From the monthly archives:

January 2009

Money Saving Roundup – $5 Dinners, Save On Eating Out, Drugstore Savings, CVS February Deals

January 31, 2009

I am so glad it is the weekend. It’s been a very busy week and I am looking forward to a weekend of rest. I’m off to do some shopping this morning and will be making the rounds at my local Target and Winn-Dixie. Here are some favorite posts I wanted to [...]

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Getting Started With CVS – A Newbie Guide

January 30, 2009

I mentioned last week that I finally got around to getting a CVS card. I am very new to this process of saving money through the deals found at CVS and have been trying to read up on how exactly to maximize my savings. Fellow blogger Frugal RI Mom has provided the following [...]

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Homemade Vegetable Soup – Cook At Home Day

January 29, 2009
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Medical Insurance: Review Your Coverage for the New Year

January 28, 2009

The beginning of a new calendar year is an important time for medical insurance. Since several components of your coverage hinge around the calendar year, this is a great time to evaluate your coverage and make sure that you understand exactly how your benefits work.
Deductibles: The beginning of a new year [...]

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Teaching Kids to Spend Their Money Smartly

January 27, 2009

One of the many parts of responsible parenting is teaching your little ones how to handle their own finances. Now is the time to begin planting the seeds of good financial practices in their minds. Although they don’t have a lot of money now, the fundamentals they learn will serve them well when [...]

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Spending Less on Groceries: Three Ways to Find Success

January 26, 2009

No matter how much you resolve to cut your budget this year, you will still be faced with the ever-increasing cost of groceries. Let’s face it; everyone needs food. However, you can opt to make choices that help you make the most of your grocery dollars. With planning, some no-frills shopping, and [...]

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Weekend Roundup – Saving Money At CVS

January 25, 2009

Well I finally took the plunge and signed up for a CVS card. If you haven’t heard, CVS offers a type of “reward card” where you receive credit in the form of “extra bucks” for certain weekly purchases. I’ve been reading for a long time now how different bloggers have scored really great [...]

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Low Cost Healthy Eating: Five Tips for the New Year

January 24, 2009

The beginning of the new year is definitely a time filled with resolutions. If eating healthy is one of your resolutions, you’re not alone. Resolutions related to weight or food are some of the most popular resolutions made each year. Fortunately for you, there are tons of foods and cookbooks out there [...]

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Apple Pie Spice Muffins – Cook At Home Day

January 22, 2009

Welcome to the first edition of “Cook At Home Day”, a new weekly feature here on our blog. Today’s recipe is for apple pie spice muffins. I’ve been making these muffins for many years now, and originally got the recipe when cooking for a milk allergic child. Notice that the recipe is dairy [...]

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Cook At Home Day

January 22, 2009

Since I do quite a bit of home cooking, I’ve decided to add a regular weekly feature to this blog starting today with a “Cook At Home Day”. Each week on Thursday I will be featuring a new recipe that I have personally cooked during the prior week. I’ll give you [...]

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