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A Cheapster's Weekend: April 23-26

[ April 23, 2010; April 24, 2010; April 25, 2010; April 26, 2010; ] Friday

Free Admission to National Parks: There will be no entrance free to over 100 national parks from today until Sunday, April 25. All the national parks that normally charge admission fees will cost absolutely nothing to get in. Some of the locations include Death Valley, Muir Woods, Sequoia, Joshua Tree, and Yosemite. So bring some [...]

Christmas Thrifts

Rae the Cheapster clues you in on the best thrift stores in town for your holiday shopping needs.
By Rae Contreras

You have scarcely two weeks before Christmas, and you still don’t know what to buy your fashion-plate sister or emo brother. In a more forgiving economy, you would go to Urban Outfitters—the hipster’s one-stop shop [...]

Your Halloween Costume on the Cheap

By Jackie
Halloween is here! Can you believe it? (I can.) Don’t have a costume yet? (I can believe that too.) No fear, cheapster. You can still come up with a last-minute costume and have fun with it.
Last Halloween I found a nurse’s dress uniform for $2.50 at a Baras Thrift Shop when I was down [...]