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  1. Coupons
    I decided to buy some miracle whip to make salads during the summer. I usually do not purchase it. Anyway miracle whip is on sale at CVS for 2/$5. I had two coupons for $1 off. So ended up paying $3 for 2 bottles. Had no idea that each bottle cost $6.50 each. Could not believe how crazy...
  2. Utilities
    To allow us to contribute more to our snowball, I made some phone calls to figure out how and where I can save. Cable/Internet: Saved $120/mth by getting rid of our home phone, fax line and switching companies for our cable/internet provider. Even got NFL Ticket for free. Cell phone: I need my...
  3. General Chat
    We have had the same machine for 8 years,bought new.It started really acting up last year and we thought time for a new one,thinking ours had so many problems,not worth getting fixed. As I work at a private golf course,I talked to our mechanic last fall,and he said bring it up to the shop and...
  4. Coupons
    Went grocery shopping and Saved $179.00 in coupons. I'm thrilled.My total was $310 after coupons i payed $121.
  5. General Chat
    i have been printing LOTS of coupons so last time i bought ink i bough the refillable kind off ebay for like 10.00 (always buy my ink on ebay and dog advantage for fleas) well i started running out of black..and was looking in to ordering the refill kits..which i really didnt have the money and...
  6. General Chat
    took my 13 yo to the eye dr - i told the eye dr that the contacts she was using this past year were just too $$$ for our budget ( almost 75$ a month ) i asked if she could use the dailies brand i use to use but instead they decided to let her try another every 2 week brand she...
  7. General Chat
    SUPER SAVINGS DAY!!!!!!!!!!!! After talking to a customer service rep at the hospital where I have an annual cancer follow-up appointment, I got my bill for a chest x-ray down to $310 from $380 with a prompt pay discount! THEN I saved $15.49 at the grocery store by combining store coupons and...
  8. Frugal Living
    Buddy saved every penny to date in 2010 that he made or received from his January birthday, he didn't buy anything but saved it all for the Wii. That is 6 months of saving. He bought it for the whole family to use. He made sure to buy two controllers so that others could play too. His bundle...
  9. General Chat
    Holy carp! This never happens to me. I'm lucky if I get one coupon a week, or one *good* coupon a month. But one of the stores here recently set up a coupon exchange box at the front door and I dig through it once in a while and today I really scored big: 1.00 off kielbasa (on sale for $2)...
  10. General Chat
    We went out to Walmart today and I checked on scanners for the computer. Dh got me a digital picture frame for Christmas and I wanted to be able to scan old pictures into the computer and put them on my frame. I also wanted to share some old pics with my sister. I guess they don't make just...
  11. Stockpiling
    We had some surprise company over the NYE holiday. A while back I would have panicked. My pantry was fully stocked this time and we were able to serve nice meals w/o a large trip to the grocery. (Even when they stayed a day longer than we expected).
  12. Relationships
    after one of them cheats? If someone in the marriage cheats and it only happened one time. says they want to work it out. Can it be saved?
  13. Question and Answer
    so i have this cute little electric skillet that i picked up at a garage sale this spring for $1....weehee..... it's about 1/3 the size of any one that i have ever seen in the stores and that is why i love it so...i can make 2 pancakes...2 pork chops....a little of this...a little of that...
  14. Debt Reduction & Money Management
    myself almost $70 every six months by doing the phone calls I hate. I changed my car insurance. This is one investigation that I dislike very much......too many questions, takes too long...UGH...:angry: I got caught in part of the AIG thing. I had AIG for car ins. and house. THEN they sold...
  15. General Chat
    I have been trying to find ways to cut back on a bill or two so we can increase our snowball and I found 2 bills today that I could get lowered. I called my auto insurance company today and got my insurance lowered by $210.00/6 months. Then I transferred my home insurance to them and have better...
  16. Coupons
    I was so surprised t the money i saved today. I went to schnucks i don't go there very often, but i had so many items i needed and they had them on sale. I stocked up. I spent $210.66 minus $91.00 in coupons. So i spent a total of around $119.00.. I have not stocked piled in awhile. so im...
  17. Home Decorating
    Hmmm...I'm thinking this would be the modular bookcases and cabinets DH made when I was pregnant with DD#1. It's been 24 years and we're still using those hummers. They've changed colour a few times, but I've actually had one of the girls ask for a couple of these when they left the house to...
  18. Frugal Europeans
    try this out guys http://frugalliving.about.com/
  19. Frugal Living
    Well, I can never save enough... but, we were planning on purchasing a used car late this summer, so I've been saving like the dickens to get there, so we can pay cash for a car by August or so. Whoo hoo! I'm there already! I had budgeted for the year, but didn't budget in the tax return...
  20. General Chat
    I redid my verizon cell. We had 4 phones because our oldest daughter and soninlaw is on ours was cheaper for them. MY daughter and hubs only text most of the time and my hubby uses his only for work which he uses maybe 3 times a day.so it went from verizon $186 a month down to $130 =$56.00...
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