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Are coupons worth the trouble?

Wildwood and Skyline took a long look at coupons and came up with some basic tips: stay organized with shopping lists and coupon wallets, find coupons in print form from newspaper and mailer packets, explore online sources for manufacturer coupons, and avoid offers for products that aren't on your regular shopping list.

A few promising sites we found were FrugalFamilies CouponMom CouponMountain and Coupon101

Wildwood was able to get in a few coupon jokes, and Skyline told of a strange but wonderful story of a sample table for beer! Our chat room offered up some great tips on coupons, too: keep your coupons in the same order as your grocery store to save time and frustration.

So, whether you say coo-pons or que-pons, you are in the checkout line to SAVE:)

Do you have some baking soda in that cart? Then you probably have some amazing tips to send TOUGH TIMES! Try our tips@blockheadradio.com and we'll get your tips on our next show...

The Magic of Baking Soda
on Tuesday August 11th at 11:30 eastern time.

on a gravy train with biscuit wheels

That's right folks... this gravy train is taking us all the way to our goal of $20K for

48forLarry and all the passengers will have a great trip on this ride!

Next stop.... Radiothon and Silent Auction

Our TOUGH TIMES show today was dedicated to Larry and the special Radiothon this weekend. Wildwood and Skyline were honored to support 48forLarry and share the plans with our listeners. Hundreds of beautiful handmade items have been donated by the artisan community; and you can make your plans to bid. While you're here be sure to join the chat room and say "Hello!"

"It is not the mountain we conquer....but ourselves"

-Edmund Hillary, born 1919

(first person to climb Mt. Everest)

Next week, TOUGH TIMES will be back to our regular topics for frugal living and household smarts...you can send in your tips, too!

tips@blockheadradio.com

peace, wildwood

new TIPS line for Tough Times

Can you calculate a 20% discount in .2 milliseconds? Do you stroll through laundry chores like a walk in the park? Are you a sneaky, clever, ingenious, practical, sensible, wise and creative shopper?

Then, we've got just the thing for you: a weekly tip show called TOUGH TIMES. Your hosts wildwood and skyline pass along household tips, trivia, websites and discuss ways to save money.

What's that? you say *YOU* like saving money, too??! Share your fantastic tips with our new TIPS LINE tips@blockheadradio.com

and your TOUGH TIMES tip might make it one of our upcoming shows:

"Family Fun for Little or No Money"

"How to Get Thrifty with Thrift Stores"

wildwood and skyline want to hear your TOUGH TIMES tips!

How thrifty are you?

Is your nickname Frugal MacGoogle? Can you save a buck like nobody's business? Are you thrifty as a French peasant?

Tough Times wants to know! Join wildwood and skyline this week as we pass along household tips and test our thriftiness. We'll be taking an online exam to see how we score, and we'll invite our listeners in chat to play along.

Want to cram for the exam?

s t r a t e g i z e :

• the reduction of waste
• curbing costly habits
• suppressing instant gratification by means of fiscal self-restraint
• seeking efficiency
• avoiding traps
• defying expensive social norms
• embracing free (as in gratis) options
• using barter
• staying well-informed about local circumstances
• market and product/service realities

Stinkin' Good Giveaway

Stinkin' Good Giveaways

Today's (5/6) Giveaway is from Wildwood. Up for grabs are a pair of kewl fun fuzzy flip flops. Now these I really could go for......

On Monday 5/4 Gypsy Goods gave away 25 1.5" promotional buttons made to order. These buttons are great Gypsy made some up for the station and they are great ways to promote yourself.

Last Friday Elegance by Mode gave away a beautiful bracelet. Visit her shop for some beautiful one of a kind jewelry.


Stay tuned.....we got even more Stinkin' Good Giveaways coming up.

Go Amish with Tough Times Show

wildwood and skyline say "Let's go to market". Join us for a special guest on TOUGH TIMES: Darin from The Feed Mill! Darin runs an Amish market in the tiny town of Nolensville, TN and he shares his thoughts on the thrify Amish.

You'll have to tune in Tuesday morning to find out... why there's a wagon wheel in the cemetery...ever heard of a wreath made from turkey feathers?...and most important find out where are the pies!

Also, our listeners will follow the Weekly Experiment; in which wildwood takes a tip through the paces. This week you'll get the scoop on "Mayo Mask" tip: use mayonnaise as a facial mask for soft, smooth skin. Hey, the self-portrait photos alone will be worth a good laugh!!!

Would you freeze your nuts?

Last Tuesday on TOUGH TIMES we discussed some interesting topics: like storing your whole nuts in deep freeze to use throughout the year until next crop. As it turns out, a few of our chatters already freeze their nuts---and they readily admit it :)

We also learned that brewing your own beer is GOOD. Especially since there are dozens of ways to utilize beer---wash your hair or bake some bread. yummmm beer.

wildwood and skyline bring you helpful tips for thrifty living! wildwood is Carey from Edge of the Wildwood and skyline is Marie from Skyline Candle Company. Together they'll collect tips from far and wide to share with you. Blockhead listeners will be sharing some clever ideas, too! One tip is selected to try out for a week---this week's experiment comes from lovetostamp:

Lemon Laundry
add lemons to the rinse cycle of a white load of laundry for freshness.

(the largest lemon ever grown was 8 pounds, 8 ounces)

Tune in to hear The Experiment Report on TOUGH TIMES at 11:30 eastern Tuesday morning.... and find out how the Lemon Laundry tip turns out!