Another sneak-peek pricing special!
I had so much fun selling my last ebook when it was hot off the press at a sneak-peek pricing special, that I decided to do it again on my latest ebook...
Yes, that's right, my latest much-anticipated, long-procrastinated ebook, Secrets to Supermarket Savings is DONE! After contemplating writing it for almost two years, and working on putting it together for the last four months, I am so happy to have it finished!
This ebook includes the entire Supermarket Savings series I recently did on this blog in a much more thorough and organized manner. It chronicles God's blessing in allowing us to eat well, have a stocked pantry and plenty of food and household items to spare, for less than $35 a week.
I've so often received requests from people who want to know the nuts and bolts of how I am able to stretch our grocery budget so far. This book shares in-depth how it's done. I've tried to make it simple and easy enough so that anyone could implement much of the ideas. No matter how much or little time you have to give to frugal shopping, I hope you can glean some helpful hints from the things I and others have learned in this journey of trusting God to provide for us.
This ebook includes many extra tips added in from readers and friends, a list of helpful resources, my favorite sources for coupons, simple ideas for menu-planning, helpful budgeting information, practical hands-on examples for newbies and seasoned homemakers alike, my coupon organization method, the binder coupon organization method, tips on price comparing at Wal-mart, a primer on CVS shopping, and more.
I believe that God is the Great Provider - He has provided for us again and again in great and mighty ways. One of those ways is by giving us creative ingenuity. In this ebook, I seek to encourage homemakers to not only trust God to be their Provider, but to look to Him for practical wisdom and creative ingenuity to stretch your grocery budget beyond what you might have thought possible before.
Secrets to Supermarket Savings is 45 pages long and for a very limited time, I'm offering this freshly finished edition to you all for only $3.97! I'm sure there are a few typo's (let me know if you find any!) and I'll be going over it with a finetoothed comb in the next few days before I upload it to the main section of our website, but until then, I'm extending this special deal to you!
To purchase Secrets to Supermarket Savings: Tips and Strategies to Cut Your Grocery Bill by 40-75% or More at the special sneak-peek pricing of $3.97, just click on the button below to purchase through Clickbank and receive an instantly downloadable copy:
Buy Now for only $3.97!
Just a note: 3:45 p.m. CST - I had to upgrade my account since you all bought so many ebooks through Payloadz today. :) But then the upgrade wasn't working right so I just switched over to Clickbank. For the past little while, button wouldn't work because of that. It should be fixed now. Sorry for the trouble but thank you for all your orders!
Yes, that's right, my latest much-anticipated, long-procrastinated ebook, Secrets to Supermarket Savings is DONE! After contemplating writing it for almost two years, and working on putting it together for the last four months, I am so happy to have it finished!
This ebook includes the entire Supermarket Savings series I recently did on this blog in a much more thorough and organized manner. It chronicles God's blessing in allowing us to eat well, have a stocked pantry and plenty of food and household items to spare, for less than $35 a week.
I've so often received requests from people who want to know the nuts and bolts of how I am able to stretch our grocery budget so far. This book shares in-depth how it's done. I've tried to make it simple and easy enough so that anyone could implement much of the ideas. No matter how much or little time you have to give to frugal shopping, I hope you can glean some helpful hints from the things I and others have learned in this journey of trusting God to provide for us.
This ebook includes many extra tips added in from readers and friends, a list of helpful resources, my favorite sources for coupons, simple ideas for menu-planning, helpful budgeting information, practical hands-on examples for newbies and seasoned homemakers alike, my coupon organization method, the binder coupon organization method, tips on price comparing at Wal-mart, a primer on CVS shopping, and more.
I believe that God is the Great Provider - He has provided for us again and again in great and mighty ways. One of those ways is by giving us creative ingenuity. In this ebook, I seek to encourage homemakers to not only trust God to be their Provider, but to look to Him for practical wisdom and creative ingenuity to stretch your grocery budget beyond what you might have thought possible before.
