From the monthly archives:

March 2009

Save Money While Maintaining Your Laminate Floors

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 themselves. While the [...]

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Cooking and Baking Your Way to Savings

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. As you’re deciding [...]

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Cold Lunch Ideas – Brown-Bagging Your Lunch

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 can make [...]

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Cheap Organizational Tools for Your Recipes

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 lasagna recipe came [...]

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Avoid Common Traps with Frugal Shopping

The following is a guest post by Courtney Phillips of EarnAccountingDegree.com Times are tough and everyone is looking to save any way they can. While there are many great deals to be had, it’s important to use some common sense when shopping for discounts. Thinner wallets are often accompanied by panic that prompts people to [...]

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