Hello! My name is Michelle.  And you are visiting Frugal and Free. The purpose of this site is to spread the Good News of being Frugal and getting things Free. For years, I have been getting dishwasher soap, shampoo, deodorants, toothpaste, toilet paper and many other items for mere pennies, sometimes only tax on [...]

                               

I was having a very nostalgic moment, a few days ago, recalling some very precious times with my oldest son. (He is strong on my mind. He is due in tomorrow evening with his wife. We are all so excited.)                                         Anyway, when my son was going to daycare, I got a call from them at [...]

It’s Dollar General!. I love that store. I have been there a few times and it was always a great savings experience. But, this past week, I was able to get 70 cans of dog food, 6 Gillette Body Washes for men and 4 Visine minis for NOTHING…ZERO…ZILCH! Well, okay, I paid tax! Just a heads [...]

                                                                      I just wanted to give y’all the recipe for Rose’s Frickin’ Cheese Puffs…. and give KUDOS to Miss Betty for a fabulous job on Saturday Night Live. Here’s a photo of Betty as Rose on Golden Girls and one of the photo bumpers from her SNL performance last night.  Enjoy! God Bless you, Betty White!                                                                   After [...]

Wow, I just found this GREAT pointer on VOCALPOINT One box of baking soda with 3 cups of boiling water, will do the same job as a bottle of declogger!!!! Think of how much you can save on that tip! Until Next Time… Michelle

Buy (5) save $5 instantly on Kraft Cheese Buy (5) Philadelphia Cream Cheese Minis $1.49 each Save $5.00 instantly Use (5) .50/1 Philadelphia Cream Cheese, 4pk Minis (4/18 SS) Final Price: FREE!!  Note: Check with the Safeway store in your area to make sure the minis are apart of the Buy 5 Get $5 off deal. (Hearing stories of some [...]

King Soopers, a Kroger store here in Colorado, had Skippy Peanut Butter on sale for $1.88 a jar. I had (13) .60 coupons which they will double to a $1. (Some hard nose cashiers insist that there is a 3 “like” coupons per order rule.) Anyway, after the $1 off, price is .88 per jar.  13 [...]

Hello. This day has been, let’s just say, a bit much.  With everything happening in our lives, ie health issues, loss of income, having total faith in God to guide us…we were not anywhere close to doing our taxes. I was tense about it all…We couldn’t just NOT file. So, I took the leap and [...]

Say what? Okay, it’s all the crumbs and sugar at the bottom of the Mini Wheats box.  It all started when I asked my DH to save the bags from the cereal boxes. I wash them, flatten them out and use for rolling up cookie dough, etc. The more cereal bags I save, the less zipper bags I [...]