Miscellaneous Information:
www.coupons.com is a printable coupon website.
Summer Reading Program! Every summer the public library has a special reading program for kids. It starts at the end of May and goes through mid-July. Each child wins various prizes for every 4 hours of reading, and typically they do a Family night at the Sidwinders game and Breakers Water Park tickets, too! WELL worth the effort!!! Go to your nearest library to sign up!
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum opens after sundown so visitors can enjoy the sights, sounds, and smells of the Sonoran Desert at night, on Saturdays. Summer Saturday Evenings Jun. 7 - Aug. 30
Tucson Parks and Recreation- Numerous classes and things to sign up for along with listings of all the parks, etc. Registration for classes. See catalog on their website for listings and prices of classes offered.
www.tucsonaz.gov/parksandrec
Brunswick Bowling You can sign up for bowling coupons at
www.bowlbrunswick.com
They send you a coupon for 1 hour of free bowling; you must pay for shoes!
Sears- Buy a children's pair of jeans or shoes, and if they get a hole, they will replace them for FREE! Must be same size. Ask for details.
Zia Magazine- A FREE online women's magazine focusing on gracious living.
www.ziamag.com
FREE photo editing!If you do digital pics or get a CD from film that you might load onto your computer, Shutterfly.com offers a totally free software program called shutterfly studio. You can edit, do red eye, change picture
color...basically make you pics look more professional all for free. Then you can print from home or order them from the web site. Kind of neat and fun.
www.shutterfly.com
Sparkpeople.com- This is a FREE site that has a calorie counter; meal plans; fitness program; exercise demo; tips and articles; and much, much more! It can be used like a free version of weight watchers--and helps motivate people to stay on target with their goals. It's definitely worth checking out!!
www.sparkpeople.com/
Southwest Youth Sports- Southwest Youth Sports & Education was founded on the three core principles of Fun, Family & Fitness. SYS is a private, non-profit youth and family organization dedicated to supporting the health and wellness of the youth and families of Southern Arizona.
www.southwestsports.org/
National Youth Sports-The place to find information about sports leagues for kids! All NYS teams are designed to promote sportsmanship, teamwork, basic sporting fundamentals, and most importantly - FUN! Parents are also encouraged to participate in this important developmental process.
nysonline.org/
Family Watchdog- Type in your address (or just city, state and zip code) and you will get a map of the area with any registered sex offenders home and work addresses. You can click on the colored boxes to see the name, address, offense, and a picture.
www.familywatchdog.us/
Office Max- Turn in your old ink cartridges for $3 in-store credit per cartridge! Tucson Stores
Christian Book Distributors- A great place to shop online where the p/h is very minimal ($5 on an order under $50), and they also have many excellent discounts on books, videos, etc. They carry homeschool supplies, specialized gifts, and even Strawberry Shortcake DVD's!! HIGHLY reccommended and a great place to find gifts!!
www.christianbook.com/
Grocery:
As a general rule, if something you need isn't on sale somewhere, Fry's is typically cheapest. Sunflower is usually cheapest on fruits/veggies and spaghetti, fettuccine, or spiral noodles (.69). The Oroweat/Entenmanns Bakery Outlet (Broadway/Prudence) is great for getting Boboli pizza crust (2/3.39)--or $1 per crust on Thursdays, .99 bagel Fridays, 1.59 bread, donuts, etc. If you buy $5 worth, you get another item free.
Walmart Grocery- Not only do they have some of the lowest grocery prices in town, you can bring a list of items from the other stores ads and get those prices. They let you group all of those "sale" items at the end or beginning of your total order and then if you just tell them the sale prices they will honor them. Please Note: You will need the actual ad instead of a printout of the grocery deals from this site as we do not list sizes. It has to be the identical item. Grant/Alvernon.
Circulars: Click on circulars and put in zip code. Watch out for albertson's it's not the right one so don't use it. For some reason the zip code doesn't recognize that this is an albertson's market so go to albertson's webside instead or use the circular.
www.ppgazette.com
Bashas- Buy 5 gallons of milk with your Thank-you card (doesn't have to be all at the same time), get the 6th one FREE on your next visit! This is ending at the end of February, and the savings will be reflected in the normal cost of the milk (lower prices).
Albertsons- You can get 4x6 prints in 2-3 days for .15/print. Must submit in digital order envelope.
Grocery Savings!!- This site is FULL of practical things to do to save money at grocery stores with or without coupons! A mother of 4 has written out her 20 years worth of bargain shopping tips...it's pretty good stuff!
www.grocerysavingtips.com/index.html
Money Saving Tips and Calculators- Lots of good info here on things ranging from low-cost family things to do, to a 2-income calculator, to gas saving tips, etc.
www.betterbudgeting.com/frugalrecipelist.htm
Budget Spreadsheet that can help in organizing your income and expenses.
www.tucsonfamilies.com/Budget_Template.xls
(Right-click the above link and select "Save Target As")
Gas:
Lowest Gas Prices- You can check the lowest prices of gas in town!
www.tucsongasprices.com/
Fry's- For every $100 you spend in the store using your VIP, receive .10 off per gallon on any grade of gas on a maximum of a 20 gallon fill-up! Fry's gas located 22/Kolb location AND Houghton/Rita Rd.
Conoco gas station (22nd/Harrison)- gives a free bottle of water or candy with 8 gallons of gas purchased. Must go inside to claim.
Tanque Verde Automotive gas station- (Tanque Verde/Grant intersection across street from dinosaur McD's) gives a free small fountain drink with 8 gallons of gas purchased. Must go inside to claim.
Activity Ideas:
TucsonMoms- Playgroups all over Tucson divided by areas and ages of children (preschool and younger) where friendships can be made! $38 yearly membership fee February 2008 through February 2009.
www.tucsonmoms.com
Agua Caliente Park- Formerly an old ranchhouse, this is a unique park with hot springs, ducks to feed, walking trail, plenty of green grass, surrounded by palm trees, etc. Has grills and picnic tables and is a great place for a family picnic! From Houghton/Speedway, go NORTH on Houghton, EAST (right) on Tanque Verde (you'll go about 2 miles on Tanque Verde), NORTH (left) on Soldier Trail, EAST (right) on Roger Road, and the first left takes you into the park.
Gaslight Theater- There are a few "cheap seats" that sell for half price. Because of the way the balcony is situated, some people need to sit on stools in order to see. If you're willing to sit on those, you still receive the dinner, etc., but get to see the show at a discount! Request when ordering.
