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We went to a huge community yard sale last weekend. The thought crossed my mind as I looked at items about how they woud sell on Craigslist. Among some of the items that we found. a truck toolbox for $5 that would easily sell for $35 or more a nice gas grill for $5 that [...]

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Free Ebook: Get A Car When Banks Aren’t Lending Learn alternative ways you can get a car loan, when the banks won’t lend to you.

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Free Ebook: Credit After Bankruptcy or Foreclosure Learn how you can get credit and improve your credit, even after a bankruptcy or foreclosure.

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I love crock pot cooking especially when the weather is cooler. Today we ave chili in. since we have a big family we use an electric turkey roaster instead of a regular crockpot, but I use it the same. I can make enough chili to feed an army! Free Recipes – Hearty Crock Pot Recipes [...]

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It is a proven fact that planning ahead saves money. Anything done at the last minute usually costs more, as does impulse buying. Planning meals saves on the grocery bills. Planning time saves on utilities. And planning events saves all the way around. If we plan ahead we can better organize and better enjoy an [...]

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Why is it we ether have money or we have time? I mean really, how often do we have both? And if we could only have one or the other which would you rather have? Which is more valuable? I would rather work harder to have more time as long as the time I am [...]

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Since we have been taking about groceries lately I thought I would touch on coupons. Problem is that I don’t usually use them. We most often buy our pantry items in bulk. We buy flour sugar and old fashioned oats in 50 lb bags. We buy spices by the pound and meat in family packs. [...]

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Who hoo, if y’all hadn’t noticed, pineapple is on sale at Aldi’s for just 99 cents each. We took our Aldi’s ad over to walmart where the pineapples are bigger and got 5 of them. That was last week. This week they are on sale again so I plan to get another 5 or more. [...]

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I have a friend named Denise who shops for all foods by the pound. Honestly she does. she tries to never spend over a dollar a pound on anything. I have learned from her. I started by looking at fruits. Of course I pay attention to what is in season and what looks good but [...]

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We have been shopping for a new deep freezer. Usually I am happy with used appliances but this time we need new. It will save me money in the long run for two reasons. an old appliance is more apt to fail and waste hundreds of dollars of frozen food, this has happened more than [...]

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