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	<description>Feeling the pinch and fighting back...</description>
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		<title>The &#8220;Value Pack&#8221; Trap</title>
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Buying in bulk saves money right?  The correct answer is not always.  There are two things you need to consider when buying in bulk.  Will you use all the product by the sell by date or at all?  What is the unit price?
The photo above was taken at Dunnes last night.  I wanted to buy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://frugalireland.com/2008/10/23/the-value-pack-trap/</link>
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		<title>Supermarket Savings - Week of October 20th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ALDI

Super Six: 4 pack kiwis, seeded mixed grapes, button mushrooms, queen potatoes, 2 pack sweetcorn, 6 pack red apples all €0.69.

DUNNES

Pork fillets €6.79/kg
Half Price Haagen-Daas €3.17/500ml
24&#215;33cl Miller Genuine Draft €19.99
Half Price Tropicana €1.75/1.5L
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LIDL

Pork Chops €6.64/kg
Chicken Fillets €9.68/kg
Premium Sausages €4.04/kg
Premium Thick-cut rashers €7.96/kg
Hot cocoa jar €0.75
Dove Shower Gel €1.99
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TESCO

20% off Tesco Finest Wines
25% Off + 30% [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://frugalireland.com/2008/10/20/supermarket-savings-week-of-october-20th/</link>
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		<title>Book worm? Save a few!</title>
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First of all apologies for not finishing off the €50 challenge post&#8230; kids got sick and things got out of hand.  Am working on same menu this week, so expect updates soon.
Do you like reading as much as I do? If so, you know how expensive the habit can get, especially if you anxiously await [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://frugalireland.com/2008/10/20/book-worm-save-a-few/</link>
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		<title>€50 Challenge Menu Plan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow! This has been really interesting to plan.  Costing out the meals has been challenging to say the least.  I decided not to include storecupboard items like spices and herbs in the costing as we&#8217;re talking mere cents if even.  Here&#8217;s the menu plan for today and tomorrow, will be adding the rest soon.
Monday:

Breakfast: Cheerios [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://frugalireland.com/2008/09/22/e50-challenge-menu-plan/</link>
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		<title>Feed a Family of Four for a Week on €50</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia 
Am I mad?  Maybe.
You&#8217;ve probably been living in a hole if you haven&#8217;t heard of the fabulous Lidl Eats blog by now.  Kate is showing Ireland how they can eat well and dispel their ill-placed brand loyalty by looking no further than their local Lidl.  She features Lidl products, incredible recipes and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://frugalireland.com/2008/09/17/feed-a-family-of-four-for-a-week-on-e50/</link>
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		<title>Freebies!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Photo owned by  basykes (cc)
Just a few freebies and almost-freebies on the web at the moment.  Enjoy!
Lenor are looking for people to test new full-size products.  You need to take a survey to qualify.  It took me about 2 minutes and my full-size trial is on the way.  Click here to take the survey.
Tesco [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://frugalireland.com/2008/09/04/freebies/</link>
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		<title>We may as well accept it&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Summer is dead and gone, so I&#8217;ve turned my attention to what I&#8217;m going to be wearing in the next few months and since I&#8217;m on a very tight budget I said I&#8217;d share my experiences with you.
The Inventory
The first step is to do a wardrobe inventory, make a list of everything you have, organised [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://frugalireland.com/2008/08/26/we-may-as-well-accept-it/</link>
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		<title>Back to School and saving money</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every school child in the country will hate me for even daring to write this post this early but it has to be done! Research released in the last week estimated that parents spend €60,000 in terms of the education of each of their children. In this post I hope to highlight a few ways [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://frugalireland.com/2008/08/16/back-to-school-and-saving-money/</link>
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		<title>Budgeting: An inconvenient reality.</title>
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Budgeting - the mere mention of the word makes me cringe, unless of course it&#8217;s government spending we&#8217;re talking about.  In a time where prices are increasing every day and belts are tightening, it&#8217;s really important to know exactly where your money goes.  I am no expert on this by any means, but this will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://frugalireland.com/2008/07/18/budgeting-an-inconvenient-reality/</link>
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		<title>Money for your phone</title>
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It&#8217;s not all about saving money these days, a little extra in our pockets is also good.  I use Envirofone every year when I upgrade my mobile.  I usually choose and upgrade that will cost me nothing with the contract I am on and then send my old phone to envirofone.  You can choose to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://frugalireland.com/2008/07/14/money-for-your-phone/</link>
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