So I am not feeling so very frugal and fun today (looooooong week) and plan to take off to the hospital to see a family member and not have a face to face Frugal Friday meeting today, but I want to leave you with a GREAT ink tip for work and home!

You can Save money on ink by changing your font to one that does not use as much!

See this article for more information

"Century Gothic and Times New Roman topped the list for savings Calibri, Verdana, Arial and Sans Serif were next, followed by Trebuchet, Tahoma and Franklin Gothic Medium. Century Gothic uses about 30 percent less ink than Arial."


Schools and workplaces across America are asking their staff to make this change on everything from Word to Groupwise!


Directions: Open Word, go to Format - Font, select the font and then in the lower left part of the window, click on the Default button. It will prompt you and it is set!


Further Assignment for those who are techie or want to be- apply this knowledge to everything you print. You change the font similarly in all programs so you could use this for Internet, student progress reports and more!

January 29, 2010 Frugal Friday Chats

This past week a few of us talked about lunch time deals. We are forming an after work group called Frugal Fridays. Before we dash out the door for the weekend, we will take a few moments to chat about ways we save money.


Burger King

In our area all have a survey on the back of the receipts. When you take the survey via telephone, they give you a code to write down on the receipt that is good for a FREE Whooper. In the fine print they say you have to get a fry and drink, but I got a $1 salad and a $1 drink at the drive thru with no problems. Save that new receipt and do the same thing all over again. Every couple of weeks I like to redeem them for a frugal lunch!




While we all got the Burger King mailer with coupons, the majority of us found the food items not to be such a great deal and many were not the healthiest.

Free 6" inch Subway Sub

I was happy to use this coupon even though I had to buy a 24oz drink and another 6" sub.

The drink was in a huge reusable cup. I got the Subway Club on wheat with no sauce or cheese. That is 6 ww points for those that count!

Some of us got a Subway gift card from the parent organization for $5. When I was done I owed $1.81 and had lunch for the next day as well.

One thing I just learned is that there is a Subway sub card that you can have "punched" for every sub you buy. Once you get so many you get a free sub!

I must say that this seems healthy but I am thinking the $5 foot long may have given me the same good value for my dollar. I did not really need that drink!

Click on the link above and create your own sub. When you are all done a coupon is sent via email.