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With this edition of the Savings Challenge nearing its end, I've been tallying up how I've done in meeting the special challenge we set out for the group: Find creative ways to pay less than full price for everything you buy during the month of October.
If you spend as much time hanging out with frugal folks as I do, you quickly realize a few things about them.
Economist Milton Friedman famously said, "There's no such thing as a free lunch." At the other end of the spectrum are cheapskates like me, who truly believe "The best things in life are free."
Let Free Stuff Ring! That's the rallying cry for the Week 3 "I Got It for FREE!" Saving Challenge kicking off today.
Since we're in the midst of the October Savings Challenge-where I've vowed to try to pay less than full price for everything I buy this month-I was nervous about our plans to have another couple over for dinner this weekend.
I'm more excited than a cheapskate in the supermarket on triple-coupon day! Today we're kicking off a special October Savings Fest edition of the AARP Savings Challenge!
Everybody's looking to save buck these days. What if I told you there are places you can shop where everything is absolutely FREE?
My wife and I invited two other couples over for brunch last Sunday. We like getting together with friends, particularly in our home instead of an expensive restaurant. We'd rather see friends more often over a simple, home cooked meal, than less frequently for a pricey dinner out.
We have a rather eclectic "California contemporary" style home built in the 1940s. Some visitors say it reminds them of Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater in western Pennsylvania.
I've always spent a lot of time at public libraries. America's 17,000+ public libraries are truly a cheapskate's paradise. Where else can you have free access to literally hundreds of thousands of books, magazines, newspapers, DVDs, CDs and so much more? Sure we pay for them with our tax dollars,…