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Sell It Again Tips

Can you resell items that you once bought used? Of course you can! If you bought it, chances are that someone somewhere will do the same. Sometimes I can even sell items for more than I paid, even after I’ve used them. Here are my sell it again tips. Buy Good Quality Items When you buy anything that is not immediately consumable, such as food or dental floss, buy good quality, especially when you buy used. Many times I would rather buy a good quality but used item instead of a cheaper quality brand new with tags item. This is … Continue reading →

Our Frugal Monday Night Dinner

One of my goals this year is to spend even more time in the kitchen doing some cooking from scratch. While this does take time, it reaps many benefits. I can serve my family good healthy food with minimal preservatives, and for a price that we can afford. Since I do most of the cooking for our family of five, I need to find filling meals that will stretch. The cost of food seems to be growing weekly, and the stores have more and more rules that make saving money with coupons not as easy as it used to be. … Continue reading →

Checking Your Receipts Could Save You Hundreds of Dollars

One thing that I am resolved to do this year is to check all of my register receipts right there in the store. I actually started doing this more frequently a couple of months ago and was really surprised at all of the mistakes, both the store’s and mine that were made, costing me money. Of course, I didn’t once find a mistake that saved me money, inadvertently. You would think with the law of averages that there would be at least one to average it out a bit. But there wasn’t. So, that has really strengthened my resolve to … Continue reading →