Saturday afternoon of another week without spending any money. Money we didn’t spend – I prepared our income tax return (would much rather let someone else do it) and Paul painted the bathroom on the main floor. Last weekend we were in Silverton for a St. Patrick’s Day Rally. We […]
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24
Mar
2012
Another week without spending any money.
16
Mar
2012
Another week of frugal living
Week two is nearing the end and our first attempt at bartering worked out very well. I traded helping our daughter and her husband with their tax return for two tickets ($22 each) to the season opener for the Timbers (they threw in a couple of beers at the game […]
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10
Mar
2012
End of week one
It is the end of our first week of frugal living. So far so good. We haven’t spent any money and driven about 50 miles since we filled up the car. How we spent our time wasn’t much different than any other week. With the sunny weather, we were able […]
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07
Mar
2012
The challenge begins
The Frugal Living Challenge started Monday with a visit from Shelley Bailey-Shah and cameraman Kevin from KATU. (We are still waiting to hear when the story will be shown). After visiting with them, we took the Subaru to the gas station for one last fill up, and then we stopped […]
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