When I was expecting my first child, I worked in a nursing home. I really didn’t have to worry about my work clothes because it was pretty basic stuff and not too much room for individuality.
I really never showed until I was around 6 months pregnant. At that time, I began to search for maternity [...]
Tags: frugal, maternity, maternity clothes, Pregnancy, second-hand, thrifty
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Do you remember shopping at Sears when you were a kid? I am dating myself now, but I remember shopping for clothes at Sears when I was a child. My mother would put our clothes on ?layaway? until she could pay off the total amount of the bill.
Layaway, for those of you who?ve [...]
Tags: Christmas, clothes, expenses, frugal, Gifts, holiday budget, Kmart, layaway, Sears, Walmart
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I can‘t even begin to guess how many shoes, socks, hats and mittens my children have lost. How many of you have ever re-traced your steps in a store looking for the missing article? Isn‘t it amazing that the article simply is not anywhere to be found – My friends and I joked that [...]
Tags: Baby, coat, cold, frugal, hats, inexpensive, infant, mittens, snowsuit, winter
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It’s a financially tough time for many, if not all, of us. If you don’t get your local Sunday paper, it’s worth spending the $1.50 or so per week, just for the coupons. Don’t get me wrong, it’s great if you can be informed and actually read some of the paper, too, but the coupons [...]
Tags: BOGO, coupons, drug store, frugal, groceries, pharmacy, sales, savings, supermarket, thrifty
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My children love to dress up on Halloween. I think it’s a wonderful thing, but given that there are 5 of them, I need to be as creative and frugal as possible when creating costumes.
Last year was our son’s first Halloween. I admit, I went to the “big party” store in town and [...]
Tags: Batman, cat, dog, ebay, frugal, Halloween costumes, infant, Robin, toddler
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