Our Frugal Journey

Over the last two years, the Dollar Tree chain has been installing freezers in its stores across the country.
This week those freezers came to my local Dollar Tree in Apex, N.C. 
I’m not a huge dollar store shopper, having discovered that most things I can get cheaper with a coupon that doubles or triples. Click here [...]

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For years now, I’ve been a roving grocery shopper, hopping from store to store wherever the best deal would take me. I was — and for the most part, still am — loyal to the best price.
But recently, I’ve been trying to improve our diet, trying to eat more healthfully, so I’ve been venturing out a [...]

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Frugal folks are famous for their stories of just how far they can stretch a dollar.
Well, here’s one for the record books.
Two bucks will buy you a 2010 calendar at Whole Foods  loaded with $30 worth of coupons.
That same $2 will help create new lives for women living in poverty across the globe. Women such as [...]

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