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Motivation Monday: Happiness, Football Food, and TipYourself

September 14, 2015 by Penny 8 Comments

Need a little smile this Monday? How about some football food to drown your sorrows? This week’s Monday Motivation is all about happiness, football, and rewarding yourself for life’s little wins. Even if your team lost big-time yesterday (I’m looking at you, Chicago.) 

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Posted in: Plan Tagged: happiness, healthy, podcasts, positive thinking, recipes, savings, TipYourself

Simplifying Smoothies with Frozen Bananas

September 3, 2015 by Penny 8 Comments

Smoothies are delicious. While juice–the slightly more complicated and less-closely-related-to-ice-cream cousin of the smoothie–may be a bit more en vogue at the moment, smoothies have always maintained a little je ne sais quoi* that keeps people coming back for more. Healthy, tasty, pretty. What’s not to love? Maybe the cost, you say. In my quest … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Uncategorized Tagged: bananas, recipe, savings, simplify, smoothie

Coupons, I Just Can’t Seem to Quit You

August 20, 2015 by Penny 11 Comments

Not one week after posting about my frivolous wasteful stupid couponing shenanigans, I couldn’t resist their siren song. A great grocery store sale combined with four high-value manufacturer’s coupons netted me four boxes of Kellogg’s Rice Krispies for $2.00. If you buy lots of cereal because it’s back-to-school time and you have kids your husband … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Penny Saves Tagged: budget, coupons, frugal, savings

How Ditching Diet Coke Saved Me Over $300 This Year and Other Frugal Habits I Already Have

August 19, 2015 by Penny 15 Comments

I know my fitness post was on the wasteful side of things, but when I’m not hesitating to kick my gym membership to the curb, I actually can be quite frugal at times. Not Extreme Cheapskates frugal, but frugal nonetheless.* I certainly have a long way to go in terms of optimizing my spending and … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Penny Saves Tagged: brown bag, coffee, coupons, Diet Coke, frugal, habits, lists, lunch, mindful, sales, savings, tea
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