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How To Host A Non-Awkward At-Home Date

Big Girls, Small Kitchen | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Home Cooking, Romance, Cooking, Sex, Dating, Dessert, Food, Wine, Italian Food, At-Home Dates, Thrift, Food News
Big Girls, Small Kitchen

Whether you're a guy or a girl, inviting a date back to your place, at 7pm (rather than 3am) can be both an exhilarating and intimidating experience.

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Credit Where Credit Is Due: Read This Before You Clip That Card

Califia Suntree | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Credit Cards, Consumer Spending, Thrift, Frugality, Economy, Personal Finance, Los Angeles News
Califia Suntree

I've been all too eager to paint credit cards with a broad, tar-black brush. But I can admit when I'm wrong: credit isn't the enemy. Being broke is.

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Goodwill Launches "Donate Movement" and Calls on People to Donate with a Purpose

Jim Gibbons | Posted 11.17.2011

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Jim Gibbons

Today, Goodwill® launched the "Donate Movement" to encourage people to donate used clothing and other items to their local Goodwill. Through this ini...

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Inequality in Late Night: Five White Guys Walked Into a Studio...

Rosalyn Hoffman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Entertainment, Style, Budget, Books, Balanced Living, Fashion, Media, Thrift, Comedy, Media News
Rosalyn Hoffman

We are so with you, Conan. Us gals at Bitches on a Budget stand in solidarity with your standing up for yourself and your principals. Galactically speaking, we need more people like you.

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Thrifty Families "A Major Reason The Downturn May Not Soon End": WSJ

Wall Street Journal | Kelly Evans | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Personal Finance, Family Spending, Thriftiness, Thrift, Wall Street Journal, Business News

BOISE, Idaho -- Rick and Noreen Capp recently reduced their credit-card debt, opened a savings account and stopped taking their two children to restau...

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Scavenging as a Virtue

Donna Schaper | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Recession, Poverty, Dumpster Diving, Homelessness, Money, Shopping, Economic Crisis, Scavenging, Thrift, Healthy Living News
Donna Schaper

Scavenging things has helped me scavenge people and institutions. I specialize in what other people throw out.

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Grocery Stores Teaching How To Feed A Family On A Shoestring

New York Times | Stephanie Rosenbloom and Andrew Martin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Depression, Economy, Grocery Stores, Personal Finance, Thrift, Recession, Money Saving, Business News

Home economics, that lost art in which generations of students learned to keep a household going on a tight budget, is making a comeback. Only this ti...

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And a Small Glass of Chateau Plonk, Please

Vicky Ward | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Henry Paulson, Wine, Society, Bailout, Thrift, Economy, Economic Crisis, New York City, Style News
Vicky Ward

So thrift is the new chic in New York -- and, as one dinner companion and I reflected on it last week, we felt relieved.

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Shrinking Hours, Cut Overtime Are Stealth Forces Driving Down Economy

New York Times | Peter S. Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Working Hours, Shopping, Thrift, Overtime, Economy, Business News

Not long ago, overtime was a regular feature at the Ludowici Roof Tile factory in eastern Ohio. Not anymore. With orders scarce and crates of unsold t...

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