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Premade foods – cheap or expensive?

September 28th, 2008 · 13 Comments · Frugal

Is premade foods cheap or expensive?  I think that it depends on your perspective.  For me it’s cheap.  For many others, it’s expensive.  So why would I think it cheap?
Well the reason is that it’s cheaper for me to buy premade foods and use them for cooking our meals at home than going out to [...]

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$4 ice cream cone – frugal or not?

August 3rd, 2008 · 14 Comments · Frugal

So how is going out to eat a single scoop of ice cream frugal?  I was sitting here at the end of July contemplating how hot it is and how great ice cream would taste.  But we have none in the house.  Usually when I want ice cream we go out to a store and [...]

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$400 Beer!

February 13th, 2008 · No Comments · Fun

Okay this is an aside, but I forgot to mention that this weekend I drank the most expensive beer on the planet. I had some of Sam Adams Utopia! I am not a beer enthusiast, but when given an opportunity to drink a $400 bottle of beer for free, heck ya I’m going to take [...]

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