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Girls in pink, Goodwill-style

September 21, 2010

The other Sunday morning, all of my girls decided to wear pink dresses and it just so happens that all of them were from Goodwill. So of course, I thought that pictures needed to be taken. Sonia’s dress was $3, Lisey’s was $5 (because it’s J.C. Penney’s upscale American Living brand) and Zoe’s was $2 [...]

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Saving money on greeting cards

July 8, 2010

A reader recently sent this email to me: I was floored when I purchased my Mother’s Day cards this year…a whopping $20.00 for 6 cards! ARG!!! So what do you DO about cards and gifts for the family for occasions (like birthdays, Mothers Day, Fathers Day, Valentines, Christmas) and still have a thoughtful gift/card without breaking [...]

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Monday Q&A | Meal Ideas, Menu Deviations, and Table Waste

May 24, 2010

Every Monday, I answer a few of the questions that my readers send me. If you have a question you’d like me to answer in a future Q&A post, just leave me a comment here or email me (thefrugalgirl [at] gmail [dot] com) and put Q&A in the subject line. I look forward to hearing [...]

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Wednesday Baking | Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins

May 12, 2010

Every Wednesday (ok, most Wednesdays!) I share a baking recipe. And lots of pictures of said baking recipe. I don’t call this Wednesday Baking because I bake solely on Wednesdays…no, my oven gets a workout much more frequently than once a week! All the past baking posts are archived in the Wednesday Baking category, which [...]

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Grocery Spending/Menu Plan | I went over on purpose.

May 8, 2010

These are my groceries. I used one coupon. In case you were wondering. And this morning, thanks to a heads-up from MoneySavingMom, I printed out a $1.50/1 Wheatables cracker coupon from coupons.com. These go on sale for $2 fairly often, so I think I should be able to snag a box for $.50.  See, I [...]

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Food Waste Friday | Dear me.

May 7, 2010

Every week, I post a picture of the food that has gone bad over the last seven days. I started doing this in March of 2008 to help motivate myself to use up my food instead of wasting it and it’s been very effective. Since it helped me so much, I invited other bloggers to [...]

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