Frugal Flops

Caregivers Marketplace Not Honoring their Rebate Program?

August 25, 2009

The Caregivers Marketplace is a rebate program that allows people to get back $0.75 per jumbo pack of Huggies diapers or Pull Ups they buy. In the past I have mentioned this program very often when there’s been Huggies diaper deals. I have gotten several emails and comments from readers wondering if the Caregivers Marketplace [...]

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Murphy Pays a Visit

March 11, 2009

We were woken up early this morning at 3 am by a very loud noise. My husband explained it was the sound of our siding coming off. A quick peak out the window showed us all of the pieces that had come off. Pictured are just some of them, as there were also some by [...]

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I Am One Big Frugal Flop

July 22, 2008

I can’t make menu planning work for me. This past week, my failure to follow up my plan made me throw in the garbage three pounds of ground beef that I took out of the freezer to turn into meatballs but forgot to do.
I don’t understand why I can’t make menu planning work for [...]

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Busted Again!

June 17, 2008

A week shy of two months ago, I wrote about our effort trying to conquer one of our budget busters: milk. Back then we decided to switch to buying milk in a bag because it was considerably cheaper than milk in a jug container.
Fast forward to two weeks ago and my husband came home [...]

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Frugal Flop: Frost + Mommy Brain

June 8, 2008

Last week, at the very end of May there was a frost overnight here in Wisconsin. Since it had been warm during the day and I am not one to check the weather for the night, I didn’t find out about it until the next day. When I checked my garden most plants [...]

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Neither by Air nor Land, This is the Summer to Stay Put

May 22, 2008

I love summer travel!! Not this year though, I just found out that I am going to be charged $15 per bag when we go to New Orleans at the end of June. Thank you American Airlines!
In an effort to cut losses due to increased oil prices, airline companies are coming up with all [...]

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The Difficulty of Meal Planning

March 11, 2008

I have been meal planning for 10 days now. I made a master list of the meals I usually make. Every week I just pick from there and leave room for a new recipe to try. But what’s the problem you ask? That I have to cook it!! What can I [...]

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At This Blog Everyone is a Winner

February 15, 2008

Both the popular vote (reader’s) and the electoral vote (mine and my husband’s) have been heard and everybody won! I was ready to call it quits and spend the $36 to E-File but with the help of my readers I just saved that amount of money.
First, thank you so much to everyone that voted. Having [...]

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The Healthcare Industry Sucks

January 18, 2008

Back in 2006 when my husband switched jobs, we signed up for the Plan A on his health insurance through work. Under this plan we had a low deductible and after that was reached our co-insurance would be 10%.Thanks to a few medical issues we had on the second half of that year we reached [...]

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Frugal Flop: My Husband’s Prescription Medicine

January 7, 2008

Since I don’t work for a health institution, I don’t have to worry about HIPAA laws and am able to tell you that my husband has high cholesterol for which he takes medication everyday. This medicine is not cheap and when I worked my awesome job provided us with great insurance and our copay [...]

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