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Men: Spend Time, Not Money, on Family

Dad Reading Books

Imagine Laura's horror when she discovered she'd bought her husband a book saying his job as a dad was ... to earn money.  Read more

Tutorial Tuesday: $2 Spunky Step Stool

Step Stool

After finishing up our closet makeover a few weeks ago, we realized we needed a small step stool to reach our highest row of storage boxes. We wanted something that wouldn't take up much room, would be functional, and, of course, inexpensive, so we wandered to our local flea market to see what we could find. After making too many laps to count, and throwing out a few options, we spotted this little treasure buried in a corner under a table.  Read more >

Make a Money Change Without Increasing Your Salary

Palm Tree

Our New Year's resolutions are a month in, and if you're anything like me, you're wondering how you possibly thought you could save money in 2012. The holiday bills are here, taxes are coming due and milk costs $8,000 a gallon.  Read more

Extreme Couponing One Year Later

Denise's Stockpile

On January 18,2011, I saw a post by Family Frugal about Mr Coupon and his appearance on TLC's Extreme Couponing special. This piqued my interest, and I started exploring the world of coupon bloggers. After a week of digging around in their part of the blogosphere, I had a brilliant idea -- I would become an extreme couponer and I'd blog about it! I was picturing a funny series of three or four posts, most of which would be rambling funny pieces about not being able to manage a complete grocery shopping trip (20 minutes in a grocery store and I was ready to ditch the cart and leave) or public arguments between me and my partner about stockpiling. I was going for humor. Or I thought I was.  Read more >