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"I was in the drug store the other day buying my periodic stash of stuff (shampoo, Band-Aids, etc.) when money-saving-mode came upon me. I&amp;#039;m really trying to think before I spend now, and honestly, it&amp;#039;s not easy if you&amp;#039;re not used to it. I&amp;#039;m used to paying for convenience\u2014dash in, buy what I want and live with the prices. No more. I was wasting too much money. I picked out the items I needed and tallied them up. $37.85. Then I put them back on the shelves and decided to comparison shop. I went home and logged on to drugstore.com. (Which our beauty editor, Melissa Matthews turned me on to.) I found the exact same items for $35.75. Not a huge savings but every penny counts, and it can really add up over the course of a year. Here&amp;#039;s the other thing: shipping is free if you spend over $25, they deliver quickly and the site has loads of coupons and 2-for-1 offers to save you even more. Some things (like my shampoo) were cheaper at the drugstore, but most things were less expensive at drugstore.com. It seems a little effort and comparison shopping are worth it if you want to save. My last bit of advice: If you&amp;#039;re going to use the web site, it&amp;#039;s so much fun to browse through you can go a little crazy and want to buy a lot more than you might need, so write a list first, look at the coupons and sale items and then do your shop. Now that I compare prices I thought I&amp;#039;d share my findings with you: Pantene shampoo $4.99 (drugstore)/$5.79 (drugstore.com) Band Aids $4.49/$3.99 Thermometer for my kids $12.99/$11.99 Toothpaste $4.89/$4.49 Razor blades $10.49/$9.49 Total I&amp;#039;ve saved on my way to $5,000:$1,543.49 and growing! Ellen Breslau, Executive Editor "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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