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Coupons

What I think of Groupon after 6 months

March 10, 2011

I signed up a while back, so I thought I’d share my thoughts about this service (and I’m curious what you guys think of it too!). In case you haven’t heard of it, I should explain that Groupon is a daily local deal site.  You sign up for free, and each day Groupon emails you [...]

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Why I Am Not A Coupon Queen

August 26, 2010

A reader (Hi Lindsey!) left the following comment on a post, and it reminded me that I needed to do a post on this topic. I have a question about coupons. I know you don’t use them a whole lot – why is that? I tried to use them for awhile and I found that [...]

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I do like some coupons.

June 13, 2010

After my small tirade on extreme couponing, I thought it might be good to show you the front of my fridge. I’m not entirely anti-coupon. I have a coupon for free Tropicana OJ from the Juicy Rewards program, a $10 off a $10 purchase at Kohls from Discover card (this will be used to buy [...]

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$4/week on groceries? No thanks.

May 6, 2010

The following video has been circulating around the internet for a while now, and every time I see it, I keep thinking that I really ought to write a blog post with my thoughts on it.  I have another post on coupons in the works, but for now, I just want to share my perspective [...]

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The extent of my Black Friday shopping

November 29, 2008

It wasn’t really Black Friday shopping at all, actually! CVS’s Black Friday deals were running for three days…Thanksgiving Day, Friday, and Saturday. I loathe Black Friday crowds, so I was very pleased with the idea of shopping ON Thanksgiving Day. I was a bit nervous that there would be a whole lot of people there, [...]

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Frugality has suddenly become popular.

October 10, 2008

I’ve been frugal for pretty much my entire life, whether or not it’s been considered cool(and most of the time, it hasn’t!). Lately, though, it seems like I’m constantly seeing another article about how Americans are spending less, are bargain hunting, and are cutting back on things like eating out. CNN recently had an article [...]

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