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On the road to financial freedom, one day at a time

Goodbye Favorite Skirt. . . Hello New President

November 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments · shopping

Last April, I blogged about my love of quality clothing.  I mentioned my favorite denim skirt, which I’ve had for five years.  Using the old “cost-per-wearing” calculation, I figured that the skirt now cost me less that $1 per use.  I wore that little skirt at least every two weeks, all year round.  
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One Weekend to Shop

October 29th, 2008 · 6 Comments · shopping

It must be something about fall, but it seems that people have wardrobes on the brain these days. Maybe Sarah Palin’s $150,000 shopping spree has us all secretly salivating at the idea of buying clothes. For most of us, it’s time to be much more frugal about our clothes shopping. I’ve come across several great [...]

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Three Simple Meals from the Pantry

October 13th, 2008 · 4 Comments · pantry

The weekend soccer tournament meant we were on the road three hours Saturday and three hours Sunday.  We at lunches out after the games, and were so beat that I could have easily ordered pizza or takeout each night too.  Fortunately, I’ve got three back-up meals that I can almost always make out of our [...]

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