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A Bargain Advocate ode to the holidays — Nov. 25, 2012
If you’re reading this, you have recovered from your Black Friday weekend shopping frenzy enough to let the coffee force your eyelids open to behold your Sunday breakfast of leftover sweet potato...
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Traditions: A Wise Holiday Investment — Dec. 2, 2012
I, Abbey Roy, hereby take ownership of the harebrained idea to have folks submit their favorite unique holiday traditions to The Advocate and its sister papers for the story in today’s publication....
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A DIY Christmas — Dec. 9, 2012
I’d hardly be a good bargain columnist if I didn’t devote some space to do-it-yourself Christmas gifts. This is an art introduced in preschool classrooms but, somehow, as years pass, forgotten as we...
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Find holiday entertainment on the cheap: Dec. 16, 2012
If my 3-year-old and I have been diligent about our special chore every morning this month, the felt snowman in our dining room today should have a little cloth peppermint in his pocket painted with...
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A Bargain Advocate Christmas: Find deals, be thankful: Dec. 23, 2012
Two days until Christmas, and I actually feel ready. Thanks to Amazon.com, I’ve only had to do one big-box store shopping run that literally involved grabbing a few sub-$10 toys from random aisles for...
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A resolution check-up: How I did in 2012 — Dec. 30, 2012
I’m not going to lie: I winced a little bit and maybe groaned inwardly when I realized it was time to check up on my Frugal New Year’s Resolutions from 2012. Yikes. I couldn’t even remember two-thirds...
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Freebie fitness means adieu to (most) excuses: Jan. 6, 2012
If you’ve been paying attention to my columns the past few months, you’re in touch with the fact New Baby Roy is expected to arrive on or around Feb. 8. I wish I could say, as I could with First Baby...
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January deals for the rich, the famous and the savvy: Jan. 12, 2012
As I write this, it’s Thursday and The Rich and Famous (and all their Oscar nominations and snubs, etc.) have been bombarding my life since breakfast-time. To keep myself grounded and not get too...
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Sometimes, the late bird gets the worm at a discount: Jan. 20, 2013
It might come as a shock to you, but I happen to suffer from a condition known as procrastination, defined (in verb form) by Merriam-Webster as “to put off intentionally and habitually.” I was reminded...
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Broken dryer can teach us all a lesson: Jan. 27, 2013
Editor’s note: After this column was submitted, the writer returned home to discover the dryer had broken again. It still is. Stay tuned. I was motivated a couple weeks ago to start washing the baby...
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