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  1. Blog
    I was sent an general email and one of the articles displayed was about senior discounts. I think it is useful information. Senior Discounts Keep this list - - - and Send a copy to your senior friends and relatives. As I was waiting in line behind an older gentleman at Wendy's recently...
  2. Meal planning
    Whole Story Blog Archive Eating Near the Poverty Line?at Whole Foods Market "A family of three decides to live for 30 days on the USDA monthly budget of $491.10. Could you do it? What if you only shopped at Whole Foods? We are about to find out if this challenge is possible." True Food...
  3. Frugal Living
    Before the end of December our family made the commitment that January would be a no eat out month after spending way too much on eat outs last year. My family has done very well with it but my dd kept saying that we were going out feb 1st for sure! I kept saying no we are not. Well Dh...
  4. Food challenges
    I cut way back in 2011. It saves lots of money!! How about you?
  5. Debt Reduction & Money Management
    According to my Discover card, over the last 24 months, my family has averaged $26 a month on eating out. Some months, we never went even to McDonald's. I generally do not bother without a coupon or some kind of discount. My brother is kind of the opposite of me and I think devotes $300 a month...
  6. Kitchen Basics
    ~And yet another reason to forgo processed foods and cook from scratch. Manufacturers add an ingredient called cellulose to many ready to eat items, fast food and even "diet" and "high fiber" foods. It won't kill you but it has no real nutritional value, because it's wood pulp. Yeah, the same...
  7. Homesteading and gardening
    I would like to keep it as organic as possible. A friend told me to spray with some water and dish detergent and leave it on for a few hours, then rinse off. Does that work? Any tips? Just let it be?
  8. Family
    My MIL and her sister are going to be here this afternoon for a fun-filled week. They are still 9 hours away but she has already pushed my buttons. This woman is a picky, picky, picky eater, as is her sister. She called me this morning to give me a list of foods they would not eat and told me to...
  9. General Chat
    OK we have been following the Feingold Program since 2004! and I can cut corners in lots of area's but my food bill is huge because of this. I do make lots from scratch but working full time and being a single parent does put some constraints on my time so I am looking on ways to organize and...
  10. Homesteading and gardening
    Any advise on how to keep the deer from eating my watermelons?? :scratch:
  11. Coupons
    I came across this blog today. A man's sister challenged him to eat well for only $1 a day for the whole month. He used coupons and sales and did it, then extended the challenge further. I searched the village forums and didn't see a post about this, so I'm posting it now. I became hooked...
  12. Calculations and Alternatives
    Savings Experiment: The Great Burger Cook-Off -- Eating Out vs. Cooking at Home Savings Experiment: The Great Burger Cook-Off -- Eating Out vs. Cooking at Home
  13. General Chat
    I notice by reading on here and watching American tv shows that a LOT of Americans eat out a LOT!! I remember the prices in Harrisburg last year when I visited my friend and I was amazed. Don't hold me to the exact name of the restaurant because we ate out a LOT in the few days that we were...
  14. Frugal Living
    We moved in on January 15th and while we did spend the first few days eating take-out (Wok Box, Harvey's, etc.), we haven't done it ever since. Even our trips to the store to pick up supplies has dwindled in occurrence. I think for us, it's been a combination of location and fixing the menu at...
  15. Kitchen Basics
    I haven't a clue what I'm making for dinner but right now I'm chowing down on grits with cheese and salsa. Yum!
  16. Question and Answer
    this is one of those days, when even tho I am not hungry I can't stop eating...HELP!!!! I am on WW and haven't figured out the new plan, and for some reason, I want EVERYTHING in front of me...so far today, I have had: dietcoke and sausage mcmuffin caramel mocha and 3 choc chip cookies (all of...
  17. Coupons
    Okay - I used to coupon like mad and have a huge stockpile of loads of stuff that actually lasted over two years! However, things in life changed and we changed the way we eat and quit couponing. Now we eat mainly whole foods and shop the perimeter of the grocery (produce, meats, deli, little...
  18. Food challenges
    Cooking at home instead of going to restaurants helped a lot of us save money in 2010. Let's do it again and see how much more we can save in 2011! My target for this year is to eat in restaurants no more than an average of 3 times per month. I say average because I want to bank them for...
  19. Health and beauty
    This article surprised me with things that aren't focused upon or associated with when trying to reduce sugar intake. Media sometimes focuses only on a few of these, not all. We all know we should cut back but wow. For example, over consumption of sugars puts one in an increased risk of...
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