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Topic: Littlest things to stretch your dollar?

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Subject: Littlest things to stretch your dollar?
Date Posted: 7/26/2009 8:07 PM ET
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  What are some of the tiniest things you do to stretch you dol more...
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Date Posted: 7/27/2009 8:40 AM ET
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I feed my food scraps to the chickens, resulting in a slight stretchin more...
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Date Posted: 7/27/2009 9:53 AM ET
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I buy a bottle of liquid hand soap and then make my own foaming soap refill.  One bottle of soap from the Dollar Tree (name brand) for $1.00 stretches to 20 times or more of what it would have used straight on the counter. Our area recycles newspapers but not the circulars that come in them.  I sh more...
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Date Posted: 7/27/2009 10:03 AM ET
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I coudl proba more...
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Date Posted: 7/27/2009 3:16 PM ET
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I say hog more...
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Date Posted: 7/27/2009 8:08 PM ET
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Good tip with the more...
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Date Posted: 7/28/2009 2:09 AM ET
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hog away as far as I'm concerned! I love reading tips whether or not I use them! and I've implemented seve more...
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those washclothes at Walmart are only like $2/pa more...
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Date Posted: 7/28/2009 11:24 AM ET
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I have a basket near the front door for shoes.  When the kids (teenagers) and DH come in, it's shoes off and in the basket.  Sounds odd, but keeps them wrangled and prevents outside dirts from being tracked on my carpet hence easing vacuuming and less carpet cleaning needing to be done (carpet washing). If a meal calls for olive oil ( more...
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I save newspapers to clean windows and mirrors with, they last longer than paper towels and don't leave strea more...
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Date Posted: 7/28/2009 1:47 PM ET
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Since my husband got laid off in January, we have been doing a lot of things different. With one son in college and anothe more...
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*Cut up old torn, stained, clothing and use that as rags/paper towels.  Have a laundry bag in the corner  of the kitchen to toss them in.  I use them for washing dishes as well, so no wet bacte more...
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Date Posted: 7/29/2009 6:44 PM ET
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It's unfortunate that most of the couples I know eat out for almost every meal (lunch and dinner). We know one couple who eats out for -every- meal. No kidding. So we are -always- going out to eat whenev more...
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Date Posted: 8/14/2009 6:56 PM ET
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1. Line dry sensible clothes.  We use the dryer only for underwear and baby clothes, and end up saving a bundle. more...
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I travel a lot and collect the hotel showe more...
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Pack a lunch for work and avoid take out or going out to lunch. Also pack a mid-day snack and take a beverage.  Keep a coffee pot a more...
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- Use a plastic bin to collect the clean water from rinsing d more...
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Thought of this one because I just boug more...
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Date Posted: 8/19/2009 9:20 PM ET
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 We started a Christmas club and have a little taken out each paycheck.  We don't miss it and this way nothing more...
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Wow, there are lots of great ideas here.  Kim's post made me think of so more...
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buy garbage bag at bj i bought 200 for 8.00 more...
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Ring tones: I was spending $1.99 on them, and sometimes I couldn't find the song I wanted. myxer.com lets you take any more...
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