She Asks Me Why, I’m Just A Hairy Guy

Aha!  I knew I could find more non-offensive lyrics to Hair.  Thank you, Google.

I’ve been remiss in discussing inexpensive hair care products, and now I have a backlog of not one, not two, not even three, but FOUR different products in my arsenal.  Bad Cheap Chick, BAD.  So, with [...] Continue Reading…

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“Your Heart Is True, You’re A Friend & A Confidant”

 

Sometimes, you just got to say it with a song from a late 80’s sitcom.

Thanks to the awesomely awesome readers/Facebookers/friends of the Chick, I have oodles of frugally goodness to share with you on this lovely Friday morning.  So let’s get it started in here, starting with:

Michelle, from the [...] Continue Reading…

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Part Two Of The Best Week Ever

Wait!  Before you continue reading this post, make sure you check out this one first.  All set?  Great, let’s move on.

As I am now doing TWO segments a week for the F-O-X, I’ll be posting two posts a week with the details of what we discussed on the show.  [...] Continue Reading…

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Part One Of The Best Week Ever

If you Fan’d The Cheap Chick on Facebook (and if you haven’t, you are dead to me), you already heard my most exciting news – I’m doing two segments a week for Fox 9’s Morning Buzz, instead of just one.  Woot!  It only took me two solid years of [...] Continue Reading…

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The Good, The Bad, And The Adorable

Today in the TC, the big bad scuttlebutt comes from local Twin Citian governor candidate, Tom Emmers.  Mr. Emmers is trying to pass legislation that would allow restaurants to pay their servers less than minimum wage.  Why?  Because servers make so much money in tips (one quote said up [...] Continue Reading…

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