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Is Gum Food? Day 59: Eating Well On $1 A Day


I made a huge couponing mistake. Somewhere in the back of my mind I knew that the Kraft money making deal was ending, but I had thought it was on the 30th. I had about 10 coupons left that I was planning to use for myself to get some more free food and stock up [...]

Free Stay Free Products, Yoplait Greek Yogurt, Pert Plus Products: Albertsons Deals 6/30 – 7/6


If your headed to Albertsons today be sure to take advantage of the free Stay Free Pads or Pantiliners because the coupon expires today! While there are a few good deals, there aren’t nearly as many as I hoped to see. For anything else on your shopping list this week, be sure to use the [...]

Free KC Masterpiece BQ Sauce, Wishbone Salad Dressing, Ball Park Beef Franks: Safeway Deals 6/30 – 7/6


Safeway has a few good deals this week just in time for your 4th of July Barbecue (but not nearly as many as I hoped to see). For anything else on your shopping list be sure to use the coupon data base to match up any available coupons: KC Masterpiece BBQ Sauce, 17 to 19 [...]

Should I Be Able To Use Basics That I Have Purchased, But Don’t Bring With Me When I Travel? Day 58: Eating Well On $1 A Day


Rotten potatoes are gag reflex inducing. Unfortunately, I found this out first hand when I opened up my second 10lb bag of potatoes — and was greeted with a most unpleasant scent imaginable. Although tempted to chuck the entire bag due to the smell, I knew I needed to salvage as many of the potatoes [...]

Eating Well On $1 A Day FAQs


There are a lot of questions about this challenge that I have mostly answered over the entire period in my posts, but these questions keep coming up for the first time readers. I decided it would be worthwhile to put this list of answers to Frequently Asked Questions up to try and help those just [...]

Should I Continue The Eating Well On $1 A Day Challenge?


The end of the month is quickly approaching and I need to make a decision again whether to end this challenge or shoot for 100 days (100 days on $1 a day just seems to have a nice ring to it). I’m pretty sure that I could do it (although there would undoubtedly be more [...]

Wash. Rinse. Repeat. Day 57: Eating Well On $1 A Day


One of the perks of having a bit more of a stockpile of food is that I don’t need to go to the grocery store as often as I did in the beginning days of this challenge. I wanted to wait to go since there were a couple of Saturday and Sunday only deals this [...]

Free Pretzel M&M’s, Free Kodak Picture Movie DVD: CVS Deal 6/27 – 7/3


This week at CVS you can pick up free M&M’s, Kodak Picture Movie, and Stay Free Products. If you buy Pampers diapers this is a pretty good price. If there is anything else on your shopping list this week, be sure to use the coupon data base to match up any available coupons: Bengay Cream, [...]

Free Reach Toothbrush, Free Finesse Hair Care, Free Blistex: Walgreens Deals 6/27 – 7/3


Walgreens does something called Register Rewards. These are just like catalina coupons, they print at the register and can be used like cash on your next purchase at Walgreens. Here are some of the deals you might want to consider this week at Walgreens (and you can look for more coupon deals on any other [...]

How Sad Is A Cooking Injury? Day 56: Eating Well On $1 A Day


I knew that this challenge would be a lot of things, I just didn’t realize how embarrassing it would be. I consider myself a fairly athletic person and in decent shape. I have no problem spending an afternoon playing pick-up basketball, can run a pretty decent 10k and have no problem swimming laps for an [...]

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