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Another Use For My Stockpile- Car Repair

by Laura September 11, 2011 Simple Steps

Saturday I was driving out of a friend’s neighborhood and I heard a loud “pop” in the back of my car.  I looked in my rearview mirror to see a softball sized hole in the glass.  As I watched the glass continued to crumble into my backseat.  As I drove my car back to my friend’s [...]

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Remembering September 11, 2001

by Laura September 11, 2011 Simple Steps

I have been trying to figure out all week what to write in this post. 

I knew I could ignore this topic all together since it’s has nothing to do with being frugal but it just didn’t feel right.

Everyone has a story about 9/11.  Everyone knows where they were the moment they heard the news.

Everyone knew in [...]

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Locals: Frugal Fun Weekend Activities 9/9

by Laura September 9, 2011 Simple Steps

Charlotte from My Active Child has provided another great list of local activities for this weekend!

All Weekend:

Friday (12-11pm), Saturday (10am-11pm), Sunday (12-6pm)- 29th Annual Hampton Bay Days at Downtown Hampton 600 Settlers Landing Road, Hampton, VA 23669  (757) 727-1641  

Friday (5-11pm), Saturday (10am-11pm), Sunday (11:30am-6pm)- Virginia Freedom Festival [...]

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Kids Frugal Fun- Peanut Butter Pay Doh

by Laura September 7, 2011 Simple Steps

Each week Mom on Dealz brings you a kids craft that is fun, educational, and frugal!

This week we have 2 “fun” holidays that I couldn’t resist-September 13th is National Peanut Day and the 16th is National Play Doh Day. So this week’s craft is edible play doh using peanut butter. Since I know there are [...]

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Meal Planning: Food In My Stockpile 9/4

by Laura September 4, 2011 Simple Steps

My day on Wednesday did not allow me to get my meal planning accomplished for the week.  And I have time today so inspite of the fact that the deals are better on Wednesday (where I live anyway) I will be doing my shopping today.

So first I take a look around my kitchen.  Here are [...]

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Locals: Frugal Fun Weekend Activities 9/2

by Laura September 2, 2011 Simple Steps

Charlotte from My Active Child has provided another great list of local activities for this weekend!

Friday ~ September 2, 2011
5pm-12am- Summerfest By The Bay at Fort Monroe’s Beach & Boardwalk- Behind Bay Breeze Community Center 490 Fenwick Rd Bldg 185 Fort Monroe VA

 
5:30-9pm- T.G.I.F. Summer [...]

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Happy Birthday A Frugal Chick!

by Laura September 1, 2011 Simple Steps

Today my blog turns two!  I had no idea two years ago when I hit that “publish” button what would happen!

Thanks so much for being on this journey with me and helping me learn so much about saving money and helping others!  I have loved almost every minute of teaching classes, working with the media [...]

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Why I Am Furious About Extreme Couponing Season 2

by Laura August 31, 2011 Simple Steps

Season 2 of Extreme Couponing begins September 28th.  And the trailers have me angry already.  The show hasn’t even started yet and I am angry.

The woman in the first episode prides herself on being a “shelf clearer.”  She walks into a store and clears out the entire stock of the item she wants.  [...]

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Kids Frugal Fun- Cheese Pizza Edition

by Laura August 31, 2011 Simple Steps

Each week Momondealz bring you a kids craft that is fun, educational, and frugal!

September 5th is Cheese Pizza Day (not national pizza day) so I couldn’t let a day honoring my favorite food pass by without having some fun with it-plus, pizza has lots of educational activities! I picked a simple but fun activity [...]

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Top 5 Frugal Things To Prepare For Irene

by Laura August 25, 2011 Simple Steps

So it looks like MANY of my readers will be affected by the storm coming this weekend!  Here are some frugal things you can do to help prepare for the storm:

1.  Head to the library.  Grab books for everyone in the family.  You can also grab books on arts & crafts, games or anything else [...]

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