Freaky Frugalite

Sears Can Get Everyone Campus Ready

Thursday, August 6, 2009

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This post was sponsored by Sears. All the opinions are mine. Aren’t you lucky? It’s August, so you teenagers and parents of teenagers know what that means- dumping tons of TIME and MONEY into college and college preparations! Sooo exciting! I have two kids who are finishing up their high school education, and I’m quaking [...]

InkGrabber Coupons for August

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

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Hot off the presses, fellow frugal freaks. Get your ink now, BEFORE you need it to print all those school worksheets. $$ - 10% OFF any order in August with code: AUG10 (excludes OEM) $$ - Buy 5+ Inkjet Cartridges & get 12% OFF with code: AUG12 (excludes OEM) $$ - Buy ink for more [...]

The Job Market

Thursday, January 29, 2009

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I’ve been diligently scouring the Internet classifieds (local and national) for employment. I’d still like to stay at home with my children, but the online market is so limited right now. A lot of us “older” moms are in the same boat: the kids are older, we need more income, but we haven’t been in [...]

Good Educational CDs

Friday, October 17, 2008

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We use books, mostly, for the kids’ schooling. But I have used some CDs (quite a lot in the past, actually) and found some of them truly helpful. I used to buy tons of them, especially “educational games” programs. I have come to the conclusion that very few games touted as “educational” are really educational. [...]

School Books 101

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

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WARNING! Lengthy article ahead about homeschooling! lol Well we’re gearing up for another school year here. Like I’ve said before, I homeschool, but it’s a unique homeschool. Our church has a small group of administrators that distribute curricula, give tests, and (best of all) handle all the administrative paperwork. We pay tuition to cover these [...]