From the monthly archives:

March 2009

Save Money While Maintaining Your Laminate Floors

March 31, 2009

Laminate floors are popular choices for frugal families for lots of reasons. The price tag associated with laminate floors is much more reasonable than hardwood floors. In addition, keeping laminate floors clean is much easier than trying to clean carpets. Easy installation methods even make it possible for homeowners to install it [...]

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Find Great Deals – No Matter What You’re Shopping For

March 30, 2009

As I’ve shopped for different types of items over the years, I’ve developed lots of different ways to find great deals on specific items. When I buy craft items, I almost always have a coupon. If my family needs a new (to us) car, we shop for a slightly used one from a [...]

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Cooking and Baking Your Way to Savings

March 28, 2009

Cooking and baking are both great ways to stretch your food budget. Coupons are good too, but the easiest way to cut your food costs is to prepare as many of your meals at home as possible. Cooking your meals at home will be not only more affordable, but more nutritious, too. [...]

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Cold Lunch Ideas – Brown-Bagging Your Lunch

March 27, 2009

You’ve heard me say time and time again that one of the best ways to save money on food is to take your lunch to work. Cutting these expensive meals from your food budget can save you as much as $200 each month. However, coming up with a variety of meal options everyday [...]

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Save Electricity and Cut Your Utility Costs

March 26, 2009

As more and more people talk about “going green,” you’ve probably already been encouraged to do your part and save electricity. Conserving energy is one thing that everyone can do to help our country work its way out of this energy crisis we’ve found ourselves in.
Besides being the environmentally-correct thing to do, [...]

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Publix Bargain Meal – 04/26/09 thru 04/01/09

March 26, 2009

Click on the image to go find your Bargain Meal of the Week!
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Meal Idea #1: Pork spareribs are $1.59 lb so this is the week for spareribs! If you have a pantry full of seasonings, this crockpot recipe would be a great fix >> Spice Dry Rub Country Spareribs.
Meal Idea #2: [...]

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Cheap Organizational Tools for Your Recipes

March 25, 2009

After cooking at home for a long time, you’re bound to start collecting recipes from many places. Perhaps your favorite oatmeal cookies recipe is in that cookbook your sister gave you for Christmas. Your favorite chicken noodle casserole recipe, though, came from the side of a bag of egg noodles. And, your [...]

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Be the Author of Your Own Financial Plan

March 24, 2009

Planning for your financial future is important no matter what stage of life you are in. A plan acts as a guideline as you make decisions, helps you stay motivated as you make sacrifices to meet your goals, and makes it easy to track your financial progress. A financial plan is a must-have [...]

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Does Playing “The Grocery Game” Really Save You Money?

March 23, 2009

A few weeks ago a friend of mine referred me to the popular website TheGroceryGame.com. She’s heard me talk about trying to get the most out of our family’s grocery budget and thought this website would be right up my alley. I hadn’t ever heard of it before, so I’ve spent a little [...]

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Weekend Roundup – Spring Cleaning Edition

March 23, 2009

Well I’ve been bitten by the “spring cleaning” bug. There are several large decluttering projects I have planned for the coming weeks. We’re also going to be planting our garden and the kids are really geared up for spring break.
Here are some articles I’ve enjoyed recently from the Frugal Blog [...]

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