Grocery Savings

Why I Don’t Buy More to Save More

November 12, 2009

Sorry to be so late posting today. My husband has a day off from work, which means that we were most certainly not up and out of bed at 4:40 am. I might be an early bird, but I am not insane! Today, the six of us made our grocery shopping rounds (report on my [...]

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Why I Don’t Request Free Samples

October 6, 2009

Free samples are all the rage among frugal people, judging by the number of blogs and websites that publish endless lists of these sorts of offers. While I do love to save money, and I love free things as much as the next person, I really cannot get on board with free samples as a [...]

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Monday Q&A-Drinks and Vacation Accomodations

September 28, 2009

Every Monday I answer a few questions from you, my readers! If you have a question you’d like me to answer in a future Q&A post, leave me a comment, or email me (the frugal girl {at} gmail {dot} com) and put “Q&A” in the subject line. I am curious what you give your kids [...]

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You know what makes a really tasty breakfast?

June 14, 2009

Homemade vanilla yogurt mixed with fresh strawberries (thank you, Aldi, for making these affordable at $1.69/pound). It’s delicious, it’s not cereal, and it’s lovely and cool on a summer morning.

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Homemade Granola Bars

June 11, 2009

A couple of years ago I found this recipe on All Recipes, and I made these bars regularly. For some reason, though, I kind of got out of the habit. I dusted the recipe off lately, though, and my family is very pleased. Some granola bar recipes employ a method similar to the one used [...]

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