you can see what the best deal is for the money you are able to spend.

Camps for kids

-Some churches give discounts to children going to Christian camps.
-Some camps give a discounted rate or it's free altogether if a parent volunteers at the camp. Here the YMCA will give your child a free camp experience if you are nurse and volunteer to be camp nurse for that week.
-Our Girl Scout council gave kids $5.00 to spend for every 25 boxes of cookies they sold. The tickets can be redeemed in the store or towards camp fees.

Careful- Be careful with your money Keep track of what you are spending on

Chili

-Frugal meal that you can stretch into using for leftovers or chili hot dogs

Coworkers have purchased food from the buffet at lunch and then stored it in the fridge at work to take home for dinner.

copycat recipes

-Google copycat recipes and you will find many sites with tons of recipes for copycats of your favorite restaurant meals. Make it at home cheaper.