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t’s spring, and for many of us that means allergy season. And that can be expensive. Last year’s $94 eye drops are $107 this year for a bottle half the size. If things get bad, I have a prescription for something stronger, at $89 a bottle. If you have conventional insurance through your employer, you may [...]  I could be drummed out of the frugalista corps if this secret got around: I buy my salad ingredients already cut up. Yes, I could save money if I bought heads of lettuce, washed, dried and cut them up myself. But I don’t save a thing if they sit in the refrigerator until they rot because [...] This winter, I spent a few months living and working in my hometown in the Midwest. I spend all day working at a computer, but I decided that, rather than spend money on an adjustable office chair, I’d just use a kitchen chair at an old table. You can guess how that “frugal” decision turned out. After my [...] I recently needed an antibiotic eye ointment that costs $50 (with insurance). I searched the house for one of those pharmacy offers for a $25 gift card with a new prescription, and finally found one in a pile of papers. Expired. (Kmart had one in last Sunday’s newspaper — too late for me but perhaps [...] |
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