Secrets to Supermarket Savings is 45 pages long and for a very limited time, I'm offering this freshly finished edition to you all for only $3.97! I'm sure there are a few typo's (let me know if you find any!) and I'll be going over it with a finetoothed comb in the next few days before I upload it to the main section of our website, but until then, I'm extending this special deal to you!
To purchase Secrets to Supermarket Savings: Tips and Strategies to Cut Your Grocery Bill by 40-75% or More at the special sneak-peek pricing of $3.97, just click on the button below to purchase through Clickbank and receive an instantly downloadable copy:
Buy Now for only $3.97!
Just a note: 3:45 p.m. CST - I had to upgrade my account since you all bought so many ebooks through Payloadz today. :) But then the upgrade wasn't working right so I just switched over to Clickbank. For the past little while, button wouldn't work because of that. It should be fixed now. Sorry for the trouble but thank you for all your orders!
posted by Crystal Paine at 11:12 PM
28 Comments:
Will you be offering this in a hard copy/printed format? I'd love to send them to various relatives and so forth!
I hope, Cheri - at least sometime in the future. One. thing. at. a. time! My writing time/new product development time is pretty limited right now so I'm rather slow and have to stick to simple things. :) I'm not sure what my next project is - lots of ideas swirling around but I'll probably wait until January to do anything much since this is a pretty busy time as far as orders go and I'm really trying not to overcommit. Our business is such a small part of my life and I want to keep it that way. Just a creative outlet/ministry, as the Lord gives me time. My family and my home are always first. Well, or at least that's the goal. I spent most of tonight finishing the ebook, at my husband's insistence, and now I need to go get my house in order for tomorrow!
I have been reading a few posts, and for your Frugal Fridays segment I have thought of a way that you could save money on your electicity bill: Use a clothes line, not the dryer. Dryers suck energy like nothing else known to mankind *grin*. I was so surprised, to find that hardly anyone in America uses a clothes line. When I was over there on holiday, I did a load of laundry, then asked my friends father where the clothes line was (I couldn't see it in the back yard) He responded with "In my mothers yard" :o) He was kind enough to run up a make shift one for me on their porch, as most of my clothes have 'do not tumble dry' on the lable. Clothes lines are a 'can't do without' here in Australia. And I find that clothes (especially sheets) smell so much fresher when they have been dried in the breeze.
What Jenny shared is brilliant(and who can resist the wonderful aroma of clean bedding that was line dryed?). Another consideration is that the lint in the dryer is a result of the clothes losing integrity that doesn't happen much if any on a clothes line or drying rack. Ever see the European airer/dryer type that can be raised and lowered from the ceiling over a laundry tub or sink(search lehmans.com for laundry airer)? My mother balked at a dryer, even line drying in the basement in the winter while the dryer sat unused. She used to tell me how she line froze and freeze-dried my infant diapers in the winter(sanitized by the sun, you think?). :-)
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Hi! I just bought it and I can't wait to read through it! Thanks for the special offer!
Amy
I bought one and linked to your page. I'm hoping for some renewed motivation as I restock my own pantry after our move!
thanks a bunch
Celina
I have thought the same thing about many of your ebooks becoming hardback,but your response tells it all.In another time maybe!!
I also would love to see many of your books become published but the reason would be not what you need or want in your life right now.I enjoyed your series on being frugal because the ideas are honest and practical.Many years ago people read and got hooked on to the Tighwade Gazzette and it became the media frenzy.I am sure that is not what you and Jesse would want right now as you raise Kathrynneand as you put it your family and home come first.
Hi Crystal, I'd like to order your Supermarket Savings e-book, but do you know if it will work to download it with a dial-up connection? (How many pages is it?)
Crystal -
I just purchased your ebook and can't wait to read it!
My husband works very hard and makes an excellent living which allows me to be at home with our children. I feel very strongly that it is my responsibility to be a good steward of what God has so graciously provided.
