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Forgetting the reusable cloth shopping bags on a few shopping excursions can result in an abundance of petroleum-based plastic shopping bags. Vilified for wreaking havoc on our oceans and clogging landfills for all eternity, the cheap and easy answer to transporting goods from store to home ranks...

This fall, the key to heading back to school in style and under budget involves knowing what pieces provide the most cool for the cash. If a closet full of brand new clothes is not in the cards (and really, who has those cards?) it's time to take note of the fashion cues setting the tone this...

For many people, summer's end marks the beginning of the back-to-school shopping season. It also sparks a season of sales tax holidays across the country -- limited stretches of time where the sales tax is dropped on selected items. For those ready to shop, you'll have to act soon: many of the...

I'll be updating this post at least once a week with the latest back to school deals and freebies. Make sure to check back for the most up to date info. If you don't have any school-aged children at home, why not stock up your home office? Some 16 states are having "back to school" tax free days....

Just in time for back-to-school shopping, tweens who admire the whimsical fashion sense of actress Demi Lovato on Disney's hit sitcom, "Sonny With a Chance," will be able to steal her style at Target stores nationwide and online starting August 1. D-Signed is a new line of clothing and accessories...

Annually-released statistics such as the Agricultural Department's "cost of raising a child" report are the sort of thing that make a frugal woman shake her head. The cost of raising a child from birth to age 17, says the USDA, is $222,360 for those born in 2009; this takes into account the...

As school calendars wind to a close across the United States, a child's imagination is wrapped in thoughts of summer, but a parent's concern quickly turns to finding a way to show appreciation for the teachers who've shepherded their little ones through the year -- and doing it without blowing all...