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Gee Your Hair Smells…Frugal!

the Editors @ August 20, 2009 # 2 Comments

We at Cheapskate, adopted a grooming tip offered by Meryl Streep (who wouldn’t??).  About a year ago, we started shampooing our hair less often, after we heard an interviewer ask her what hair product made her hair so shiny and healthy looking.  She gave away her secret–reluctantly.  La Streep said it was due to the [...]

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Esteem Essentials

the Editors @ February 24, 2009 # No Comment Yet

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n essential skill for long-term residence on Planet Cheapskate (rather than a brief flirtation with frugality) is to know how and when to treat yourself, and thereby avoid falling into grinding austerity. This is all supposed to be fun after all.
In 1940, during the Battle of Britain, when every daily essential from milk, to butter, [...]

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