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tips

I keep one post for the year of free samples and coupons I find, but I do not make a habit of checking the links after I post them. If you click on one and it is exhausted, please leave me a comment so I can remove the link. Thank you!

Samples
Wendy’s Frosty - Buy One [...]

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Frugality is the New Black

by Andi on March 14, 2009

in money, tips

This past week, a local radio station running down a list of 9 ways to save money reminded me that Girlfriendology posted that Frugality is the New Black. I’ll be honest, I always thought it was!Though I did not hear the whole list, any person with common sense can make this list.
In [...]

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Free Stuff: $25 Bonus from ING Direct

by Andi on January 10, 2009

in free stuff, money, tips

As people use the self-serve referral links to open their own ING Direct Savings account, I will update them. Details of what you need to do to use a link and score some bonus bucks are listed below.
Orange Saving Account has 1.50% ARP:
Orange Saving Account self-serve referral
Orange Saving Account self-serve referral
Orange Saving Account self-serve [...]

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Who Needs Cable?

by Andi on January 4, 2009

in library, money, tips

Not me. I have never had a cable bill. I lived with my parents who paid for cable. At college and grad school, I lived in university housing in which it was included in the rent. My swanky single girl apartment (hey, it’s not fancy unless you say it!), is sans cable and I barely [...]

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Ten New Etiquette Tips for the Workplace

by Andi on July 26, 2007

in tips, work

I nearly choked when I read The Brazen Careerist’s second tip of new etiquette for the workplace. I completely agree that I am adult and that older people will see telling, not asking as discourteous, but still this would not fly at all at any of the places I have ever worked and it would [...]

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Don’t Try It: Bread + Potato Chips

by Andi on June 8, 2007

in tips

You know how a piece of bread in a container of cookies keeps them soft and chewing? It does the same when you inadvertently leave your hot dog bun in a bag with potato chips.
dried-out bun + soggy chips = disappointing lunch
Hope your lunch is tastier!

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