http://www.theroc.org/boycotts/walmart.htm Wal-Mart is the biggest music retailer in the country and it's self-appointed moral guardian.

Wasn't sure where to post this...has a little bit of everything, food, crafts, even how to make your own laundry detergent!  How to do almost anything you can think of..and lots of things that wouldn't occur to you, sober; www.instructables.com  

Targets advertising seems to be aimed for younger  crowd. Wal Mart's family values style of promotion appears to have been effective with a lot of conservative folks. Neither one of them are close enough to where I live to be a big temptation. Wal mart is just unappealing and depressing, with it's dead housplants and aisles ...

I am not convinced that giving birth and nursing are practical ways of saving money on feminine products ...( think I'll stick with coupons : )

Latte, Walgreens here has the pistachios on the shelf. Stop and Shop had them on a free standing cardboard display, with the tear off coupons on the display...maybe check a grocery store if you have one within walking distance? ( I found an unopened nut in the first package today, too... how cheap would that be, to send it in for the free box? : ...

http://walmartwatch.com/issues/      A little bit of everything Wal Mart. Apparently, this organization is trying to force some accountabilty/changes in the company by shedding some light on their practices.

I took seven of the one dollar coupons off the display rack at the grocery store for  pistachios...went to Walgreens, where the salt and pepper version is clearance priced for $1.59 - guess they are discontinuing that flavor? Seven boxes for $4.13...I will share this time : )

Book-eater, I have volumes one and two and the Complete Gazette, which is about a quarter inch thicker than two volumes together. If you send your mailing adress to my inbox here, I'd be delighted to send you my Complete edition  for free, no strings. I like the book a lot, but keep it around mostly for nostalgia and would ...

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/77/walmart.html   My favorite line: " Wal-Mart has lulled shoppers into ignoring the difference between the price of something and the cost."

Certainly living frugally in general doesn't require deprivation. The term 'fast' implies going without. More of a challenge not to be deprived of anything, if one is going without spending money.