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Is Weight Watchers Frugal?

Yesterday, my Dear Hubby and I tested the waters and attended a Weight Watchers meeting for the first time ever. I’ve been heavy my entire life. With the exception of that one glorious year when I was 15/16 and was a perfect Size 8. I’ve tried every diet under the sun, and some of them [...]

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Summer Vacation Edition of Carnival of Pecuniary Delights

Welcome to the Summer Vacation (13th) Edition of the Carnival of Pecuniary Delights. This carnival’s creator, Penelope Pince, the author of Pecuniarities, defines this carnival as “The Crème de la crème of the Personal Finance Blogosphere.” Since the summer is my company’s Busy Season, I’ve been very jealous of all of those folks who are [...]

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I’m turning into my grandmother

I morphed into my grandmother yesterday, right before my children’s eyes. I could hear the words coming out of my mouth as if they were coming from another person. There was section of my brain thinking: “Well, this is an interesting turn of events. Didn’t you very loudly declare you weren’t going to be just [...]

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14 ideas for repurposing milk jugs

Over the last year, my family has been making more moves toward “going green” and I’ve spent a lot of time trying to find the balance between being a packrat and keeping items to reuse. One of the biggest things we’ve been holding onto for future purposes is plastic milk jugs. With our family of [...]

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25 Personal Finance Articles You Should Read

This morning, YL11 came to me in the kitchen and said “Momma… Do you what Mrs. Crawford says Debt means? It means ‘Don’t Ever Buy Too much’.” So, I thought to myself “wow, that’s great. She’s learning!” Then she said “Momma… Can I have money for the book fair?” And so are the days of [...]

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