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Locals: Fun and Frugal Weekend Activities 8/5

by Laura August 5, 2011 Simple Steps

Charlotte at My Active Child has put together a great list of the frugal activities in Hampton Roads. Here are the highlights:

All Weekend- (Friday 10am-8pm, Saturday 7 am-6pm) Portsmouth Celebrates US Coast Guard! at Portsmouth, VA

All Weekend-(Friday 3-10pm, Saturday & Sunday 10am-5pm) Hampton [...]

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Kids Frugal Fun 8/2

by Laura August 2, 2011 Simple Steps

Each week Momondealz brings you a kids craft that is fun, frugal, and educational. August 3rd is National Watermelon Day so this week’s craft is centered around this delicious snack. For the remainder of August, I will also be concentrating on kindergarten skills in the educational activities section at the bottom. Enjoy!

Watermelon Tambourine

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Tax Advice- Claiming Items Bought With Coupons

by Laura July 30, 2011 Simple Steps

Sharon at Mom on Dealz has a column every week called “Ask An Accountant.” I usually don’t post them but this week’s was VERY relevant to my readers. One question I get asked in coupon classes is open taking a tax write off for donations bought with coupons. Sharon addresses this issue in [...]

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Locals: Fun and Frugal Weekend Activities

by Laura July 29, 2011 Simple Steps

Each week Charlotte at My Active Child puts together a list of the best weekend activities in Hampton Roads.

Here are the highlights:

Friday

10:30am- Summer Friday Films for Children at Chrysler Museum of Art 245 West Olney Road Norfolk, Virginia 23510 (757) 333-6239

11am- Storytelling In the [...]

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Kids Frugal Fun- All About Me Book

by Laura July 26, 2011 Simple Steps

Each week Momondealz brings you a kids craft that is fun, educational, and frugal. For the remainder of July and August, she will be concentrating on kindergarten skills.

Materials:
2 sheets construction paper
5-10 sheets of white computer paper
Paper clips
Crayons, markers
Yarn, string, or ribbon
1 ruler or tape measure
Hole punch

Directions:
1. Show [...]

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LIVE On-Line Coupon Class

by Laura July 23, 2011 Simple Steps

After a successful experiment last week I am excited to announce that A Frugal Chick is going to begin doing live coupon classes on-line!

The first class will be August 3rd at 7 p.m. EST and should last about 1.5 hours. Here are the topics we will cover:

Sources for Coupons
Coupon Organization
Shopping Preparation
Drug Store Deals

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USell: Cash for Electronics

by Laura July 23, 2011 Simple Steps

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of uSell for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

My cell phone is old- it doesn’t even have a camera. I am pretty sure my Ipod is 2nd Generation. So when it comes to having electronics laying around the house [...]

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Kids Frugal Fun- Rocket Ship

by Laura July 19, 2011 Simple Steps

Each week Momondealz brings you a craft that is fun, educational, and frugal. For the remainder of July and August, I be concentrating on preschool and kindergarten skills. This week marks the anniversary of the day that man first walked on the moon (July 20th is Moon Day) so I thought making a [...]

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Week #5: CrossFit Chesapeake Challenge

by Laura July 15, 2011 Simple Steps

Today ends week #5 of the CrossFit Chesapeake Challenge. I grabbed some pictures of CrossFit Chesapeake this morning so you can see what it looks like inside!

This week I pulled back on the carbs and added some more protein in my diet.

So when I weighed myself this morning I was surprised [...]

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