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I find it odd that my eleven year old son could make me feel so bad for not "having" and extra 65.00 for an Xbox game that he wanted just becasue the sun was shining. I mean what gives him this sense of entitlement? And I thought, he is a direct reflection of the way I was. I have always been frugal, and was raised that way by a single mother. ...

It is time really to go back to the values of my childhood and not jsut spend spend spend and see the hard earned money go to waste beeign spend on stupid things that just clutter up my life.

This week both CVS and Walgreens have some nice deals in their weekly fliers. Personally, I have issues with both of our Local stores (CVS/Walgreens). It seems that every single time they have something decent advertised in their flyer, it's gone within 2 hours the very first morning.
Personally, with the ridiculous gas prices ...

When I was a kid we had a fellow named Carl that moved next door to us from Massachusetts. He had previously lived in fairly good size city and was certainly not used to the friendliness of small town Maine. I remember baking several batches of fresh Maine blueberry muffins and bringing them over to him to welcome ...

I just happened across this site on day while at work. In my job I am in charge of a monthly newsletter to go out to families who are on tight-really tight-budgets and I was looking for a recipe for master mixes. I wanted something different then the usual recipes to make from a master mix. Well to my good fortune I came across this site and have been ...