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About a month ago, I asked for some help on a few things around the house. I got a great response, some of which we tried. Here are the results:

Kill The Ants NOW. Several folks recommended putting cinnamon where the ants are coming into the house. I did this and it really seemed to be an effective […]

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A bunch of retailers sent me coupons specifically for today, also known as Cyber Monday, which is suppose to be the biggest online shopping day of the year. Not sure if that is the case or not, but I have been given some pretty good coupons for stores like JCPenney.com, Ann Taylor.com, Overstock.com, and quite […]

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Here are the FIVE ways I am going to save money this Thanksgiving weekend:

Stay in bed on Black Friday. I will not be succumbing to the Black Friday advertisements. As I have already documented, I can’t handle the crowd and the people stampeding for the Plasma TV for $799. I like Clever Dude’s idea of “maybe start saving […]

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Growing up in central California, my frugal Dad and Mom would always take my sister and I on summer vacations up and down Highway 101, which stretches 1,540 miles from Olympia, Washington, all the way to the East Los Angeles Freeway Interchange in southern California. Since this is the 101st edition of the Festival of Frugality, I thought it would be fun to […]

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Rewind, Thanksgiving 2006, there I was checking out all of the ‘Black Friday’ ads in my local newspaper. I am pretty confident that is not what the Pilgrims and Indians had in mind. But being a major bargain shopper, my curiosity was peeked, and the ads section had been calling my name all morning. Family had arrived, […]

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Talking about coupons bores me to tears. But I blog about them from time to time when I have some that are really good and have the potential to save you quite a bit of money. So, with that said, here are some online coupons with savings worth mentioning:
Fashion Bug.com
Save 40% OFF your ENTIRE order thru this […]

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As I mentioned in an earlier post, a few years ago I was able to come out from under a huge amount of credit card debt. But my credit was shot, I was 120 days late on a couple cards and did a one-time ”payoff” payment on a couple others for less than the original balance. All of which shot my […]

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I wrote an article awhile back that was published by The Dollar Stretcher that talked about, among other things, eBay bargain secrets.  In it, I discussed how I often will wait until the last 30 seconds of an eBay auction before I bid, which almost always guarantees that I will not be outbid and get the best deal possible. […]

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As many of you know, and as I have documented on this blog, my Dad is a pretty frugal guy! In early October, he flew from San Jose, CA to Portland, Maine and spent 23 days with a good friend touring New England, Philadelphia, Boston, and Washington D.C. His total bill for this great vacation was just […]

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**PUBLIC DECLARATION UPDATE**  About 6 days into my quest to remove my dependency to caffeine. As stated in my original post, along with using smaller coffee mugs, I am using a 25% decaf, 75% caffeine coffee blend to start. What can I say, the idea of going cold turkey gives me the shivers. Here are a couple benefits I […]

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