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• Summer bonus: Free or low-cost kids' movies

  Posted May 29 2008, 03:48 PM by Karen Datko
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  Here's a super deal to keep kids entertained during summer months: Raising4Boys has provided a list of free or discount movie specials available at theater chains this summer.

  "Dad" (aka "Nickel" at FiveCentNickel) says, "In case you're not aware, theaters often have special summer promos where they show G or PG films on weekday mornings for free, or nearly so."   Read More...

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• Don't like ecards? How about handmade postcards?

  Posted Dec 04 2007, 02:23 PM by Karen Datko
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  Do you think e-mailed holiday "cards" indicate a lack of effort by the sender? David at My Two Dollars has an inexpensive and green alternative to traditional pricey cards. He and his wife made holiday postcards from scratch. They bought recycled card stock for $14 and spent another few bucks on rubber stamps and ink pads with red and green ink. They also saved 15 cents on postage for each card.   Read More...

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• Why she broke up with her tightwad boyfriend

  Posted Oct 29 2007, 05:40 AM by Karen Datko
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  A post by The Baglady about a former boyfriend makes for a lighthearted Monday morning read about how not to save money . He lives with his parents and rationalizes not paying rent because he serves as their ex officio "marriage counselor, system administrator and financial adviser." He eats cheap spaghetti every night (unless he was taking Baglady out to dine for free at a company party). He also is one of those nonflushers . (Don't want to waste any water, do we?) Baglady has no regrets about ending this relationship: "Looking back, I am pretty glad that I broke up with him because if I married him I would have had no wedding, and right now I would probably be living with his parents and eating 50-cent spaghetti." (BL is no bag lady, by the way. Her first job out of college came with a $60,000 salary.)
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