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Posted
Sep 03 2008, 06:02 AM
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Karen Datko
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This post comes from Carrie Kirby at partner blog Wise Bread. I used to consider myself a frugal shopper, without following the cardinal rule of setting and sticking to a grocery budget. Inspired by Wise Bread and other personal-finance blogs, a few months ago I finally took the plunge and set an $80-a-week budget. I know that some people manage to spend as little as half that to feed a family of four (the two kids are little enough that they don't eat much), but for us $80 has been a challenge.
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Posted
Aug 19 2008, 04:36 PM
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Ryan MacClanathan
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Student loans, fast food, credit card debt, the "freshmen 15," all-night binge drinking/study sessions -- plenty of financial and dietary perils
await today's incoming college freshmen.
For many young adults the first years of college are a time
to make mistakes and, hopefully, learn from those mistakes. Unfortunately, some
of those errors in judgment can take years to fix. Plenty of adults in their
30s and 40s are struggling to beat down debt accrued in their wilder days. And, of course,
there's the old adage: A moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips.
Fortunately, Kris at Cheap Healthy Good has sound,
nonjudgmental advice for young student on how to eat
healthy and live frugally, both of which go hand in hand.
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Posted
Aug 06 2008, 12:52 AM
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Donna Freedman
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Want to get a roll of paper towels for 39 cents? Hit the auto supply store. Shocked at how expensive canned fruit has gotten? The drugstore might have an alternative. In the market for deeply discounted coffee, trash bags or toilet paper? Visit an office supply place.
These are some examples of the deals you can get if you stop thinking that foodstuffs and sundries can be purchased only in supermarkets. With the costs of basic foods continuing to rise, it really can pay to break out of the grocery gulag.
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Posted
Jul 22 2008, 07:25 AM
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Karen Datko
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This post comes from partner blog Blueprint for Financial Prosperity. With presidential hopeful Barack Obama mentioning a potential second economic-stimulus check, many folks are clamoring to know more. Unfortunately, there's not much else to say about it other than that he'd push for one in the short term. I, however, offer a different solution. In order to find an additional $600, you need only cut $50 in spending a month. In reality, that comes out to only $11.54 a week. Reduce your spending by $11.54 a week and you will have created your own stimulus check. That's it. Can you do it? I'm betting that you can, and here are some recommendations for what you might want to trim.
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Posted
Jul 03 2008, 02:14 PM
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Donna Freedman
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"Story Girl" at the My Money and My Life personal finance blog wondered if community supported agriculture were a frugal choice. She'd be paying $25 a week for an ever-changing variety of fresh, local produce. But $25 is "nearly half my weekly grocery budget," Story Girl notes.
Now she's really glad she did it. In an item called "Why I love CSA," she explained that there was more to the decision than simple frugality. "There are a lot of reasons why I consider this to be a good choice for me," she writes, "and why it may even save money in the long term."
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Posted
Jun 25 2008, 10:09 AM
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Donna Freedman
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Feeling pain at the supermarket checkout? Don't expect relief anytime soon. According to an Associated Press article, the Midwestern floods that destroyed soybean and corn crops will send the price of beef, pork, poultry, eggs, cheese and milk higher this fall.
Anybody want to join me while I shop for flour and beans and a small freezer?
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