This post brought to you by Dollar General. All opinions are 100% mine.

Everyone loves to save money. I am always looking for good deals on home decor. We just recently had a Dollar General store open in my small town. I have found some really great deals for my house. I was excited when I heard about the Dollar General Home Sale Event from 2/12/ thru 2/19!

The best part is you can print a 50% off coupon which is good in-store only. You could save money on all house decor items, housewares, kitchen tools, bedding, rugs, and so much more. This is a great deal.

I have had my eye on a certain wall clock which would look great in the spare bedroom we are redecorating. The clock has a great old-fashioned look which I really like. The price is normally $10 but with the 50% off item, then I would only spend $5! I am also looking at buying new bedding, decor for the bedroom like wall prints, and window treatments. This is a great savings for me which allows to stretch my dollars even further. With cost of living rising, I really need all the savings I can find.

Hurry as the event and coupon end tomorrow on 2/19! What will you buy with your coupon?

Today’s thrifty living tip is to use OxiClean to get out old stubborn stains. I used to sell clothes that I would buy and resell on Ebay. I came across clothes that would have set-in stains which is hard to get out. I would make a paste of OxiClean with a little water in a plastic bowl and just spread a little onto the stain. I used this on colored clothes, and it never left bleach stains. I used the regular OxiClean since the color safe version didn’t exist. I would let it sit for 30 minutes and just throw it in the washer. It always got out the stains.

I also used another trick for whites and light pastel colors. I would boil water and pour into one of those plastic tubs (the free ones from the hospital), and dissolve 1 tbs of OxiClean before adding the stained parts of the garments. I didn’t leave too long in this mixture, and usually let the garments soak for about 10-20 minutes. I made this batch when I had several garments, and the water stayed hot for a while. It was extremely rare for neither process to remove a stain.

I still like the other stain removers for new stains, but this Oxiclean method was the best I found for removing old or set-in stains. What is your method of removing old stains from clothing?

I finally finished moving to WordPress late last night. I still had lots of tweaks to do to the theme before I posted this update. I apologize for not being around much this past week, but between moving the blog and school, I was overwhelmed. I still have a few minor tweaks I want to make to the blog, but this is pretty much it for now. The tweaks now might be some color changes to a few fonts. Later I do plan to add a header and background, but I am burnt for the moment.

What does everyone think of the new blog?

I really loved the fun and bright colors. The header and background are transparent so I need to tweak it later in photoshop. I am just not in the mood to mess with it anymore this weekend. I have a small holiday coming up so I will work on it then. I get three days off from school and looking forward to that small break.

I have a fun giveaway starting soon so keep checking back! The giveaway will give me a chance to show off the new blog.

Keep checking back for more exciting giveaways and other news. I am so excited about being on WordPress, and I have plans to make Thrifty Momma Ramblings more exciting for all my readers. I really missed posting this past week.