Tag: tightwad
member name: Dana H.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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February 06, 2008 11:26 PM EST --
I been avoiding refilling my printer ink cartridges or buying off brand cartridges from a third-party supplier. I've just heard so many stories about cheap ink causing trouble with the . . .
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March 15, 2008 08:36 PM EDT --
When I saw this sign, we just had to pull over and take a picture to share with everyone on Gather!
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March 25, 2008 10:30 PM EDT --
I'm on the verge of earning $40.00 on my Discover Card. Discover has an option that you can stretch your cashback bonus further by selecting one of the gift cards that they offer. I can get a $45 . . .
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