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Archive for May 2008

May 31st, 2008

Frugal way to get dents out of your car

I ran across a great article from Dumb Little Man on how to use the everyday things we use and found a neat way to get dents out of your vehicle.  This is ironic since someone dinged my brand new van (to me anyway) in the parking garage at work last week.  I was so […]

By kellys -- 0 comments

May 30th, 2008

Fave posts from the blogoshpere

Maricar from Keeping the Castle has some vinegar tips.  Got to love those!
Kerri from Marriage Actually has some pretty frugal date ideas for summer.  I love this blog!
Karen has a great article on Health Care at A Healthy Balance
Jeffrey over at Frugal for Life tells us where we can find spare coins.
Jennifer at Saving Advice […]

By kellys -- 1 comment

May 29th, 2008

Grandma Esther’s Spritz Cookies

I was looking through an old Good Housekeeping magazine today and found an article about Kelly Ripa.  Each year at Christmas, she makes hundreds of spritz cookies using her grandmother’s recipe.  They are simple and easy.  I thought you might enjoy having this recipe on file.  You don’t have to wait until Christmas to make […]

By Karen -- 3 comments

May 29th, 2008

$10 off at Walgreens Friday, May 30th

Walgreens has a coupon for $10 off a purchase of $30 or more tomorrow only.  Good time to get 33% off with just one coupon.

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May 29th, 2008

Top 15 ways restaurants are sneaking in cost savings

So I ran across an article on AOL about how restaurants are cutting food costs this week.  Great minds think alike, because Karen noticed her grocery store doing the same thing.  So I did a little research and here is what I found.  There are lots of sneaky ways restaurants are cutting costs without passing […]

By kellys -- 9 comments

May 29th, 2008

Thursday Cleaning Challenge - Get under that bed

Today’s Thursday Cleaning Challenge is simple.  Get under that bed.  I’m not even going to tell you which one.  Pick one.  Any one.  It doesn’t really matter.  It just takes a few minutes to get under the bed, pull everything out and sort it.  Don’t forget to vacuum as well.  While you are at it, […]

By kellys -- 4 comments

May 29th, 2008

What Recession?

It is no surprise that the media is putting fear into the hearts of voters during an election year. Dave Ramsey shows how the media is encouraging recession fear.

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By Karen -- 22 comments

May 28th, 2008

A New Writing Project for Me

I have taken on a new writing project. You can also find me at One Book Two Book, another b5 Media blog.  I’ll be writing about books, tips for getting your child to read, activities to go along with books, and more.
I hope you’ll drop by One Book Two Book to see what Mary Emma and […]

By Karen -- 1 comment

May 28th, 2008

Watch Out for Reduced Product Sizes

Last week I went to Lowe’s Foods to do my regular grocery shopping and I was going to pick up some ice cream for my hubby.  He really enjoys ice cream and Lowe’s had their Edy’s ice cream buy 1 get 1 free. 
I was shocked when I saw that most of the ice cream containers […]

By Karen -- 14 comments

May 28th, 2008

Wordless Wednesday - What do we do with him now that he is home?

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