Editor's Note: Congratulations to Steve, Diane, and Anna for winning this week's contest!
For most frugal-minded people, everyday life is filled with many small purchases with a few mid-range expenses sprinkled in. [more]
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Brrr . . . it's cold outside. If you're at all like me, there's not too much that's worse than being really and truly cold . . . except maybe paying the electric bills.
When you find something unusable, broken, or dirty, what do you do? Do you toss it? Give it to a thrift store? Recycle it? Would earning money for your troubles (and your trash)
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Editor's Note: Congratulations to Steve, Diane, and Anna for winning this week's contest! For most frugal-minded people, everyday life is filled with many small purchases with a few mid-range expenses sprinkled in. [more]
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