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Announcing the latest contest winners: Janette Turner and her friend, Lisa Pratt, both of Seattle, WA. Congrats to these two great Bargain Hunters...

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contest time!

Tiny buds are appearing on the lilac trees outside my diningroom window, and it reminds me of childhood May Days. I'd pluck lilacs from the yard, place them into some crudely homemade paper-cone basket, hang it on my neighbor's doorhandle, ring the bell, then dive...

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newsflash!

Starting today, Target Beauty Design Partners (the famed makeup artists associated with my very favorite bargain store!) are setting out to find their biggest fans; they're inviting beauty junkies to share their best secrets for getting gorgeous. On video. You shoot your segment, talking about...

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                      ANNOUNCING OUR CONTEST WINNER! Congratulations goes out to Rachel Roebuck of Seattle, who's getting a swanky package of beauty gifts in the mail this week. Her favorite bargain? Bypassing pricey salon brow-tinting services ($30-$40 a pop) and heading straight to the drugstore for a package of...

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contest time!

Sorry for the lag, folks—things have been a little exciting around here: My son, who’s been playing the excruciating game of when-am-I-going-to-hear-back-on-college applications, just got accepted into his dream school! It’s a major out-of-state institution and definitely not a bargain; but we’re happy to spend...

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announcing our winner!

Thanks so much to all my Bargain Hunter readers and Jane Porter fans for entering our holiday-basket contest. We received a ton of entries, and randomly chose our winners by number. Jane's lucky person will be posted on her own site, www.janeporter.com. As for mine, it's--drumroll...

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contest time!

My friend and best-selling author, Jane Porter, and I are partnering up to bring you some fun holiday sparkle and cheer. We will be giving away two holiday gift baskets filled with fab beauty products, a few of Jane’s signed books, and a Starbucks gift card. Is...

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