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Getting Ready for Santa . . .

December 25, 2009

In the last two days we got ready for Christmas and Santa’s appearance. We started with the little Christmas party they had at Landon’s preschool.

Yummy, cupcakes for breakfast! After nothing but sugary treats, those 10 kids went bananas!

Landon got to dance and play a little bit and then we left, because he usually doesn’t go [...]

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Not Me! Monday — Dagmar’s Frugalitis

December 21, 2009

Attention, this Not Me! Monday post also serves as one of my frugal posts.
I did not go to CVS to return some supplements, only to buy the same ones back — to save $16.44! No, not me!
This is what happened — frugal folks, take note: A week ago, I bought two bottles of [...]

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Our Fake Christmas Tree 2009

December 20, 2009

As always, I was going to buy a real Christmas tree this year, but I ended up with a fake one. Why? Because frugal me saw the price on the kind of tree I wanted — medium height, thick branches, preferably in a pot so I don’t have to buy a stand and can plant [...]

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14 Ways to Save Money and Be Green

November 14, 2009

It’s time for another frugal entry. Here are just a few money-saving tricks I use, and some of them not only save you green, they also let you BE green:
1. We just moved, and I didn’t pay a cent for moving boxes (and we needed a lot of them). I asked for free ones at [...]

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Not-So-Frugal Sunday: The Grange Fair

September 14, 2009

We killed a couple of hours today at the Grange Fair in Yorktown. We went for the first time last year and had so much fun with Landon that I wanted to go again this year. Unfortunately, as you may know, these fairs are ridiculously expensive. It cost us $12 to park, $30 in tickets [...]

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8 Tips on How to Ease Children’s and Parents’ Preschool Separation Anxiety

August 16, 2009

Landon started preschool six weeks ago, and by now he really loves it. After preparing him, and myself, extensively for his first day in preschool, he did great and didn’t even cry when I left. On the first two days I stayed for 30 minutes to make sure he felt comfortable, and he waved at [...]

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7 Easy Changes to Go Green in Your Home

August 10, 2009

I’m no expert when it comes to being green, but I am passionate about keeping my family, and especially my toddler, healthy. It starts with a healthy diet, plenty of fresh air, and the choices I make in our home. I want to share with you what I do to make sure our home environment [...]

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Are Mothers Who Choose Not to Breastfeed Selfish?

August 3, 2009

While pregnant or even before, every woman inevitably thinks about the topic of breastfeeding. Will I breastfeed my baby? For how long? I think most women have the best intentions and try to breastfeed and then stop after different periods of time – they might breastfeed a week, they make it through the rough first [...]

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