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Community Coordinator at UsedVictoria.com, blogger, social media junkie, proud mama, fabulously frugal, proud to be from our beautiful city!
Trade your way to a cheaper grocery billAs most of you have figured out, I’m always looking for ways to save money and one of the things I strive for is […]
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August 15th, 2012
Carly Russell
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Beating the Summer Heat Used-styleOh MY God! The hot hot weather has finally hit us here on the West Coast. Now, I admit wholeheartedly that we are wimps […]
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August 10th, 2012
Carly Russell
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DIY furniture painting (AKA the velour set that took over my life)As I mentioned last week, I worked long and hard with the gals from UsedVic to transform a French Provincial couch and chair into […]
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August 1st, 2012
Carly Russell
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DIY oak kitchen table makeover that’s so easy even I can do it!So last week I told about how I started exercising my DIY muscle and/or bone and tried a couple of super easy DIY projects that were […]
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July 26th, 2012
Carly Russell
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DIY projects for the non-doerIn two weeks, I’m going to be hanging out with the UsedVictoria crew at the Vancouver Island Mini Maker Faire, so I thought I’d get myself […]
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July 18th, 2012
Carly Russell
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Why “Free” is Such a Magical Word!When I was younger, I learned from fairy tales that there are magic words you can say like “Abracadabra” and “Bippity Boppity Boo” that make […]
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July 11th, 2012
Carly Russell
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Save your money AND Spoil Yourself!Since starting my second year off on maternity leave (don’t worry, I don’t get paid!), we’ve been working really hard to save money […]
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July 5th, 2012
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Canada Day Gifts for true CanadiansCanada Day is this weekend (yippee!) and I know we’re all getting ready to celebrate being the fabulous Canadians we know we are! I’ve always […]
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June 26th, 2012
Carly Russell
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Helpful Points for Using Travel PointsMy first title was actually going to read “what’s the point in using travel points?” as I’m sure this is something you may have thought while hopelessly […]
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June 20th, 2012
Carly Russell
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A lobster a day keeps the doctor away!Turns out this is actually true but I’ll get into that a bit later. I’m currently in beautiful Nova Scotia visiting my husband’s family […]
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June 13th, 2012
Carly Russell
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