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Frugal Shopping: Ali Express Edition August 29th 2025 Order

April @thislittlepennyearns (68155) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 30 Aug

The deals I scored today weren’t nearly as jaw-droppingly amazing as the ones I bragged about earlier, but hey — a deal is a deal. Plus, I got a little bonus from one of my freelance clients today, and after the year and a half...

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Walmart Haul 7.21.2025

April @thislittlepennyearns (68155) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 22 Jul

I meant to post this last night and didn't get a chance. I was busy doing other stuff. So I guess better late than never. The top picture was a pick up order that one of the places I write, freelance and do reviews for ordered...

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Some People Are So Wasteful

celticeagle @celticeagle (189789) • Boise, Idaho 26 May 25

I was brought up in a family of frugal folk. My grandmother was a woman who came from a big family( 10 kids), and they would cut worn sheets in half and sew the opposite sides together and use them up. My mother was brought up...

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Frugal Shopping: What my whopping earnings on myLot purchased #1

April @thislittlepennyearns (68155) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 13 Nov 24

Thought I was gonna write about what gaming earned me, didn't you? Well when I logged in earlier to check and respond to my notifications I saw the happy little green $ signs, and since I already had three things in my cart on Ali...

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Frugal Shopping! :The return of Snack Guy!

April @thislittlepennyearns (68155) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 5 Nov 24

Some of you may remember that we used to make frequent trips to a wholesaler guy who we fondly refer to as snack Guy. He sells food and other household goods at wholesale prices. We went to see him at the end of last week and...

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How do we draw a line between frugal living and being a miserly?

Anish Asokan @RevivedWarrior (3853) • India 17 Sep 24

I have been a being follower of minimalist lifestyle or frugal living. I am only interested in mindful spending and cutting back on my expenses. This has helped me in exercising a good control on the rising expenses and my income....

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Crunchy and Frugal

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 7 Jun 24

In our house we tend to eat a lot of salads. It always makes for a perfect side, and tends to even be just slightly cheaper than vegetables. We usually load them up with the traditional iceberg lettuce, and then add onions,...

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Frugal Holidays: Bonus Mother's Day Goodies.

April @thislittlepennyearns (68155) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 12 May 24

We took the kids to buy new shoes today, and then to lunch. It's rare that we have both kids together with us at the same time. So even though we didn't do anything too exciting, it was nice to have them together to spend time...

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Frugal Food: Dinner for two for under $6.50

April @thislittlepennyearns (68155) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 7 Mar 24

I'm back with another cheap-a$$ meal. We had to run to pick up another med that the pharmacy was waiting on and decided to hit up Dollar Tree ( @porwest ) to pick up some sleep meds on the way home. We had a pretty big lunch,...

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Got a Jacket to Keep Warm

Loretta @noni1959 (13009) • United States 17 Feb 24

The photo is the J. Percy jacket. I'm trying to be frugal in addition to my minimalism. It's hard sometimes. Yesterday, I stopped at the ministry thrift store to browse and saw a jacket made by J. Percy, a good brand. It fit...

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Frugal Eats: Dinner for 2 for under $5.

April @thislittlepennyearns (68155) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 19 Nov 23

So I haven't been able to eat a whole lot. First it was a stomach thing but the last few days it's been a mouth/throat thing. So when we got done feeding/watering and letting Rebel in the house for the night, I told Chris I...

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Shocking Shopping.

Kaz @KarenAnne (257) • United Kingdom 13 Nov 23

I make no apologies for not liking having to go shopping. I accept that it's necessary but when it comes to groceries I usually like to get in and out and not to have emptied my bank account in the process. We mostly shop at...

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Frugal Food: Wendy's Lunch November 11th, 2023

April @thislittlepennyearns (68155) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 11 Nov 23

Hello from a rainy Niceville, Florida. We had to go back into town and grab some stuff from the pharmacy. I swear that between the two of us, we have more meds than a couple of eighty year olds. But anyway. We got back into...

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Frugal Entertainment: RedBox Free Rentals

April @thislittlepennyearns (68155) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 30 Oct 23

We rented three movies tonight from Redbox, all three of them comedies. The first one, which is the one that we are watching right now is Rough Night. The second we got is Barbie. I have been wanting to watch it since I first...

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Rubber Chicken.

Kaz @KarenAnne (257) • United Kingdom 21 Sep 23

Not the novelty kind that you might give a child or pet to play with. This is called rubber chicken because it stretches in the budget. We got a whole, reduced price, chicken from the supermarket and this week it has provided...

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feels like a soup day

Kelli M @spiderdust (14756) • San Jose, California 16 Sep 23

It might get up to the mid-70s today (F, so around 24C), but it's currently grey and overcast, and I have 2 lbs of yellow split peas in the cabinet calling my name. Split pea soup for dinner tonight! I just diced up a whole onion...

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Frugal Entertaiment: Free RedBox Rentals. 8.24.2023

April @thislittlepennyearns (68155) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 24 Aug 23

So tonight on the way home from work I got an email that said I had a code for a free RedBox one night rental, and then when we got there and were checking out, I was given the opportunity for another free one night rental. So...

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What’s for din?: Frugal date night edition 8.18.2023

April @thislittlepennyearns (68155) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 18 Aug 23

We finished up some shopping in Destin and decided that we were getting hungry and then I decided that I wanted tacos but not just any tacos. There is a small Mexican restaurant in Fort Walton Beach called taco town that we went...

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Make Do and Mend

Kaz @KarenAnne (257) • United Kingdom 7 Aug 23

The Mother In Law has given us a table and chairs with a big parasol for the garden. The parasol has a couple of holes in places and I'm going to patch them over with some appliqué flowers. I'm using the big flowers because I...

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Frugal shopping: Walmart clearance find!

April @thislittlepennyearns (68155) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 3 Jul 23

So, like any other kid about her age, she child has become obsessed with surprise toys and one of her favorite brands is mini brands five surprise. It’s basically the ball that has five different sections that has miniature...

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