The Fru-Gal Deb Morris
The Fru-Gal: Making rebates work
Lots of new rebates become available at the start of each year. You have to pay full price, but you’ll get some or all back on a variety of neat products if you’re diligent enough to mail in your rebate applications.
The Fru-Gal Deb Morris
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THE FRU-GAL DEB MORRIS
The Fru-Gal: Weeding out online freebies
The Internet is overflowing with free offers, but it can be time-consuming to weed through the scams and spam to discover truly great deals.
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THE FRU-GAL DEB MORRIS
The Fru-Gal: More bang for your birthday
Retailers’ reward clubs often offer a free birthday gift. In addition to the ones listed last week, here are more birthday offers.
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The Fru-Gal: These restaurants make birthdays even more special
At the beginning of each year, I like to remind everyone to sign up for birthday freebies. Doing so doesn’t cost you anything but a little bit of time. And it’s a wonderful feeling to get emails from all these companies offering you a free gift or discount if you visit them on or around...
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THE FRU-GAL DEB MORRIS
The Fru-Gal: Making plans for 2012
Now’s the time to plan your year financially. Each month this year, resolve to do a couple of these suggested tasks to keep on top of your finances.
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THE FRU-GAL DEB MORRIS
The Fru-Gal: Getting healthy can save you money
A healthier lifestyle can be had with little money, plus it often can put more back in your savings account.
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THE FRU-GAL DEB MORRIS
The Fru-Gal: Cutting coupons much easier in digital age
I laughed when I watched the new show Two Broke Girls last week. The show is about a woman whose family was once rich but is now broke. She is now a waitress trying to make ends meet. In this episode, she discovers coupons. At first she is ashamed to be seen using coupons but when she sees how...
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The Fru-Gal: Combating buyer’s remorse
Buyer’s remorse is a self-induced, purchase-related guilt trip. But there are ways to learn from your holiday buying to prevent it in the future.
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THE FRU-GAL DEB MORRIS
The Fru-Gal: Living simple
One of my favorite holiday shows is A Charlie Brown Christmas. It’s such a great, simple message of how his small tree was transformed into something beautiful. In that spirit, what does it take to live simply? Having money left over after you pay each month’s bills will accomplish...
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THE FRU-GAL DEB MORRIS
The Fru-Gal: What to do before year's end
Even though your mind may be focused on holiday shopping this time of year, don’t forget that 2011 is almost over. With the year ending, there are many tasks that need finishing for tax reasons and also just to be ready for next year.
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THE FRU-GAL DEB MORRIS
Use coupons to avoid late-night trip to store
What reason is there not to use coupons? Among the responses I hear most often is that single people or couples think it isn't worth it.


