Welcome WLUK viewers!
If you decided to check out Green Bay Consumer after seeing me on WLUK’s Good Day Wisconsin, welcome!
Green Bay Consumer’s goal is to provide consumers in Northeast Wisconsin with useful information to help you save money. Green Bay Consumer gives you the latest sales information from your favorite local grocery stores and a bit of online sales information, too (Just for the record–I LOVE Amazon.com). Every day you can check the Green Bay Consumer home page to find the latest and greatest daily deals in our area from sites like Groupon, Living Social and more.
I write posts almost every day, from Festival Foods sales information, to the latest free or cheap events going on in the area, to using my journalism background to research which grocery store is the cheapest in town or why you might not find coupon inserts in the newsstand copies of your local paper on Sunday. That’s stuff you can’t find on ANY OTHER money-saving blogs. It’s catered to you, the people of Northeastern Wisconsin.
I also host FREE coupon classes. There are several lined up for the next few months and a few more in the works. You can find that information near the top of the Green Bay Consumer home page. And if you’d like to host a class for your organization, feel free to Contact Me and I’ll see what I can do to help!
How do you keep track of what’s going on here at Green Bay Consumer? There are several ways you can get the latest information:
- Sign up for a daily or weekly email on the Green Bay Consumer home page. You’ll receive a daily email blast in the afternoon with a list of everything I’ve covered.
- Become of a fan of Green Bay Consumer on Facebook. All of the posts on this website are posted directly to the Facebook page. Once in a while when I see a time-sensitive deal, the only place I will post it is on Facebook.
- Follow GBConsumer on Twitter. All my posts will show up on Twitter. I also tweet interesting articles I’ve read on the topic of saving money and retweet some of my my Favorite Blogs deals.
- Subscribe to an RSS feed.
- Green Bay Consumer is even on Google+
Looking for an article on a specific topic? Use the handy dandy search engine on the home page. Whether it’s the Hansen’s Pizza Warehouse Sale, Green Bay Packers Pro Shop Tent sale, if I’ve written about it, you’ll find it by using the search box.
If you’d like to know more about the site or myself, click the About Me tab on the home page. Want to know some of my personal favorite sites to find great deals an useful information to keep your costs down? You can click on that tab, too. I’ve also done a handful of public appearances on local television; you can check those out under “In the Media”.
If you’ve got friends and family throughout the great state of Wisconsin, they can check out my “brother and sister” sites Milwaukee Consumer and Madison Consumer.
Green Bay Consumer values your feedback, opinions, and deals that you have found, so please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Thanks for stopping by!
Guest Post: I Was Up To My Eyes In Debt!
With the start of 2012, many make resolutions to get in shape, do more charitable work, or change your spending habits. And while I will never profess to be financial expert, I thought you might be interested in showing you one example of how changing your spending habits can make a big difference. In this case, $24.6 thousand dollars in debt paid off in only 3 years!
Stephanie W., the person who helps me with the weekly Aldi and Target posts, thought it was a good idea to share her personal story as a way to help others. We have many things in common including our love of saving money. But it wasn’t always that way.
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Hi all! Steph here again.
I’ve been struggling with the idea of this post for awhile. One, because it’s pretty personal and two, I’m not the best writer in the world.
I’ll give you a little background.
When I was 18, Sears sent me a Credit Card. I felt like I was given the world! I continued to utilize this wonderful tool called plastic and added several others to my collection. And used them regularly. Just ask my mom. She tried and tried to tell me again and again. But I didn’t listen. Then one day in 2006 I realized I was up to my eyes in debt and I was using my Sears card at Kmart to buy groceries. NEVER buy consumables on credit. I knew it, I just didn’t have the option not to.
I was lost about what to do. Obviously I needed to spend less to get these minimums paid. But where would I start? I didn’t have a clue.
I firmly believe people come into our lives for a reason. One of my friends, Kari, introduced me to her boss, Tony and his wife, Meg. They were a fun couple and the four of us had some dinners together and saw a few movies. In November of 2005, I was talking with Kari about the heap of debt I was under and she reminded me that Meg helped people in my exact situation for a living. Where had I been that this seemed like news to me? Probably in that state of mind where I felt like it was my debt and if I put myself in it, I should be able to dig myself out of it.
I called Meg and made my consultation appointment. In 90 minutes I was shocked to learn how much debt I really had. (I had never had the guts to add it
all up) and also found a glimmer of hope.
In my next post I will tell you all about the Green Bay company that helped me do it!
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Part Two of this story will be published Friday.
Welcome Good Day Wisconsin Viewers
If you decided to check out Green Bay Consumer after seeing me on WLUK’s Good Day Wisconsin, welcome!
Green Bay Consumer’s goal is to provide consumers in Northeast Wisconsin with useful information to help you save money. You’ll find you the latest sales information from your favorite local grocery stores and a bit of online sales information, too (Just for the record–I LOVE Amazon.com). Every day you can check the Green Bay Consumer home page to find the latest and greatest daily deals in our area from sites like Groupon and Living Social.
