Coupon Savings for This Week Are…
30%. Spent $165, saved $70. Best deals were Barilla pasta for 66 cents a box; a 20-ounce box of Bisquick for $1; Friskies cat food cans for 40 cents; and […]
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Sale Alert!
My friend Farrah has alerted me that at Old Navy right now, they are taking an extra 50% off clearance items $4.99 and under, making for some great deals, on […]
Cheep Cheap
Time to check in and see how much money I spent on Easter. Kids’ clothes: Practically nothing. Every item they wore was a gift, a hand-me-down, thrifted, or bought used […]
Downtown: A Manifesto
“So go downtown Things will be great when you’re downtown Don’t wait a minute more, downtown Everything is waiting for you, downtown” —“Downtown,” Petula Clark My town has a wonderful […]
Green Festival Fun
I took the kids to our town’s Green Festival on Saturday. There was quite a lot going on, more than I expected. For the kids, there was an area that had […]
Food — Not Too Much, From Scratch
Not too much time for blogging this week because I had a writing assignment for my high school alumni magazine. I did find time finally to read Michael Pollan’s Food […]
Coupon Savings for This Week Are…
35%. Woot. I think that is the highest I’ve had since I started keeping track. ShopRite had another “spend $150, save $20” promotion and I had $21 in coupons. I […]
100% Fun
Let’s just talk about fun stuff this cloudy cool Friday. 1. How about frugal travel to California. 2. Speaking of California, my song of the week, Goodnight, California, by Kathleen […]
Show Me the Money
It’s a truism: if you want to save money, you have to have a budget. There are all kinds of budget systems out there. Some people put all their cash […]
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