Most people that I talk with about this challenge assume that it is the couponing and shopping that takes a huge amount of time and if I added that into the equation, it wouldn’t be worthwhile even with the amount I save. The truth is that while couponing does take a bit longer than if…
DetailsIt's time to admit the obvious: I will never make inspiring meals left to my own devices. It's not that I don't want to, but that I am in way over my head when it comes to actually creating meals (I personally find it much more impressive that I have lived off of my own…
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I have always been a big Costco fan and of the limited shopping I had done before beginning this challenge, I would say that most of it was done there. I had to make a run to Costco today to get some non food items, but that didn’t stop me from taking a few minutes…
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One of the main goals of this challenge was to not be hungry with the limited funds I had. I think that I managed to accomplish this pretty well, but it really hit me today at how much being hungry affects what you are able to accomplish. I thought I had done pretty well yesterday…
DetailsThere is a new Safeway coupon policy for 2010. Considering how long it took to update the old Safeway coupon policy, we assume that this will also be the 2011 Safeway coupon policy, 2012 Safeway coupon policy and beyond (we'll certainly update any new changes to the Safeway coupon policy as they come about). Safeway…
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Despite a good day in adding some of the things that readers have recommended I get for this challenge, overall today was a big blah. Tomorrow I have to go into the hospital to have a colonoscopy (boy, doesn't that sound like a lot of fun?) so that the doctors can try to figure out…
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I decided to do some more foraging today. I needed to get some more lemons because I had already gone through the three I had picked, so I grabbed another three. I also found a bunch of blackberries — enough to fill three small containers. Even better, I found a spot by the river that…
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I am not at all a big fan of mail-in rebates. I understand why companies do them — it makes it look like their products are cheaper than they really are because they know that most people will see the mail-in rebate price, but never actually send in for the rebate. I find this to…
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After the coupon blunder, it seems that my luck turned the corner as I went on my first foraging trip (now allowed with the new rules). I take a walk every morning and part of that walk is through a city owned park. Near the creek there are wild blackberry bushes and I decided to…
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It was a rough couponing day. Sometimes no matter how well you think you have things figured out, they just don't work like you expect them to work. That is exactly what happened and it cost me more than I expected, and my lack of preparation in foreseeing the possible issue made it so that…
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