eCoupons eCoupons are relatively new and are coupons that you load directly onto your store affiliated card. What is wonderful about these coupons is that currently they can be stacked in conjunction with manufacturer coupons, there is not any cutting or sorting needed with them since they are electronically placed onto your card and they…
Details If you have read the Eating Well On $1 A Day Challenge, you know that the beginning of this entire bet was the result of me buying food for the best price that I could for local food banks. For those of you who already coupon and have decided to donate the food and other…
Details Just received confirmation that I will be on CNN to do a short interview tomorrow (Saturday) at 11:40 am PST about eating on $1 a day for 100 days. I’m not sure if I should be excited or terrified…
Why would I ever imagine that things would slow down now that the 100 days of eating on $1 a day are over? I returned home from Oregon (which in itself was an experience — I watched a box spring mattress decide that it wanted to learn how to fly as it freed itself from…
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It is hard to believe that I have reached the 100 day milestone. Even more surprising is that the eating well on $1 a day has gone so well that I don’t feel any desire to immediately change the way that I have been eating (or that my cooking didn’t result in mt poisoning myself…
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My friends know me far too well and this is not a good thing. Whenever one of them wants to do something that they can’t convince any of their other friends to do, they inevitably come to me knowing that I will think it is a great idea — well, at least until I realize…
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The weather has been a lot cooler than usual which has meant that the garden which I had planned to use to supplement the food that I purchased with coupons has taken a lot longer to produce food than I thought it would. Had this been the only issue, I probably would have been enjoying…
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I swear that the food gods are looking down upon me and simply having the time of their life thinking up ways to torture me more with food each passing day…You will see what I mean in a moment. Yellow Cherry Plum Smoothie The day started off well with my usual morning smoothie, this time…
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Be sure to check the packaged deli meat aisle when you make your trip to Safeway for a Safeway “Buy 5 Save $5” coupon booklet: The booklet contains 6 coupons: $1.00 off 1 Kraft Mayo or Miracle Whip $1.00 off 1 Ritz Toasted Chips $1.00 off 1 Kraft Dressing $1.00 off 1 Claussen Pickles $1.00…
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I made a decision today. I have been thinking about how I want to end the 100 days of this challenge. At first I thought it would be good to use the rest of the money I had and create some pretty impressive meals the last few days. Upon further reflection, however, it seemed like…
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