This blog started as a weekly e-mail comparing the specials at Kroger and Martins. Martins had recently come to town and my family was temporarily living with my sister-in-laws family. We were feeding eight of us at the time, trying to be frugal and this was a small step to take.
Up until that point, I hadn't really paid attention to trying to save money at the grocery store. Once I started comparing prices and realizing how much more I'd been spending than I really needed to I was a little ashamed at the waste. This led me to start investigating other resources designed to save money and to start sharing my findings via this blog.
So now I get hundreds of emails and tweets each week relating to saving money and I've been sharing them as I have time and find them interesting. It didn't take long to realize that I am just one of many voices in a very large crowd saying largely the same thing. It's fascinating to watch deals propagate through twitter. While I believe each of the different sites I follow has unique and interesting content (otherwise I wouldn't follow them) the core of what most of them are saying is similar.
Going forward, instead of posting so many "me too" posts, I will be pointing out the excellent resources available from these original sources. I'll also write about my personal shopping / saving experiences in an effort to entertain as much as educate.
Happy (belated) New Year!
George
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