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  • Would You Return It?

    Lori Saving Money

    On December 11, a Christmas present was purchased. A christmas present that I had been coveting for a few months, but the frugal in me didn’t want to splurge on a several hundred dollar camera right before the holidays. Extra expenses, kids, bills to pay - not the time to splurge on a camera, right?Christmas

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  • How to Save on Kids Clothes

    Lori Saving Money

    I know there is still snow on the ground but last night I started to think about Summer. It might be the fact that it was 3am and I was still awake after an epic first-time-crying-it-out session that left me wide awake. So, I browsed through a few of my favorite kids clothes websites Target, Roxy

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  • A Simple Way to Save $1,378 This Year … Starting with $1

    Lori Saving Money

    Are you looking for a way to start an emergency fund? Create a savings account? Hold yourself accountable to finally start saving? It’s harder than it sounds. For most families, the expenses are never-ending. You have food, shelter, utilities, clothes, transportation - and then come the extras like gifts, vacations, additional transportation, special occasions, household

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  • That’s Why You Don’t Buy Shampoo on the Internet

    Lori Saving Money

    She’s much happier than I was! If you’ve been reading for a little while you might have learned about my splurge for me on beauty boxes. You sign up, pay the monthly fee, and get box filled with deluxe samples and often full size products in the mail. Then one day you notice the little

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  • My New Go-To Post Holiday Clearance Store

    Lori Saving Money

    Last year we found a couple of just-okay deals on post holiday clearance at Home Depot. So, we checked out the ornaments and Christmas specials tonight and found some great deals in-store. Martha Stewart Ornament Set x 2 @ $2.38 Martha Stewart Pinecone Ornaments @ $4.44 Martha Stewart Sparkle Wreath @ $4.99 Star String Lights

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  • Why You Need to Upgrade Your Costco Membership to the Executive Membership

    Lori Saving Money

    Yes, you should pay extra for the Costco executive membership (if you shop there regularly). Last year, when it came time to upgrade I got in this argument with Frugal Dad that the Costco executive membership wasn’t worth it because we hadn’t made enough yet to get our membership for completely free. Didn’t I feel

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  • Three Reasons I am Not Shopping on Black Friday

    Lori Saving Money

    Black Friday has some great deals, right? Everywhere you look there are sales for 30-40% off - but are these sales really that great? You really need to know your prices when it comes to Shopping for Black Friday and there are a few reasons that I’m not shopping this Black Friday. Most of the Sales

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  • Scanning Code of Practice at Costco

    Lori Saving Money

    Costco has their stuff together. I didn’t think I would ever see a Scanning Code of Practice at Costco. Ever. But I did! We go to Costco a lot and their kitchen stuff is a great price and they have some stuff that I covet. One of the things that I’ve had my eye on is

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  • Getting Through Flu Season Without Breaking the Bank

    Lori Saving Money

    I don’t know about you but the flu season has already begun to hit our household – and it hit it hard. First, we went through two weeks of the kiddo having a stomach bug. It started out full on, puking for twenty four hours and continued every second night, on the night, between the

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  • Ten Things That Break Your Budget

    Lori Saving Money

    Most of us have been there, facing head on those unexpected costs that come up in the budget and ruin the weekly plan that you have set out for yourself. Taking into account these ten things that break the budget can help you to control these expenses and turn the unexpected expenses into budgeted items.

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  • How Much Are You Paying for Cable? | Tips to Reduce Your Cable Bill

    Lori Saving Money

    How much are you paying for cable? Us, we are up to $140 per month (which seems like a lot for cable and internet) so I decided to contact Shaw to see what we could do to reduce the cost of cable, as we could likely live without HD Channels that were making up the

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  • Cutting the Costs of Summer Road Trips, Day Trips and Vacations

    Lori Saving Money

    Last summer was a very busy one, we were in the midst of moving and settling into our new house and didn’t get to go on a lot of the road trips that we wanted to. This summer, we have a few places that we would like to go for weekends away, day trips and

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