What? The Dollar Tree Accepts Coupons!!!

I was super happy to spot this sign in the window of our local Dollar Tree!  Hooray!  You can now use your manufacturer's coupons at the Dollar Tree! 

For those of you who might want to know, you can find their coupon acceptance policy here.  It's pretty basic, all the same dos and don'ts of all our other favorite stores. 

The one big difference is the limit to the number of print-at-home coupons you can use, only two per transaction.  Not sure what would happen if you wanted to break up your shopping into separate transactions. 

I'd go easy on the Dollar Tree folks since the store only began accepting coupons on August 26th so this is all new to them.  And the policy says they have the right to refuse any coupons, so play nice!  And, have fun finding some awesome deals!

Could you live on $20 a week?

Think you could live on just $20 a week?  It's an intriguing idea for sure.  Kim, blogger behind The Money Pit (do you remember the movie with Tom Hanks and Shelly Long?), gave it a try last January.  You can read her followup post here.  She has a weekly post about what she spent and where she spent it and posts about the foods she prepared.  My house if full of picky eaters so our menu has absolutely no variety!