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Valentine’s Day 2012: Let me do your shopping.

by Donna Freedman on January 27, 2012

Yep, it’s early. I’m putting the Valentine’s Day giveaway up to allow plenty of time for the winner to receive the package and re-gift it.

That is, if the winner really wants to – the items range from the sublime to the ridiculous. All might be hard to turn loose once you see them.

Let’s start with the sublime: three new kinds of chocolate.

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Get free gift cards and build a bank account.

by Donna Freedman on January 24, 2012

These two goals are the subjects of my recent work at MSN Money and Get Rich Slowly — and they complement each other.

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Two winners instead of one.

January 24, 2012

I decided to throw caution to the winds — or, rather, an extra $6 at the readers — with the current weekly giveaway.

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Cindy Brick, where are you?

January 22, 2012

If you enter the contest, take the additional step of checking your e-mail the next week. You snooze, you lose.

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Up for grabs: All You magazine plus cookbook.

January 20, 2012

This week’s giveaway is a six-month subscription to All You magazine, which thrifty types love for its numerous coupons and its life hacks. Oh, and its recipes. Can’t forget those, which is why I’m throwing in a copy of All You’s “Eat Well, Save Big” cookbook.

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The day I saved Heckboy.

January 17, 2012

On my way home from the store recently I found nine cents, a My Coke Rewards cap and two ice-cream bars. Not a bad day to be a scavenger.

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Your money: The missing manual.

January 13, 2012

Thanks to all for your expressions of sympathy and support during this sad time in my family’s life. To get back on track, I decided to keep my giveaway streak alive. Up this week is a copy of J.D. Roth’s “Your Money: The Missing Manual.”

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