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User post: 5 Tips for Thrifty Food Shopping

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adorable french grocery list tote from darcyart

After my recent admission that I am going through some

Home Sweet Home

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illustration from The Little House

When a film crew shows up at your apartment…

5 ways to feel rich

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Natalie Wood on the French Riviera

There are people who have money and people who are rich. –Coco Chanel

Valuing a dollar, counting your pennies, stretching the last cent…it’s all fine and good until someone starts to feel punished. Like being on an overly restrictive diet, unless you treat yourself along the way, you’re eventually going to gorge on spaghetti and meatballs until you need to go take your pants off. I myself have felt that my concern about money has become a little joyless lately. But feeling rich, like anything, is in part a state of mind. Surrounding yourself with luxury that scratches that itch without sending you to the poor house is exactly the way to strike the balance of feeling like a have when really you don’t have a lot.

User post: Recession Eating: The Dinner Date at Home

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If dating is a performance then restaurants are the stage. There are banquettes to slide into, flattering light to make the most of. Not slumped on the couch slurping lo mein, we’re forced to participated in the slight formality of being in public. In other words, we’re on our best…

User Post: Great ideas for healthy, thrifty fun

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Arrange a bouquet of flowers for your bedside. Not sure what it’s like where you are, but here it’s a bit grey with not-so-fresh snow on the ground. Waking up to a bouquet of fresh tulips would make the start of the day a lot sunnier, no matter what the weather’s…

$8 Healthy dinner for four: Salmon cakes and potato fennel puree

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The challenge isn't really eating healthy, nor is there a lot of difficulty in eating well if you have the cash to lay down on smoked duck breasts and imported cheeses. But what if you want to eat healthfully (but not in a way that involves sad little chicken breasts and low-fat cheese) and well (because you have a particular penchant for life's small pleasures), and you're on a budget (because the economy is in the toilet).