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Frugal Friday – Vegetable Chowder Recipe

Before we started tracking our spending, and trying to make every dollar work for us, I never would have guessed that food is the biggest fluctuating expense in so many households. We used to spend $200 to $300 every week at Costco, Kroger and Publix. We always got caught in the “pick up one more [...]

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Shopping Tips – And a SNOOPY DANCE

I broke my normal routine for shopping this weekend. Yesterday, I hit Walgreen’s because they had some fabulous sale items last week that I didn’t pick up and wanted to get before the new sale started. Tonight, I hit CVS and Publix. I normally do all of my shopping on Monday, but today I just [...]

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Grocery Shopping Results This Week

This week, I did Kroger without The List (gasp!) because I had to shop before it was up. But, I still did ok. Publix: Full Price: $52.74 Saved: $38.06 (72%) Paid: $14.68 CVS: Full Price: $72.06 Saved: $60.80 (84%) Paid: $11.26 Kroger: Full Price: $82.84 Saved: $31.91 (39%) Paid: $50.93 Aldi (needs shopping): Full Price: [...]

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Publix – Where Shopping Is A Pleasure

Stop the presses folks, I finally agree that a big corporation’s advertising slogan is right on the money. I hate to shop, or at least I thought I did. I’ve always been the person to go to the store, grab exactly what I need, get to the cash register as fast as I could… and [...]

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Weekly Grocery Shopping Results

I tried an experiment this week. I don’t generally do my shopping at Wal-Mart. It’s just too much hassle and takes too long to get around to make it worth my while. But, seeing how many people posted great deals over at the Grocery Gathering, I decided to give it a try. I don’t guess [...]

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