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Top 20 frugal $ense tips
Here are the 20 best tips culled from your entries in this month's Frugal $ense contest. Click on any of the links to read a tip and rate it. You may rate as many tips as you'd like, but please only once per tip. See rules.

The tip with the highest average at the end of the month earns the tipster $100!

Leslie Damann, of Evergreen Park, Illinoiswon $100 for her cost-cutting tip, which was rated No. 1 by Bankrate readers last month. For more information on this tip and its author, read our interview with the Frugal $ense contest winner.
 

Winning tip: Save with meal planning
"Every month I complete a grocery shopping list for items for the coming month. I have put together a list of all the meals my husband and I eat regularly then put them on the calendar based on the amount of time it takes to cook the meal. Monday through Friday get easy meals that allow me to cook them in 20 minutes or less and all meals that take more than 20 minutes are saved for the weekends. This way we buy all of our groceries at one time, saving on our grocery bill, (we store meat in our deep freeze until it's time to use it) saving on our gas bill with less trips to the store and saving my time by having quick meals already planned out for the week."

Top 20 money-saving tips
TELEPHONE
 $5.00 per month for Cell Phone
 How to eliminate your monthly cellphone expense

MORTGAGE
The ARM introductory rate deal

CREDIT CARDS
 Recycle your cans and bottles

AUTOS
 Save 15 cents or more on a gallon of gas

GROCERIES
 Lean Week
 Growing food in small spaces - Sprouts, grasses, and greens
 Free grocery money!!
 My Daughter's First Job Was as Coupon Queen
 Green thumb

HOUSE
 Homemade window cleaner
 
ENERGY
 Beat summer heat, solar savings
 Maximize your MPG
 Burn wood; save tons

VACATION
 Keep kids happy on vacation
 Minimize children's whining
 Get free accomodations and less dining out with a housing swap

SAVINGS
 Build Savings (Fairly!) Effortlessly...
 Create passport photos for pennies
 Saving money before you get it


BILL PAYMENT
 Pay bills online to save postage
 

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