Our Frugal Journey

I love my public library.
Where else can you choose as many books as you want and walk out the door without paying a penny?
When you think about it that way, you have to wonder why anyone goes in a real bookstore and pays real money for a book.
Now my local library system has given me another [...]

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Congratulations to Nicole (nrbond@) for winning my crock-pot cookbook giveaway. A copy of Stephanie O’Dea’s fabulous Make It Fast, Cook It Slow will be on its way to Nicole as soon as I hear from her. 
Thank you to all who entered. I loved reading your comments and can only imagine all the crock pots that are on counters [...]

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By now, you know I’m a big fan of crock-pot cooking.
So it follows that Stephanie O’Dea’s Make It Fast, Cook It Slow, is my newest favorite cookbook in my never-ending quest to find great-tasting recipes that won’t strain my $200/month grocery budget.
You can read my review of the cookbook here, but suffice it to say [...]

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You definitely won’t get rich by joining Swagbucks, but why not earn a little extra for searching the Internet — something we all do anyway?
Not familiar with Swagbucks? It’s a website that pays you to use its search engine to find information on the Internet.
It’s as simple as that. Look up stuff; collect Swag Bucks; redeem for [...]

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Downloading music to your iPod can be pricey. As a result, cheapie me listens to my same old tunes over and over again. They are the songs I downloaded via the CDs I already owned — before I stopped buying those!
So I always love it when I stumble across a free MP3 song download that [...]

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You can scoop yourself a FREE pound of shrimp at Earth Fare this week — no additional purchase necessary.
Click here to print the coupon, which expires Nov. 22. This deal is “while supplies last” so I wouldn’t procrastinate.
I think I’ll be sending hubby today on his way home from work.
This is just the latest in a [...]

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Being the ultra frugal gal that I am, I’ve always avoided those coin-counting machines that seem to be in every grocery store in America.
I figured I can count my own coins, or get my kids to count them, or take them to my credit union coin counter — all free options — rather than give [...]

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Merry Christmas from the folks over at Google.
Travelers at 47 airports across the United States can log on to their laptops and take advantage of wireless Internet service for FREE now through Jan. 15, 2010.
What a deal! Especially for weary holiday travelers who find themselves marrooned at an airport in the middle of a winter snow [...]

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If you are a Chick-fil-A fan like me, you might want to consider buying a $20 gift card — or two — or three — or ten.
The 2010 version of the infamous cow calendar is out and it’s yours for FREE, with the purchase of a $20 gift card.
But wait, it gets better.
(Can you tell [...]

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I got a great deal yesterday on Progresso soups at Harris Teeter, combining coupons and a BOGO sale.
I walked out with three cans and only paid a quarter a can. It doesn’t get much better than this for a coupon geek like me, given the fact that the regular price of a can of Progresso soup is $2.69.
Combining [...]

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