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Shopping Bag – Sharp Toner

September 8, 2008

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!It’s time to buy toner again. While I hate the high price of toner cartridges, I love getting great deals on them. Today I ordered my toner from Staples.com for $79 which is about half of the advertised price of $155. [...]

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School Supply Deals for 8/17 – 8/23

August 17, 2008

Here are this week’s school supply deals: If you have been waiting for a great deal on a graphing calculator, now is the time to buy. Office Depot has the TI-83 Plus for $65 and Staples has the TI-84 Plus for $70 (both after rebate.) Office Depot 10 cents: Acrylic 12″ ruler 20 cents: Office Depot [...]

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Sales Tax Holidays this Month

July 30, 2008

In time for back to school shopping, many states will have a sales tax holiday this month, especially this first weekend. Qualified purchases are exempt from state sales tax. Here is the Guide to State Sales Tax Holidays which includes participating states, dates and qualified purchases. It’s going to be busy at the stores, so [...]

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Free Food at Chipotle Restaurants in Georgia and Iowa

July 30, 2008

Chipotle has a special promotion in Georgia and Iowa. (Those are the only states I am aware of having this promotion. If there are others, please share.) Chipotle customers who purchase a burrito, taco, salad or burrito bowl on July 30 and/or July 31, can return Aug. 2 and Aug. 3 for a free burrito, [...]

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Finding a Job – the Proactive Way

July 30, 2008

A friend of mine recently told me she was laid off. She seemed surprised but I wasn’t. Not that she was a bad employee, but because she worked for a home products company. With the dramatic drop in home sales and the shrinking of the credit markets providing home equity loans, it was just a [...]

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Cost of Ownership – More Than Just Gas

July 25, 2008

These days with the high cost of gas everyone is talking about the cost of ownership of a car, specifically large cars like SUVs and trucks. While the price of gas greatly affects the cost of ownership of a car (as well as affecting your wallet) there are many other ways to think about the [...]

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Saving Money by Using Less

July 15, 2008

We all have routines. We do the same things everyday without thinking about them. Yet, if you step back and examine your daily consumption, you might find ways to cut back. I don’t mean giving up anything, just using less. To show you what I mean, I will share my daily routine and what items [...]

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What Do You Think?

July 14, 2008

Please share your comments about the content and look and feel of this blog. Or have you been wondering where to find a deal or how to negotiate your new car? This is the time to ask. Leave your questions in the comments and I will try to answer them in future blog posts. Thanks!

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How to Avoid or Decrease Cellphone Early Termination Fees

July 11, 2008

With the unveiling of the new iPhone, many are anxious to upgrade to this new must have gadget. I on the other hand am happy with a phone that is a phone. The Consumerist just posted a timely piece on how to avoid paying early termination fees in order to get the coveted iPhone. While [...]

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Going Green on a Budget

July 10, 2008

Going green doesn’t mean you have to spend a lot of green. Here’s how to get started: One simple tip to start off with is to get rid of one-time use items like plastic. When we pay attention to how much plastic and paper we use, we can easily see how much we waste. So [...]

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