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What I’m Reading: The Millionaire Next Door

My long awaited copy of The Millionaire Next Door arrived this weekend, thanks to Book Mooch! I’ve read reviews on this book by at least half a dozen bloggers, and figured that there must be something to the hype. However, I wasn’t prepared to be completely sucked in by it. I took the book with [...]

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Carnivals and Link Love

My Post: Cutting Food Costs – 3 Ways to Save on Dinner was included the Carnival of Money Hacks hosted by Broke Grad Student this week. Please go check it out, there is a ton of great stuff going on over there. My Post: Coupons – Making them work for you was included at The [...]

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Tightwad Gazette – 1992

My friend, Alicia, brought me an old copy of The Tightwad Gazette last week. I have been thumbing through it for the last few days and just marveling over how much has changed, and how much has not changed over the course of 16 years. The book is broken into seasons (Winter, Spring, Summer, and [...]

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Coupons: What to do when….

Every week, I find that there are at least a couple of items on my grocery list that I’ve clipped coupons for but don’t end up getting. Sometimes the stores are sold out of the item I need or the advertised item isn’t actually on sale at that particular store. Whatever the reason, I often [...]

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Weekly Grocery Shopping Results

Well, this week’s shopping trip was kind of disappointing. Most of the things we had on our “needs” list weren’t items I had coupons for. I did great on our stock ups though. I went to three stores this time. CVS, Publix, and Kroger. Against the norm, I did fabulously at CVS and Publix but [...]

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