It is hard to be frugal when I am addicted to....?

[Monner 1]

I have a couple that I can't do without. One is Classic Coke and the other is Double Stuff Oreos. Most of the other things I can deal with them not being name brand.

[mcphlips]

Diet Coke
Oil of Olay

[ravenmaniac]

Dawn dish liquid
Barilla plus pasta
Bounce
Magazine Subscriptions (I think I get 5)
Diet Dr. Pepper
Organic Milk

[bumplett]

Ya know, I'm really not tied to any brands when it comes to groceries or household items such that I won't go without them. I'm more concerned about what's IN the products I'm buying and won't buy many brands of many things because of ingredients like high fructose corn syrup or partially hydrogenated oils, but that's a different story ...

I do always have chocolate in the house, and it has to be DARK, but I'll buy many different brands.

yep!! It's AMAZING to me just how many items contain high fructose corn syrup - from peanut butter to pickles!

I spend an average of 2+ hours in any given grocery store because I have to read every label now - it may cost more, but I will only buy organic milk - but I will switch between Organic Valley brand & Horizon brand. (sometimes I get lucky and find a coupon)

so - it's not so much the 'brand' as much as what's IN it.

[fluttermuffin]

for most things, like everyone else, I'm pretty flexible... however, our indulgences are...
ME: *Pepsi or Dr. Pepper... generics are just yukky to me, plain chocolate M&M's, my Ancestry.com subscription... saves me lots of $$ in the long run
HUBS: quaker state oil in our vehicles, Nestea instant tea, Miracle Whip and his chew.
DD16: her monthly Starbucks frappachino, and her Cosmo for Girls magazine subscription (which she got for Xmas last year)
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~need knocking out our debts... one at a time~

Total Debt:
(now) 99,309.70 / (was) 131,598.73
House: 59,888.02 / 75,500.00
04 Ranger: 10,860.52 / 21,793.50
07 Focus: 20,947.56 / 20,947.56
95 Aspire: 3,748.32 / 3,748.32
Cub Cadet: 1,005.93 / 4,200.00
WaMu CC: 1,991.43 / 1,991.43
SSI: 300.00 / 2,700.00
Vet: 567.92 / 717.92

how did we let it get this far???
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Emergency Fund - 3,534.34/ 5,000
silver jar - 7.20
penny jar - 1.25
Fall Fling - 0/1000 things flung (by 30 Nov)
weight loss : 0/#67 lost (start 25 Oct 07)
Oct. eat at home days - ?/31
Oct. grocery challenge - ?/500