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Frugal Fridays: Grocery Edition

Frugal Fridays: Grocery Edition

| August 27, 2010 | 1 Comment

If you are a Sarah’s Cucina Bella fan on Facebook, you know that I was ridiculously excited about my grocery store purchases earlier this week. That photo above is what I purchased. And I spent (drum roll please!) $52.47. Here’s what I got: 6 boxes of cereal (great for snacks and early morning breakfasts) 8 [...]

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My Spending Diet: Week Seven

My Spending Diet: Week Seven

| April 30, 2010 | 6 Comments

Recently, a friend forwarded me an article (or was it a blog post?) written by a man who took control of his spending and started paying close attention to how he spent money. After years and years of living frugally, he cut himself some slack and realized that the habits he’d created were now ingrained [...]

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My Spending Diet: Week Five

My Spending Diet: Week Five

| April 16, 2010 | 3 Comments

Sometimes you stumble. Sometimes you fall. This week was all about stumbling and falling in My Spending Diet. As I mentioned last week, it was the first time where my kids had to do the big weekly shop with me. It turned out to be harder (on me) than I anticipated. Add in an intensely [...]

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