penny pinching

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Ali Canary @AliCanary (4459) 12 Jul

My dad was a packrat. Not a hoarder, just someone who would save things in case he thought they might be useful. He had a "project bench" and was very handy with gardening, canning, and various carpentry projects, having grown up...

waste

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Prepaid Nightmare

NerdGirlUSA @starflye78 (261) • Daytona Beach, Florida 2 Feb 19

This morning I tried to add a new prepaid card to my paypal account. The one that I am currently using charges a high monthly fee, and I just don't use it often enough to warrant that now that I don't have much an income since my...

credit card dilemma

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moving money

Penny Pinching

santosmarichris @santosmarichris (1849) • Philippines 20 Jul 10

If Queen Elizabeth is Penny Pinching, why can't we? What are your ways of penny pinching? For me I tried to buy only what I need and think 3x or more if I'm just buying what I want. I have a limit price on how much an item should...

penny pinching

saving

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Penny Pinching the wedding planning.

SomeCowgirl @SomeCowgirl (32189) • United States 8 May 08

I wanted everyone's opinion on this subject as my fiance and I are currently trying to plan our wedding. We want everything to be nice and as cheap as possible. Our original plan was to have the wedding at a local park with...

table decorations

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What is your craziest penny pinching habit?

crazynurse @crazynurse (7482) • United States 15 Jan 08

I'm sure we all do things to pinch our pennies. Tell us about your craziest penny pinching habit! I don't mean the 'usual' things that many people probably do like taking left-overs for lunch the next day and those things, I mean...

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Frugality

Amy @artemis432 (7474) • Abernathy, Texas 24 Oct 07

My husband and I would like to live BELOW our means. I just got three books about it from Ebay. There are some great tips - like using your dishwasher only in the evening - because peak usage is during the day so rates are lower...

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Dollar Stores

emeraldisle @emeraldisle (13138) • United States 16 Apr 07

Where I live we have a over 6 dollar stores within a ten mile radius. I love them. I can find things at them that sometimes surprise me; like pots and pans, computer mouse, universal remotes, pregnancy tests, even food plus lots...

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What are the best deals you've gotten at garage sales?

gwendovere @gwendovere (1279) • United States 2 Apr 07

I see lots of great deals on excercise equipment, music stuff like CDs & cassette tapes, DVDs, clothes, furniture, books. What are some of the coolest things you've bought at garage sales?

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Cleaning your stove

carpenter5 @carpenter5 (6782) • United States 5 Mar 07

I have a glass top stove. Does anyone have an idea of something to clean it with other than the expensive cleanser that you purchase from the appliance store? I don't want to scratch it up, but I can't keep paying $7 a bottle for...

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Do you now allow yourself to have luxuries ?

happymomndad @happymomndad (1035) • United States 27 Feb 07

Were you once always out of money and now you are doing better ? We were, we used to have to scrape for every penny and suck every bottle of ketchup, shampoo, laudry soap, till it was bone dry. Now I have found myself buying...

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penny pinching

tnsonshine @tnsonshine (56) • United States 10 Jan 07

In the forum where I work I started the penny pinching "club". We all post things we do to save money on any and everything. We post our favorite sites for coupons, etc.. I'm hoping to have the same success here. What do you do...

coupons

penny pinching

saving money

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Secret Penny-pinching

whiteheather39 @whiteheather39 (24403) • United States 29 Dec 06

Does anyone else have a penny pinching thing that they do but don't want any of their friends to know about? I do and just did it again a few minutes ago.. I turn used Ziploc storage bags inside out wash and dry them, and then...

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Are you A penny Pincher?

VisionThis @VisionThis (298) • United States 13 Dec 06

Have you ever went to the grocery store,shopping center,fast food,or wherever else you can think of.Just to find yourself checking the prices of every item,just to see if you can save a few pennies.Lets hear what your penny...

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