Best Prices for iPhone Plans – Cricket Introduces No Contract Plan

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I have exciting news for those of you looking for iPhone service deals. Cricket just announced that on June 22, they will begin offering a no-contract iPhone plan with rates of just $55 per month. You will be able to get either an 8GB iPhone 4 or a 16GB iPhone 4S with unlimited talk, text [...]

5 Frugal Tips for a Fun Family Road Trip

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The price of gas may be soaring, but come July, our family will once again be hitting the road for our annual summer road trip. In fact, we haven’t flown anywhere as a family since 2008. Of course, with three kids, ages 3 to 9, traveling long distances by car can be a bit dicey. [...]

How to Build Your Own “Sand” Box on the Cheap

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My husband and I have been working diligently in our backyard and have made a lot of progress. Lately we’ve been focusing on the hot spot right off of our deck. We had to figure out what to do with the swampy/weedy/grass-won’t-grow-here-no-matter-what-we-do area. We decided on building a sand box for our daughter’s birthday. There [...]

7 Tips for Big City Living on a Budget (Guest Post)

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Today’s guest post comes from Budget & Bargain, a Jewish blogger who knows a thing or two about how to live frugally – even in New York City. Living on a tight budget can be a challenge anywhere, but in a big urban metropolis like Manhattan it can seem impossible. Sure, it would be easier [...]

School Uniforms: Where I Find the Best Deals

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With back-to-school season in full swing, I thought I’d spend a few words talking about uniform shopping. I know not everyone has kids in uniform dress code schools, but if you do – you are probably like me and scrambling to figure out which pants still fit – and which ones are suddenly 4 inches [...]

How to Make Your Own Green Household Cleaners

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I mentioned a few weeks ago that I make a lot of my own all-natural cleaners. After receiving a number of questions about them, I figured I should put together some of my favorite green cleaning recipes. Not only are these homemade cleaners green for the environment, but they also save me green. Their ingredients [...]

School Supply Challenge: Won’t You Join Me?

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I know, I know. Summer just started. It doesn’t seem possible that the back-to-school sale season could already be upon us. But judging from the circulars, it most definitely is. If you were around last year, you might remember that I set myself a challenge to spend just $5 on all the school supplies for [...]

How We Keep Birthday Celebrations Sane & Affordable

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The summer is birthday season for our family. From May to October, we have a birthday a month (with a break for August). When my kids were tiny, I used to have big bashes for them every year. We’d invite all of their little friends (and their parents and siblings) and do craft projects and [...]