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Who wants to swap howdy’s? I am ready to fill my blogroll. If you have a site that falls along the same lines of saving money, being frugal then please leave me a comment with your link. I would love to be added to yours also. Would you like me to make a button?   howdy [...]

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Well, Monday we actually had a little spending money and went to Walmart, Office Max and Office Depot to take advantage of their school supply sales. We got all the items in the picture here for mere pennies each, the rulers, crayons and glue were actually 5 cents each or less, some only 1 penny [...]

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Well this weeks ads were a treasure chest. Cheese is on sale, yahoo! Along with a few other goodies. So here is the weeks line up. I will check in later with some of my other sale finds. Makes my Menu Planning Monday a little more exciting. Monday – spaghetti feast with garlic bread and [...]

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I have a bad habit of taking people at their word. Trouble is that most people have a bad habit of just saying things they don’t really mean. So needless to say I get dissapointed, and discouraged at times. I won’t get into anymore. But the other day I read a sign that said, “stressed [...]

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OK, part of my problem last night was that we filled the gas tank in the car. $55, now that was the car, if we had filled the van it would have been $125, and we would get about the same amount of miles in either one, needless to say we hardly ever even drive [...]

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Well I did it again, went in our little local grocery after church last night ( I try to consolidate trips) and looked at the prices and nearly cried. I mean that, I really had to control myself. where is it going to end? Our income has gone way down ( we are ministry, and folks [...]

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More toothpaste here on this Frugal Friday. Just like Crystal shared, sometimes it is best to tak a break from chasing bargains and wait for them to chase you! Here is one I wasn’t looking for, but it found me. Remember my toothpaste story awhile back? Well I got it again. This time the buggy full wasn’t [...]

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Well I told you yesterday that I was starting a “let’s get organized” theme for this week. Well, what inspired me, you ask? THIS planner! I have been buying homeschool materials for nearly 20 years and have never found anything this useful.    I don’t even know where to start. There is so much in [...]

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I have got to stop going to the grocery store. It makes my cry. I went to town today and stopped at our little local market. I can usually get 20 lbs of potatoes for $3.99 at the most. Today it was $6.49 for 10 pounds.  I nearly cried right there at the check-out. What are we [...]

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