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Budget Living

Grocery Geek Presents: Markdowns for Lunches

August 28, 2010

Thanks for taking the time to visit LifeasMOM. As another busy mom, I understand that your minutes are precious. If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or receive free updates via email. Thanks for visiting! As I’ve mentioned before, one of my favorite things to do is stroll the [...]

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Clothing Your Kids Without Losing Your Shirt – Frugal Friday

August 26, 2010

One of my back to school highlights as a child was going “back to school” shopping. Granted this was in the 80’s before the internet allowed all sorts of information and online shopping. And I was not frugal unless I wanted to me.
In fact, having grown up in a suburb of Los Angeles, just a [...]

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School Supplies, Bargain Hunting and Deals.com

August 24, 2010

I get into a cold sweat when I see signs for Back to School in the store. Usually, July’s fireworks have barely fizzled, when the red, white, and blue displays give way for the school supplies. Ugh!
It’s not the “going back to school” part that bothers me. It’s that I know we’ll need some new [...]

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Frugal Friday: Choose Wisely

August 19, 2010

I had an interesting conversation with a friend. Someone had asked her why she paying for gymnastics and swim lessons for her children when she was trying to save money. It wasn’t a question of paying for perceived luxuries when there was debt to pay off. Her friend just didn’t understand her paying for expensive [...]

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A Grocery Geek Giveaway: Add Up the Savings with Kroger

August 14, 2010

You know me, I’m such a grocery geek! I love to find good deals at the grocery store. And this next week you may want to stop by your local Kroger store to take advantage of their latest sale.
Through August 21, when you buy 8 participating items from any Kroger store, you’ll receive $4 [...]

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Grocery Geek Presents: Fresh Produce for Cheap

August 14, 2010

Last weekend I cooked up a bunch of breakfasts to store in the freezer and I lately also made a bunch of marinated meats and enchiladas. So, as far as shopping is concerned, I really only need to focus on fresh produce and dairy and keep an eye out for good deals on pantry staples.
This [...]

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Frugal Friday: Does Car Debt Make It Harder to Sell a Car?

August 12, 2010

We spent the greater part of last year pricing out used vehicles. Well, I should say hubs spent the greater part of last year pricing out used vehicles. What do I know?
We knew that it was only a matter of time before our minivan bit the dust and we wanted to be prepared. We saved [...]

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SwagBucks Back to School

August 10, 2010

We’ve been using SwagBucks as our search engine for almost two years now. FishPapa and the boys still do a little happy dance when they earn points, which is almost every time they sit down at the computer.
We’ve redeemed SwagBucks for gift cards for iTunes, Starbucks and Amazon. In fact, most of last year’s [...]

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