I'm sure this will be a help.
Thanks so much!
Hi Crystal,
We use a clothesline for almost everything we wash. Year round. It saves us a tremendous amount each year. In the summer, all items go on the line outside. In the winter, they go on one of the 4 lines my husband hung up in the basement. Now, the secret to this is to use a big fan on high. All but the heaviest of bibbed overalls and rugs dry in 1 day. The fan takes much less energy than a dryer. When on my own with a lot less laundry, I used to hang everything on a folding rack and place it next to the hot air register.
take care,
Trixie
I purchased your book this morning, and I can't wait to read it! I really enjoyed reading your post series on it, and am enjoying your current series as well! I'm getting married soon and will be living on a tight budget, so the information you've been posting has been very helpful!
~Jordan~
http://ourblessedroad.blogspot.com
I have a question about ebooks versus printed books. I purchased a crochet pattern that the designer was offering in the downloadable format when the hardcopy format was out of print and not easily located used/ reasonably priced online; my disappointment was that the one time purchase was not transferrable. With the published in printed format(book form rather than to the computer), at least the item paid for can be resold and sometimes for profit with the passing of time. I understand copyrights and people making multiple prints being nasty to the taste but some electronic reads are just as pricey as printed and bound reads and is it only me that wonders if it is money not wisely invested(because they cannot be resold or transfer to others)??? Please don't take my asking as a negative to your desire to share.
Can you enlighten us a little on this, Crystal, seeing as you have your hubby to help us better understand legally?
Joyce: This question comes up a lot. It is up to each individual to decide what works best for them. If you don't feel it's worth the investment to buy an ebook, don't buy it. Some people prefer them to printed books much of the time, though.
There are actually a lot of advantages to buying an ebook: 1) You can print out as many copies as you'd like for personal use. 2) Instantly downloadable. 3) No postage. Also, I often receive requests from people who have misplaced or deleted or lost an ebook file for me to send them a new copy. I'm always glad to do this. If someone were to ask me to send a new copy of a book they had bought from me and misplaced, this would obviously not be so readily done! :) Another benefit is that those in other countries can afford ebooks and not have to pay enormous shipping rates.
Personally, I usually prefer printed books to ebooks. However, I have been rather surprised at how well my ebooks sell. I initially took one of my printed books and turned it into an ebook at the insistence of someone else and was completely baffled at how well it sold. I also couldn't believe how much simpler it was to do. And, since it was all automated, it required no packing and shipping on my part - a huge plus.
For busy moms who want to write and publish things but don't want to have to mess with a lot of time packing and shipping or overhead costs, ebooks make this possible. This is one reason I produce them more than printed books. The ease of producing an ebook and no upfront costs make it much easier for me to produce than a printed book. A printed book usually costs thousands of dollars to produce and much more time and effort. And, people like them! :)
Like I said earlier, this business and writing and blogging are a very small part of my life - I want to keep it that way. I usually only have 15-30 minutes a day to devote to writing at most, so producing ebooks works well with that. I'm sure I'll still produce at least one or two printed books each year, if God continues to open up the doors for that, but I am much more careful in taking on something that big at this season of my life.
For those of you mentioning line drying...I have a question! Do you find that your clothes turn out stiff? I've asked my husband if he would like us to try this in order to save more money, but he thinks the fabric would be stiff and uncomfortable. Using a dryer does seem to soften everything. What's been your experience? Any tricks to keep this from happening? Thanks!
I clicked on the BUY button and a paypal message came up saying that there is something wrong with the seller's email address.
Crystal, the link isn't working for me. I'm getting an error message from paypal:
"We cannot process this transaction because there is a problem with the PayPal email address supplied by the seller."
Do you have any idea what could be causing that? I'm looking forward to buying it. Thanks!
Inner Sanctuary: See my update note just posted. It should work now. Sorry for the trouble!
Harmony - see me addendum at the bottom of the post. Sorry for the trouble! It should be working now!
