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• Bake cookies in the car, and other extreme savings tips

  Posted Aug 13 2008, 10:50 AM by Karen Datko
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  Filed under: extreme savings, saving, Karen Datko, budgeting
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  Kimberly Palmer at U.S. News & World Report went to the Web to find extreme savings ideas, and she came up with some doozies. At the top of her list: Baking Bites' instructions for baking cookies on the dashboard of your hot car.

  Our pick for most extreme is moving in with the parental units, no matter how old you are.   Read More...

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• Bored with your budget? Try these 10 frugal hobbies

  Posted Aug 12 2008, 05:21 AM by Karen Datko
  Filed under: extreme savings, saving, Blueprint for Financial Prosperity, budgeting
  Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money

  This post comes from partner blog Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.

  It's easy to jump into the car and head to the movies if you want something to do this weekend, but it's mighty expensive when tickets are $9 to $10 and gas is about $4 a gallon. However, it costs far less if you visit your local library and borrow a movie to watch at home. It costs far less if you borrow a book or volunteer or do any of the 10 hobbies I've listed below.

  This weekend, instead of going for the easier, more expensive, option, try one of these.   Read More...

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• Cash back for thrift

  Posted Aug 11 2008, 09:17 AM by Donna Freedman
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  Filed under: extreme savings, saving, Donna Freedman, budgeting
  Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money

  A time-honored coupon strategy is to put aside the cash equivalent of whatever you saved. If you use two 50-cents-off coupons for peanut butter, put a dollar in a jar when you get home. Every so often, you put the "extra" money toward a specific goal, such as paying consumer debt, creating an emergency fund or saving for a down payment on a place of your own.
  

  A dollar here and a dollar there definitely add up; ask the woman who saved $1,100 with coupons in a single year. But if you're not a coupon user, try this: Pay yourself for frugal hacks. Not only do you save money with the initial cost-conscious behavior, you get to keep the "coupon" savings in cash.   Read More...

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• Count 'em: 75 tips for surviving a crummy economy

  Posted Jul 07 2008, 09:19 AM by Karen Datko
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  Filed under: extreme savings, saving, Karen Datko, budgeting
  Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money

  Recession. Not a recession. Whatever label you put on the economy, "people are hurting financially," "Frugal Dad" says. He provides 75 tips for cutting back to help your budget  withstand the impact of $4-plus gas, higher food prices and our other economic ills. We love compilations like this because you can print them out and put them on the fridge.

  Frugal Dad covers a lot of ground here, and has some ideas we hadn't considered. He cuts bottled juice with water to make it last twice as long. To save money but salvage his social life, he meets friends after the dinner hour. Eating out, after all, can be a mighty budget buster.   Read More...

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