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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It’s raining today  — and cold — and the fall leaves here in the Raleigh, N.C., area are covering the ground like shag carpeting  in all the best colors of those amazing 1970s.
Perfect timing for that first cup of hot cocoa to sip while pondering THE bird.
In a frugal household such as ours that pondering [...]

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Trying to outdo  KFC’s “unfried” chicken giveaway, Boston Market restaurants across the country are fighting back by selling chicken dinners with mashed potatoes and corn bread for the bargain price of $1.
Click here to print your coupon. It’s good through Sunday, Nov. 1.
Thanks to WTVD Channel 11 for alerting me to the deal.
I guess you [...]

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With Halloween upon us, my thoughts have already turned to Nov. 1. That’s the day all the retailers put their Halloween merchandise on clearance.
For frugal shoppers, Halloween clearance can be a great way to stretch their hard-earned cash. Here are a few things to keep in mind as you haunt those Halloween aisles:
*Think next year. Buy all your [...]

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Being frugal, I shop all three drug stores in my area — CVS, Rite Aid and Walgreens.
But I do the overwhelming bulk of my drug store shopping at CVS. I perfer its rewards system for customers, its weekly circular seems easier to read and I’ve grown accustomed to the layout of its stores.
So I jumped at the [...]

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Are dollar stores really a bargain destination for the frugal-minded?
I got to thinking about this after reading a story done by Consumer Reports ShopSmart magazine via a link on the Bargain Blog.
The magazine sent mystery shoppers out to buy 11 household items at dollar stores across the country and then price compared those items with similar [...]

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