Monday, March 11, 2019

Save money on your cell phone bill with Twigby and more...

{This post is sponsored by Twigby. Read our disclosure policy here.} Looking for easy ways to reduce your monthly expenses? With Twigby, lowering your cell phone bill may be easier than you thought! When examining your monthly expenses, it can sometimes ...

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Save money on your cell phone bill with Twigby

{This post is sponsored by Twigby. Read our disclosure policy here.}

Looking for easy ways to reduce your monthly expenses? With Twigby, lowering your cell phone bill may be easier than you thought!

Twigby Phone Plan

When examining your monthly expenses, it can sometimes be really tough figuring out where to cut costs. But I’ve got a suggestion for you today: what about looking into switching to another cell phone company?

Twigby — a company dedicated to providing fantastic phone service at great prices — makes it super easy to switch cell phone service and lower your costs, without sacrificing any quality!

Affordability of Twigby

If you’re looking for a more affordable cell phone plan, Twigby has plans starting as low as $9 per month for just talk and text. And data plans start as low as $12 per month! Even a cell phone plan with unlimited talk and text and 10 GB of data costs you just $43 per month!

With these kinds of prices, it’s worth at least checking to see if Twigby might save you money each month on your cell phone bill — even if you’ve been on a family plan with a provider for a decade! The average family that switches to Twigby saves $60 on their cell phone bill, which equates to an annual savings of $720!

You can go HERE and use their calculator to see how much you could save by switching to Twigby.

Set kid limits with Twigby

Flexibility of Twigby

I love that their plans are super affordable with a lot of flexibility. You can custom build your plan for each individual phone line — depending on how much each family member needs and if you want to put some restrictions or limits in place for kids.

They also offer a really great range of options for phones. They have everything from basic flip phones all the way up to iPhone 8 and other smart phones.

So if you’re not a smart phone person and really just want a basic phone with basic features, Twigby is a really, really great option at a super low price! But even if you want all the perks of a regular smart phone with data each month, it’s still a great option to save!

Unlike traditional cell phone companies, they give you the ability to create your own custom, prepaid plan — without a contract or an unnecessary activation fee.

My favorite part about their service (in addition to their great prices!) is that they offer the ability to change plans or phones at any time for free. You’re not locked into an expensive contract that has activation and termination fees.

Twigby Coverage Map

Coverage with Twigby

A lot of times budget phone plans like this don’t offer very good coverage, but Twigby’s coverage is actually really good!

In fact, their coverage is guaranteed because they utilize not just one, but two of the nation’s largest cellular networks (Sprint and Verizon)! That means if you’re out of reach on their primary network (Sprint), you will still be able to access talk and text on their secondary network (Verizon). The best part is that it’s completely free and your phone automatically switches networks when necessary.

You can go HERE to enter your address and check your coverage.

Testimonials from My Readers

We’ve talked about Twigby in the past a couple of times and they’ve been a sponsor of our podcast!

Because of that, many MoneySavingMom.com readers have signed up to try Twigby and have absolutely loved it! We’ve heard SO many rave reviews about the affordability and their amazing customer service.

Here are just a couple of reviews from readers:

We have been THRILLED!!!!!  Love the service, the prices, the way things keep getting better and better (seriously, name another company that LOWERS your price or gives you more data????). We love Twigby!!!

“My husband decided to try out the coverage and it was much better (once we figured out to turn the roaming on!). Also, it was cheaper than PureTalk. We don’t use our phones much, so it is great to only pay for what we will use.”

Woman Using Twigby Cell Phone

Other Features of Twigby

In addition to their affordability, flexibility, and great coverage, Twigby also offers:

  • Ease of getting started. You don’t have to mess with going to a store and picking out a phone plan. You just go to their site, pick your phone plan and either switch your current phone over or get a new phone, and they get it all set up for you.
  • Ability to keep your same phone number. When you switch to Twigby, you get to keep your current number that you’ve had for years. You don’t have to switch to a new number.
  • International calling and texting. With Twigby, you can use your minutes to call numbers in Canada, China, and Mexico at no additional charge. You also get Unlimited Global Texting to over 180 other countries. As long as you’re inside the U.S. when sending and receiving texts, you can send those texts to anyone in another country!
  • Risk-Free Satisfaction Guarantee. If for any reason you’re not satisfied within 30 days of switching to Twigby, you’ll get a 100% full refund!
  • Free overage protection. You can rest easy in knowing that you will never be charged for overages without your go-ahead! You have complete control.

Switch and Save with Twigby

Would you like to try Twigby?

Twigby is offering new customers 25% off your first six months of phone service right now!

But that’s not all! They’re also offering an exclusive deal to MSM readers to get a $10 account credit after activation!

Just use coupon code MOM at checkout to ensure you get this credit after service activation is complete.

Valid through April 25, 2019.

Go here to get started with Twigby.

    
 

$70 Grocery Budget: Aldi, Dollar Tree, Sprouts, Big Lots, Walgreens, and Kroger hauls + what we ate this week

I’m currently challenging myself to stick with a $70 grocery budget for our family of five. This includes almost all of our breakfasts, lunches, snacks, and dinners + most household products (toiletries, laundry soap, etc.).

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Well, after a few weeks of mostly shopping at Kroger, I’m excited to have a LOT of stores to highlight in today’s post. I know that many of you are often begging for me to show more than just Kroger, so enjoy this post with LOTS of stories featured in it!

