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  • Fridge Wars

    It was cold, dreary and raining one Sunday recently and I decided that this made for…

  • Keeping it Frugally Simple This Holiday Season

    This holiday season, with everyone waiting for a viable vaccine and trying in the meantime, to…

  • Produce A Plenty

    It all started with a recent visit to my BFF. She retired to the wine country…

  • Lots of Big, Lots That Is

    Big Lots is pretty pervasive across the United States meaning, you can find a location fairly…

  • Voting Your Pocketbook

    I have a bachelor’s degree in Journalism with a minor in Political Science so voting and…

  • Soup’s On, Or Not

    There is something fishy going on at Campbell’s soup company. They are reporting robust financials yet…

  • The Costco Frugal Hack

    We had to go. We just had to. I had not been to CostCo since, well…

  • The Seven Sister Sauces Part 2 of 2

    In Part 1 of this blog, I covered the Seven Essential Mother Sauces that every frugal…

  • Dog Days

    We are still slogging through the latter dog days of summer and as such, I’ve had…

  • Savvy Sheet Strategy

    It’s been said that California, where I reside, currently has the worst possible air quality in…