New England Saving, Market Basket Deals, April 13-18, 2009

Wow, not such a great week overall, but some good individual deals…and it looks like there’s not much hope for us wishing for more circulars to be posted online! As of now, it seems like the Market Basket site is down–let’s cross our fingers for a site update!
Center Cut Pork Chops $1.69/lb.
Center Cut Chuck Steak [...]

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Super Savings Saturday

Yesterday was probably one of the best sale-days ever. And, it could have been even better, but I did what I could between work and our Good Friday service! New York & Co. had a $15.00 off any purchase coupon good for only yesterday; my friend/co-worker and I grabbed our coupons after work and headed [...]

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WFMW: Wearing Things Out

I did–for a brief moment–think of taking pictures of a lot of very worn out things, but then thought better of it. Maybe it’s my father’s thriftiness, maybe it’s DIY stubbornness, maybe it’s sentimentality (I wore that belt on 5+ years of archaeology digs!), but I have a hard time just letting things go. So, [...]

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New England Saving, Market Basket, Apr. 5-11, 2009

More good deals at Market Basket this week! And it looks like a nice time to re-stock up on some baking supplies…I’ve just started to run out of the things I bought during the Christmas baking-sales this week (sugar, flour, chocolate chips, mixes, etc.)
Coke/Sprite/Dr. Pepper 3/$3.00
Buy 3 and get a Free Sprite $2.00 Liter
“Save $3.00 [...]

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Brown-Bag Cost Analysis

Since my husband and I are both “in the workforce” as they say, we often run into the buy/bring conundrum. We’ve tallied budgets, looked up costs, and done some pretty hefty research. What we’ve found? Everything in moderation.
Now, there is a difference between a $6.74 meal somewhere, and something from home, obviously, and sometimes you [...]

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Coming Soon…

So. You know you’re busy when you have to take a full day off of work in order to get everything done!
The latter part of my week has so far looked like/will look like:
Thurs: Big Test
Fri: At work, then out for dinner with family. Back home after 11 PM
Sat: Worked till noon (only few times [...]

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Menu Plan Monday

Well, we did do better last week, though deviating a bit from the plan. I also think we’re in a bit of a food rut (though having homework most nights, and with myself not eating dinner,  doesn’t exactly help!) so I hope to go through some cookbooks, recent (free) magazines, and come up with some [...]

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Super Savings Saturday: Victoria’s Secret

No pictures for this post!
It all started a few days ago, when I went in to redeem that little “Free Panty” card that always comes in the mail. While in the store, the saleswoman mentioned that if you try on The Perfect One bra, they’ll give you a free $5.00 coupon good for [...]

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WFMW: Labeling Spare Buttons

Once upon a time, I would chuck all those spare buttons that came with pants, shirts, coats into a junk drawer. Then came a day when I lost not one, but two buttons off my everyday winter coat. And where were those buttons? Off to join the missing-sock, other-glove, pair-less mystery haven, I would guess.
So [...]

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Frugal Shopping Regrets

I wish I had a picture to post. Alas, I don’t even know the brand–it may have been Alex & Chloe. *sigh*
For most of us trying to live a frugal life, I would assume we do the mental checklist before buying something.

“Do I need it?”
“Can I get this for less elsewhere?”
“Do we have [...]

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