I write posts almost every day, from Festival Foods sales information to the latest free or cheap events going on in the area, to using my journalism background to research which grocery store is the cheapest in town or why you might not find coupon inserts in the newsstand copies of your local paper on Sunday. That’s stuff you can’t find on ANY OTHER money-saving blogs. It’s catered to you, the people of Northeastern Wisconsin.
I also host FREE coupon classes. There are several lined up for the next few months. You can find that information near the top of the Green Bay Consumer home page. And if you’d like to host a class for your organization, feel free to Contact Me and I’ll see what I can do to help!
We’ve also got the 24 Days of Holiday Giveaways. A new prize every day through Christmas Eve. Let me tell you, we saved the best for this last week, too!
How do you keep track of what’s going on here at Green Bay Consumer? There are several ways you can get the latest information:
- Sign up for a daily or weekly email on the Green Bay Consumer home page. You’ll receive a daily email blast in the afternoon with a list of everything I’ve covered.
- Become of a fan of Green Bay Consumer on Facebook. All of the posts on this website are posted directly to the Facebook page. Once in a while when I see a time-sensitive deal, the only place I will post it is on Facebook.
- Follow GBConsumer on Twitter. All my posts will show up on Twitter. I also tweet interesting articles I’ve read on the topic of saving money and retweet some of my my Favorite Blogs deals.
- Subscribe to an RSS feed.
Looking for an article on a specific topic? Use the handy dandy search engine on the home page. Whether it’s the Hansen’s Pizza Warehouse Sale, Green Bay Packers Pro Shop Tent sale, if I’ve written about it, you’ll find it by using the search box.
If you’d like to know more about the site or myself, click the About Me tab on the home page. Want to know some of my personal favorite sites to find great deals an useful information to keep your costs down? You can click on that tab, too. I’ve also done a handful of public appearances on local television; you can check those out under “In the Media”.
If you’ve got friends and family throughout the great state of Wisconsin, they can check out my “brother and sister” sites Milwaukee Consumer and Madison Consumer.
Green Bay Consumer values your feedback, opinions, and deals that you have found, so please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Thanks for stopping by!
Welcome new readers!
If you decided to check out Green Bay Consumer after seeing me on WLUK’s Good Day Wisconsin today, welcome!
Green Bay Consumer’s goal is to provide consumers in Northeast Wisconsin with useful information to help you save money. Green Bay Consumer gives you the latest sales information from your favorite local grocery stores and a bit of online sales information, too (Just for the record–I LOVE Amazon.com). Every day you can check the Green Bay Consumer home page to find the latest and greatest daily deals in our area from sites like Groupon, Living Social, too.
I write posts almost every day, from Festival Foods sales information to the latest free or cheap events going on in the area, to using my journalism background to research which grocery store is the cheapest in town or why you might not find coupon inserts in the newsstand copies of your local paper on Sunday. That’s stuff you can’t find on ANY OTHER money-saving blogs. It’s catered to you, the people of Northeastern Wisconsin.
I also host FREE coupon classes. There are several lined up for the next few months. You can find that information near the top of the Green Bay Consumer home page. And if you’d like to host a class for your organization, feel free to Contact Me and I’ll see what I can do to help!
Looking for more information on what I talked about on Good Day Wisconsin? To find out more about Aggregate sites, click here.
To find our more about the Amazon.com tracking site, Lightning Drops, click here.
Starting today we also have the 24 Days of Holiday Giveaways. Check back every day; you could win some awesome gifts.
Speaking of gifts, I’m also have a Toys for Tots drive with a “liking-the-post” party on Facebook. Click here to find out how you can help get more toys donated by Green Bay Consumer.
How do you keep track of what’s going on here at Green Bay Consumer? There are several ways you can get the latest information:
- Sign up for a daily or weekly email on the Green Bay Consumer home page. You’ll receive a daily email blast in the afternoon with a list of everything I’ve covered.
- Become of a fan of Green Bay Consumer on Facebook. All of the posts on this website are posted directly to the Facebook page. Once in a while when I see a time-sensitive deal, the only place I will post it is on Facebook.
- Follow GBConsumer on Twitter. All my posts will show up on Twitter. I also tweet interesting articles I’ve read on the topic of saving money and retweet some of my my Favorite Blogs deals.
- Subscribe to an RSS feed.
Looking for an article on a specific topic? Use the handy dandy search engine on the home page. Whether it’s the Hansen’s Pizza Warehouse Sale, Green Bay Packers Pro Shop Tent sale, if I’ve written about it, you’ll find it by using the search box.
If you’d like to know more about the site or myself, click the About Me tab on the home page. Want to know some of my personal favorite sites to find great deals an useful information to keep your costs down? You can click on that tab, too. I’ve also done a handful of public appearances on local television; you can check those out under “In the Media”.
If you’ve got friends and family throughout the great state of Wisconsin, they can check out my “brother and sister” sites Milwaukee Consumer and Madison Consumer.
Green Bay Consumer values your feedback, opinions, and deals that you have found, so please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Thanks for stopping by!