Tag: frugal
member name: Dana H.
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March 31, 2009 08:14 PM EDT --
Today while shopping for groceries , I picked up several sale items to make homemade pizza. I was hungry for pizza, so I couldn't wait to make one for supper tonight. I estimated the total cost for . . .
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March 26, 2008 01:09 AM EDT --
I have a container that hangs by my refrigerator that holds plastic sacks from shopping. We use them when we clean out the litter boxes. There has always been an endless supply. When it gets too full, . . .
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April 13, 2008 06:26 PM EDT --
I'm currently reading "How to Pinch a Penny till it Screams." I'm not far enough along to say whether I'd recommend it or not.
I belong to paperbackswap.com and once . . .
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April 15, 2008 07:20 PM EDT --
I've been reading the book "How to Pinch a Penny Til it Screams" by Rochelle LaMotte McDonald. Here's a tip from the chapter "Reducing Your Grocery Bill" that I hadn't . . .
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May 06, 2008 10:09 PM EDT --
Tonight, I applied my new found coupon clipping skills to shopping for clothing. Our first stop was JC Penny's. I found the black South Pole shirt marked down to $5.00 from $20.00 and the yellow shirt . . .
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August 16, 2008 01:25 PM EDT --
In an effort to be more frugal, I started saving and reusing padded envelopes. I joined paperbackswap.com and trade quite a few books that way. They encourage you to just wrap the book using printer . . .
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August 22, 2008 04:29 PM EDT --
I stumbled across a frugal meal with ramen noodles that my husband and I love. I had a small frozen steak and wanted to stretch it to feed two people. I sliced it up into thin strips and browned it in . . .
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November 08, 2008 12:56 AM EST --
I broke the rule about shopping alone and all three of us went to the grocery store tonight. My family was actually great help and not a single item went in the basket that wasn't on the list.
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January 31, 2008 10:43 PM EST --
I've just started focussing on being more frugal. I'm proud of my first "frugal" shopping trip and just have to share.
Last Wednesday's grocery flyer from . . .
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October 12, 2008 12:23 AM EDT --
This month, I found a new place for some "found money" to throw at debt. I over-estimated the amount we put into our flexible health savings account (FSA) this year, so I dug . . .
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January 12, 2009 06:00 PM EST --
The New York Times , ran an article that says that Americans waste 27% of the food we buy. That's an average of 1 lb a day for every American! It's not just spoilage in grocery stores or restaurants . . .
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February 07, 2009 09:01 PM EST --
I just had the best afternoon and evening out. We went shopping at the mall, went out to dinner and are getting ready to watch two movies that we rented and we spent less than $40 on everything.
We . . .
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April 06, 2009 11:38 PM EDT --
I'm ready with Easter goodies for about $4.25. I put together a basket and card for my daughter and bags of goodies: two for the neighbor's children and one for hubby. Here's what I . . .
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February 04, 2008 11:19 PM EST --
In December, Barbara Franklin, a guest on the Oprah Winfrey show, shared how she paid only $3.02 for groceries that originally totaled $187.00 by taking advantage of double coupons. She now runs a food . . .
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August 17, 2008 11:55 PM EDT --
In the book " How to Pinch a Penny Till It Screams ," author Rochelle LaMotte McDonald suggests saving money by using up the odds and ends in your pantry. I don't know about you, but there . . .
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May 12, 2008 09:39 PM EDT --
Since it was Mother's Day, my husband accompanied me shopping.
First Stop: CVS
Sodas were on Sale, buy four 12-packs for $11, get one Free ($2.20 a 12-pack)
1 12 -packs Nestea Lemon . . .
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April 01, 2009 06:45 PM EDT --
I posted about my cheap Pizza dinner and have been asked how I got the pizza crusts for .20. Dillons (Kroger) is running the sale 4/$4 again this week, so I am posting this so everyone can make great . . .
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May 15, 2008 11:34 PM EDT --
I came across some terms I hadn't heard before: Snowflakes and Snowballing. Snowflakes are tiny amounts of money that combine to create snowballs to start throwing at debt. As you pay off one, . . .
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May 10, 2008 10:22 PM EDT --
Supercook is an extensive recipe database and search engine that finds recipes you can make with the ingredients you currently have on hand. You simply start by entering the ingredients you have . . .
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February 10, 2008 01:28 AM EST --
One of the biggest money wasters is keeping up with the Jones' Sometimes we slip into trying to keep up with the Jones' without even realizing it. We say yes to an invite to an expensive . . .
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