Thanks so much for answering my post, Crystal; it was very helpful! I tend to be one of those folks that enjoys bound books but do have a better sense of ebooks from the perspective of those offering them. I'm learning how not to run through reams of paper and printer cartridges with all the reads I find online(this one is not the easiest venture as reading from print is easier than from the screen on eyeballs as they age! lol).
erin, if you pop the heavier weight clothes(like men's jeans) into the dryer for just a few minutes before line hanging, it tends to make them not be stiff as boards. ;-) Also, a gentle breeze goes a long way in softer clothes dried on the line outdoors(sure remember my mother commenting about the days that were good for hanging clothes outside). Indoors, I've done the quick dryer thought prior to hanging though they do tend to be a tad bit stiffer than total dryer processed. The trade off is that the fabric lasts longer, from my experience.
I find that the clothes only go stiff if you leave them on the line for a long time, like over night, and they get damp and then dry again. Admitedly, I live in the tropics, where line dried clothes are ready in a maximum of an hour (yes, it's that hot!) but on the occasions that I do leave them on the line for too long, they do go a little stiff. However, the next time you wash them, it goes away. I always re-wash clothes if they get heavily rained on. The one item, if I had a dryer, that would always be tumble dried, would be my bath towels. Towels do not remain as soft and fluffy when line dried, in my opinion.
Thanks, Joyce!
In the winter, I use a foldable wooden rack to dry clothes while DH is at work. I place the rack in front of our cornstove and rotate it, if necessary. Adds humidity to the house, too.
I also dry some foods on a TV tray in front of the stove.
Cornstoves work like pellet stoves, with a blower to send out the air.
A fan in front of a wood stove would probably work, too.
Another idea is to wash your clothes for 6-10 minutes. Longer washing only circulates dirt, wears clothes and costs electricity.
Freezing is great for killing "germs".
I like to hang my pillows and bedding out during the winter.
You're welcome, Erin. Oh, and I'm a bit of the same thinking as Jenny on the towels. My mother loved the "firmer" hand of line-dryed towels(I believe some could have actually stood in a corner! lol) but I prefer the softness the dryer provides(even with the lint left behind...which varies depending a makeup of velour or terry and how long left in the machine). They really aren't that bad hung outside on a windy day, though. :-)
On line drying my mom always has avoided dryers as hers vents into the house for the last 14 years. I love line dried clothes, especially line dried sheets, but sad to say I live in a place where it is not permitted! It not considered "sightly" in some places.
Anyhow, one thing I do to save one this without really hanging up everything inside is hand up my skirts and shirts on hangers and just hang them in the closet all spaced out. They dry overnight. However it is dry here. I lived in a very moist climate and hangin on the lone did not save me money, I had to pay to wash my clothes at that time and thought it would. But they would hang for three days and not be dry yet! So, depends on where you live!
Hmm...I live near Houston. Can we say "humid"? Maybe that would make line drying a bit harder...
thx ~ I just purchased mine. I look forward to reading it and gleaning more frugal tips.
be blessed!
Gotta tell you... I bought the ebook, read it and applied it... I went grocery shopping this week and spent $70! Wrote up a menu for the next 10 days too using just what I have on hand and this weeks shopping. (just a note... I'm feeding 6 of us...including a teenage boy in that mix!)
just an example...Went to CVS... bought:
4 boxes of Cinn. Toast Crunch cereal
4 pk of razor cartridges
2 cans shaving cream
bottle of Cascade dishwasher detergent
2 cans progresso clam chowder
total bill.... $14! plus I earned back $4 to use towards next shopping trip!(would have cost around $30!)
Next place I went was Food Lion Grocery Store (a block away from CVS, so no biggy on travel expense). Got $70 worth of groceries for $28!
Then to Giant...another $60 bill... cost $28!
A friend recommended this site and it has been an absolute God-send!
I had gotten out $100 from the bank and told dd that my goal was to not use my card. I had change!!
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