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How to save on allergy medications

Teresa — Thu, 19 May 2011 23:37:56 +0000

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 [...]

It’s OK to buy bagged salad

Teresa — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:50:18 +0000

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 [...]

Pinching pennies can cost dollars

Teresa — Sat, 29 May 2010 14:59:11 +0000

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 [...]

Find prescription coupons online

Teresa — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:51:10 +0000

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 [...]