A photo of Xtra laundry detergent

Walgreens had Xtra laundry detergent on sale for just $0.99 this past week — no coupons needed! While we still have some laundry detergent in our stockpile, I went ahead and bought three more to add to our stockpile since I couldn’t pass up this price!

Xtra laundry detergent

Walgreens Shopping Trip

A photo of $0.99 cantaloupe

I was excited to discover that Kroger had cantaloupe on sale for $0.99.

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Kroger Shopping Trip

  • Kroger half & half — $1.79
  • Vitamin D milk — $2.49
  • Cage-Free Organic Brown Eggs — marked down to $1.79 per dozen
  • Queso Fresco — free with Free Friday download coupon
  • 2 loaves of bread — marked down to $1.79 each
  • 3 bags of oranges — marked down to $0.99 each
  • 1 bag of pears/apple — marked down to $0.99
  • Bananas — marked down to $0.39 per pound
  • 2 Cantaloupes — $0.99 each
  • Suave Men’s Shampoo — $0.99 when you buy 5 participating items
  • Palmolive dish soap — $1.99 when you buy 5 participating items, Used $1/1 Kroger Digital Coupon = $0.99
  • Suave Kids’ Shampoo — $0.99 when you buy 5 participating items, Used $1/1 Kroger Digital Coupon = free after coupon
  • Suave Shampoo — $0.99 when you buy 5 participating items
  • Irish Spring deodorant — $0.99 when you buy 5 participating items
  • 3 cartons of Almond Breeze Milk — $0.99 each when you buy 5 participating items
  • Epic Bar — $0.99 when you buy 5 participating items, used $1/1 Kroger Digital Coupon = free after coupon
  • 6-pack Ginger Beer — marked down to $0.89
  • 8 packages of frozen veggies — $1 each
  • Kind Granola Bars — $1.99 when you buy 5 participating items, used $1.50/1 Kroger Digital Coupon = $0.49 after coupon
  • Total with tax: $40.03

Shopping in Aldi

We ran into Aldi today because we were right by there to see if there were any good deals. Unfortunately, I made a mistake and picked up the squash thinking the sign said it was $0.79… and discovered when I got home that it was actually $0.79 per POUND. Oops!

Psst! See my 25 Favorite Things to Buy at Aldi.

Aldi Groceries

Aldi Shopping Trip

  • 2 Mac & Cheese — $0.49 each
  • Mango Juice — $1.29
  • Organic apples — $2.99
  • Strawberries — $1.49
  • Chocolate Chips — $1.89
  • Squash — $2.39 (NOT $0.79 — oh well!)
  • Total with tax: $11.38

Dollar Tree

And then we went to Dollar Tree — Kaitlynn’s favorite store! (See my 25 Favorite Things to Buy at Dollar Tree.)

 

Groceries from Dollar Tree

Dollar Tree Shopping Trip

Dried Cranberries

And we ran by Big Lots because I was hoping to find some markdowns or some clearance bread, but I only found these dried cranberries for $0.15 — which will be perfect for my salads.

Total at Big Lots with tax: $0.64

Sprouts deals

Did you see the freebies we posted that you could get at Sprouts right now? I added them to my app and was able to pick two of them up today (they were out of the Lemon Snaps) and also pick up the $0.75 blackberries (they sent out a coupon via email that was good this weekend).

Groceries from Sprouts

Sprouts Shopping Trip

A photo of freebies I got in the mail

By the way, here are the freebies I got in the mail this week:

By the way, if you want to start getting great freebies in your mailbox, just start signing up for the free things I post every day that interest you. Within 4-6 weeks, your mailbox will start filling up with great freebies!

A photo of an omelette

I have been loving the free Queso Fresco I got (I had never tried it before that I know of!). And I have found that it is so yummy on my salads and so delicious in omelettes.

What We Ate This Past Week

Note: When you see the meals below, please remember this: I buy ahead often. Which means that when I find a great deal on something I know we’ll use, I buy as much as I can afford in our budget to have on hand.

This means that you aren’t going to see all of the groceries my shopping trip that I used to make all of the meals we ate.

Please also remember that I’m putting this out there and it’s not a perfectly balanced menu. This is just really what we ate — and I hope that it encourages you to see the real-ness and lack of perfection here.

Breakfasts:

  • Cereal, Oatmeal, Scrambled Eggs, Omelettes, Peanut Butter/Banana Toast, Bananas

Lunches:

  • Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwiches, Grapefruit, Avocados, Hard Boiled Eggs, Salads, Leftovers, Oranges, Apples, Cookies

Snacks:

  • Oranges, Cookies, Bananas, Hard Boiled Eggs

Dinners:

  • Sunday — Cracker Barrel
  • Monday — Noodles, Italian Chicken, Peas
  • Tuesday — Roasted Potatoes, Pork Tenderloin, Oranges
  • Wednesday — Barbecued Chicken, Roasted Broccoli, Baked Potatoes, Naan, Cantaloupe
  • Thursday — Pancakes, Fried Potatoes, Bacon, Cantaloupe
  • Friday — Leftovers/Fend for yourself
  • Saturday — Papa John’s (We had a gift card!)

Total spent on groceries: $62.92

Cashback earned this week: 160 points for submitting my receipts to Fetch rewards.