Archive for ‘Save Up’

January 24, 2011

Save Up: A Soon-to-Be College Grad’s Brain Food

by Amanda

In seven-ish weeks, I’ll be graduating college with a degree in journalism. There’s no need to ask what my plans are for week eight and beyond because I don’t have an answer for you. Fortunately, I’m graduating a quarter early and have given myself a couple of extra months to figure stuff out. You know, the life stuff. I am 95 percent sure about one thing: I won’t be making that much money. I mean, I’m graduating with a degree in journalism.

Luckily, I’m not too worried about feeding myself. I’m actually pretty good at keeping my food costs low at the grocery store. Tonight’s dinner was a great example of an inexpensive, satisfying meal. It also included completely non-American fare. Ha.

Chobani meal

Chobani Plain 0% Greek Yogurt, brown rice, black beans and a sauteed banana. I have Emily from Chobani to thank for the yogurt. She sent me some Chobani love, and I’m really excited to incorporate my favorite brand of yogurt into my meals. I’m also really excited about hunting down their new flavors. Especially the lemon one.

Back to the cookbooks. For seven-ish more weeks.

What’s your go-to inexpensive meal?

November 4, 2010

Save Up: Buy Wine in the Fall

by Amanda

Did you know there are certain times of the year when you should buy things? Because of production cycles and buying calendars, consumers can get great deals on products they want if they just know when they should make their purchases. Like, have you ever dreamed of your own wine cellar? There’s no better time than now–early fall–to start stocking up on your collection. The best selection of wine is after the fall harvest, and the latest vintages are released by most vineyards at this point in the year. You also should be able to find good deals on cult wines, if that’s your thing.

What’s your favorite wine? Do you prefer red or white?

October 10, 2010

Save Up: Amazon’s Subscribe & Save

by Amanda

Handling your own finances is a huge part of growing up. In an effort to learn to budget and shop smart, I seek out shopping tips and tricks. And then I tell them to other people. I see no reason to keep them a secret. Yet.

Here’s my first Save Up post.

I love grocery shopping. It’s my favorite kind of shopping. What I don’t love, however, is “errand shopping.” Picking out produce, peanut butter and yogurt is something I enjoy. Restocking toilet paper, aluminum foil and toothpaste doesn’t provide me with the same sort of pleasure.

Enter in Amazon.com’s Subscribe & Save program. Sign up, and you’ll automatically receive a new shipment of the items you selected every one, two, three or six months. Featured items include office products, health care, pet supplies, personal care and grocery (if you don’t share my love for going to the store). Plus, you get an extra 15% off already low prices and free shipping. Worried you may not be able to correctly estimate when you run out of hand soap? Amazon will e-mail you before they ship out any order to give you time to make necessary changes. And they won’t bill you until the order has been shipped.

Amazon.com also offers free one-year Amazon Prime memberships for students. That means unlimited free two-day shipping on millions of items with no minimum order size.

Any moms out there? Join Amazon Mom and get Amazon Prime benefits and 30% off diapers and wipes with Subscribe & Save Delivery.

In case you decide the Subscribe & Save Delivery service is too good to be true not something you want to continue, rest assured that you can change your delivery status or cancel at any time.

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