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member name: j - Frugal Mom - r.
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November 02, 2009 01:43 PM EST --
For a few weeks it seemed like our grocery bill just kept on increasing, and despite my best effort to combine coupons and sales, I had a really difficult time keeping our weekly grocery spending under . . .
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June 01, 2009 06:38 PM EDT --
I do not go to Walgreens every week, but this weeks there were a couple of deals that I was interested in, so I packed off the coupon back and headed for the store.
I ended up going to the store twice, . . .
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June 03, 2008 08:12 AM EDT --
Comcast had an Internet and cable blackout in our area Friday, and this somehow messed up both our modem and cable reception. The technician finally came to fix it Sunday morning, but then it went out . . .
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April 27, 2008 10:38 AM EDT --
My husband just brought home two copies of the Sunday newspaper. Today the coupons seem to be the same, but some weeks they are not, which is why we get two different local newspapers. Buying two newspapers . . .
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February 15, 2009 11:49 AM EST --
I did not get much done yesterday, which means that I have several projects on the schedule today. I told the boys that if we get a lot of stuff done today, we might have time for a trip to the beach . . .
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April 24, 2009 07:42 PM EDT --
Yesterday I received my second $25 Target gift card from Gather, and they were seriously burning up in my pocket. I had a $5 off a $50 apparel purchase, and I was ready for some frugal clothes shopping. . . .
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April 28, 2009 11:03 AM EDT --
This morning I have been busy emailing coupons from companies, as the coupons I receive are usually much better with value and expiration dates than the ones in the local paper. Lately it seems as if . . .
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May 04, 2009 06:34 PM EDT --
Last Tuesday I posted a post about writing emails to compannies to request coupons, and I am happy to say that I have already received some great feedback. Within two days I had received email responses . . .
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May 12, 2009 02:23 PM EDT --
This morning I went on my weekly grocery trip armed with my coupons, detailed shopping list and a very chatty toddler.
I started out at CVS, where I had a few things I wanted to pick up. I had a rain . . .
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June 13, 2009 02:18 PM EDT --
This morning I took the boys to Kmart to use the 14 dollar coupon off a 14 dollar purchase that I received last Sunday, when I went shopping at their double coupon sale. Last week I spent 15.77 dollars, . . .
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June 24, 2009 03:46 PM EDT --
A bunch of Kohl's stores recently opened up in South Florida, and I was so excited. I knew the company from when we lived in New Jersey, and competition is always great. We had one Kohl's opening up in . . .
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July 18, 2009 10:02 AM EDT --
Well, as you can tell I'm still here. Baby E seems to keep changing his mind about coming. I woke up with strong contractions 4 minutes apart last night, but after three hours with contractions they stopped . . .
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August 16, 2009 06:15 PM EDT --
I know there are many CVS fans here at Gather, and I am definitely one of them. This afternoon the boys and I went to go get the newspaper, and to roll over our CVS bucks. The newspaper is $1.25, and . . .
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November 13, 2008 04:14 PM EST --
Wow, this week has been awesome when it comes to product testing.
This week I am testing jello, poptarts, cereal and diapers. I'm not mentioning any brand names as this is against my contracts, . . .
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March 18, 2009 04:37 PM EDT --
This afternoon I went to the grocery store, as our fridge was almost empty and we were out of many essentials. I love to go to Publix, because if I play my cards right I can usually get out of there with . . .
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April 05, 2009 04:00 PM EDT --
Did you make sure to buy today's Sunday paper? I noticed that a lot of my coupons expired on March 31st, so I made sure that my husband brought home two newspapers today.
I was not disappointed, . . .
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May 26, 2009 12:10 PM EDT --
Today was my shopping day, and since I am beginning to get stuff for our vacation to the Florida Keys, I am slowly trying to incorporate it into the weekly grocery budget. CVS had some great freebie deals . . .
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July 13, 2009 01:41 PM EDT --
The boys and I went grocery shopping this morning, and fortunately they were very well behaved. With seven days until my due date, I was happy to be less than a mile from the hospital, but I got in and . . .
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August 03, 2009 12:50 PM EDT --
Yesterday the boys and I went to CVS to get the latest free items for our back-to-school shopping pile. We have three CVS stores within two miles of our house, and this time we went . . .
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August 10, 2009 02:32 PM EDT --
Today was grocery shopping day, and my husband gave me the choice of going today with all three boys (he was going to be busy), or to wait until tomorrow and only take the baby. Well, my mother-in-law . . .
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