The Frugal Duchess: Recovering My Frugal Groove

For home decorations at a pumpkin-carving party, my friend Sadie purchased about 10 large pumpkins from an outdoor vendor. Based on the size...

As a present, I was given a gift card to a store, which later filed for bankruptcy. My gift card is worth nada . Likewise, shoppers with Sha...

A recent post about the teen sales clerk who befriended my 10-year-old daughter sparked a few comments. The conversation continues with my r...

B ased on my history as a former New Yorker and part-time shoe model, I've been asked to examine the ties that lace me to Carrie Bradsh...

Use upcoming clearance sales to get a headstart on the 2009-2010 school year! That's one of the frugal, back-to-school shopping ideas f...

Is there an expiration date on a brown paper bag? I'm not sure, but a cashier at a local market decided that my brown paper bag needed t...

With a full plate of family, work and community commitments, one busy mom -- a neighbor -- saves time and money with a 20-cubic-foot freezer...

H aggling over prices is expected at flea markets, yard sales and auto lots. But my sister, Debra Patterson, negotiated a sweet deal for kit...

F rom a $1.49 bag of Lays of potato chips, I found a valuable lesson in personal finance and dieting. And that junk-food tutorial will drama...

T hose are my broken cow handles (left) posed on a kitchen counter top. Made from ceramic, the broken handles were once attached to dollar s...

Limiting the holiday advertising pull on our kids is one of several excellent posts at the Carnival of Family Life #3 , which is hosted by T...

I was on a street corner, when a reader stopped and offered kind words about one of my newspaper columns in the home & design section of...

One expert on self-made millionaires has issued his own list (with eye-popping photos) of the most extravagant holiday gifts and his advice:...

I don't eat a lot of junk food, but when I do it really kills my budget. That's the first major insight from my $2 a Day Savings Cha...

Check out actor Jason Priestly's shopping cart during a recent trip to Costco . In this photo (third down on the right column) from Us M...