September All You Came in the mail!!

Have you gotten your September issue of All You magazine yet???  I just got mine in the mail and started reading!!  In addition to the $103.05 of deals and coupons (only $38.60 are actually coupons), there are a ton of articles that are super interesting!

There was an article on getting a jump start on your holiday shopping.  Has anyone but me started on their holiday shopping??  I know that I am a crazy person but I have always shopped for great deals on holiday and birthday gifts for people.  This year is going to be even more frugal than last year in the gift giving department so I have to start that much earlier to make sure that I get the most things for free or nearly free to give to family and friends.  I think that family and friends come to expect my weird gifts of toothpaste and dental floss but in my mind it pays for something that they need to buy and now they have more money to get some of the other things that they might be able to splurge on because they don't have to pay for body wash and shampoo :)  Anyway, the article is super short but had me start thinking about what we are going to do this year.  Since no one (especially me after spending all this time cleaning the basement) wants to end up with any more clutter around the house and we are all on limited budgets.  There are tons of solutions to make it a wonderful holiday without lots of gift giving so remember the spirit of the holiday :)

There is an article on do it yourself projects for the frugal homeowner.  Luckily, I have my husband who can fix nearly anything that he puts his mind to.  Sadly, for us it is just find enough time to do all the projects.  If there was an article on how to make more than 24 hours in a day or to get by without sleeping, it would help us more but I know that these are seriously easy fixes that you can try without hiring it out.

The interesting article is the break the clutter cycle and save!  I don't think that it has as many details as some of the Peter Walsh books but follows the same train of thought.  It is a great start if you have something you want to clean out and don't know where to start.  Sadly, I think that this might be aimed at people who have less accumulated than we do but maybe not!

Check out the coupons and articles in this months issue of All You!!