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• Note to daughter: The salesclerk is not your friend

  Posted Aug 29 2008, 01:10 PM by Karen Datko
  Filed under: Spending, Family, Clothing, Karen Datko
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  Imagine this scenario: "The Frugal Duchess" (aka Sharon Harvey Rosenberg) and her 10-year-old daughter kill time before a movie in a clothing store that caters to tween girls. A cute young salesclerk loads the daughter up with cute merchandise.

  They leave without buying because the movie is about to start, but the daughter promises to return. She at least wants to say bye to her new friend. Hold on a minute, Sharon says. "She's not really your friend. ... Sure, she likes you. But she also likes your business."

  Now Sharon wonders if she said the right thing. "Should I have continued to let her believe that the cool clerk was a friend?" she asks.   Read More...

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• Frugal (and green) tips for expectant moms

  Posted Mar 03 2008, 12:29 PM by Karen Datko
  Filed under: Family, Saving, Clothing, Karen Datko

  Pregnant ladies, don't rush out and buy a bunch of new stuff for the bundle of joy. "They don't need expensive little outfits -- babies can't read the tag to know whether the outfit came from Gymboree or whether it was purchased at babyGap," writes Tiffany at Nature Moms Blog.

  Hand-me-down clothes and other baby items are easier on the budget and the environment, she says. Other ways to save money: Clip coupons and look for coupon codes in new-mother magazine classifieds and at Web sites, make your own cloth diapers, and ***-feed your newborn. If you can't, choose glass or nontoxic plastic bottles.   Read More...

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