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Looking for inexpensive or free things to do in Denver/Boulder? Want to sample local stores, restaurants, & attractions without breaking the bank? Mile High Cheapskates
Laura Daily, Claire Walter & staff editor Bryan Chavez show you how to get the best for less. Want to get in touch? Email us at: info@milehighonthecheap.com
Mile High on the Cheap is a member of Living on the Cheap, a network of websites published by frugalistas, journalists and consumer advocates. Find practical advice on saving money on groceries, travel and shopping, plus tips from our experts on how to live the good life for less at Living on the Cheap.

Get Some Extra Dough at Entenmann’s Bakery Outlets

Fans of baked goods: run don’t walk to your nearest Entenmann’s Oroweat Bakery Outlet (there are five in the Denver metro area under the name Mrs. Baird’s, Oroweat, or Entenmann’s). Owned by Bimbo (which bought out Mrs. Baird’s) the stores sell Oroweat, Entenmann’s, Marinela, Boboli pizza crusts, Thomas English muffins and more. Most days [...]

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CrowdSavings.com is a Big Deal for Denver

Our third group buying site profile is CrowdSavings which boasts savings of 50% to 90%. Deals can be found from restaurants, spas, theaters, museums, local event and festivals, bars, services and recreational activities. So what’s the catch? Why is this one different from similar sites? CrowdSavings doesn’t require a minimum number of buyers for a [...]

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Why Shopping IKEA Can Mean Saving Big Bucks

Home furnishings giant IKEA opens its door today in Colorado, and while the grand opening giveaways are an incentive for some to fight the traffic and crowds right now, you don’t have to be first in the door to reap big savings. Laura took a behind-the-scenes tour last week and found that IKEA offers Mile [...]

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2 Buck Books = Big Savings

If your personal library is never big enough check out 2 Buck Books, a 4,000 square feet, “used” book outlet that recently moved into the King Soopers shopping center at Monaco & Leetsdale. The place has thousands of titles with hard covers $4, paperbacks $2, and childrens’ books $1. Some kids books even are priced [...]

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Wilderness Exchange Offers Monthly Discounts

Wilderness Exchange Unlimited is an independently-owned business that buys and sells equipment used in outdoor pursuits such as climbing, backpacking, mountaineering, camping, and backcountry skiing. If you sign up for their e-newsletter (it’s the box about half-way down the left-hand column), you’ll receive a discount code for 10% off one item once a month. The [...]

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PawnSearcher.com = A New Way To Save Big Bucks

Think pawn shops are just a place to hock your stuff during hard financial times, think again. They’re a great place to find discounted, used merchandise from electronics to musical instruments to small appliances. But here’s the catch: pawn shops rely on walk-in traffic (and don’t use the Internet to list their ever-changing stock), meaning [...]

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Find Extra Deals as Aurora Walmart Super-Sizes

Imagine our shock, then pleasure when we visited the Aurora Walmart yesterday only to realize that the store is soon to become a Walmart Supercenter. While the old gal has had a few face lifts over the past two decades, the complete make-over is long past due for residents within shopping distance. Yes, there is [...]

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Save Time & Money with MHOTC’s New Daily Deals Page

Drum roll, please! A single mouse click now brings up MHOTC’s latest user-friendly feature, an exclusive new Daily Deals page that consolidates all the current offers from deal-of-the-day sites like CrowdSavings, Zowzee, Your Lucky Deals, Groupon, Living Social, Westword Voice and more. The new Daily Deals page updates every few hours (making it about as current as [...]

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Join Godiva Rewards Club, Get Free Chocolate

As Easter approaches many of us have chocolate on the mind. If you happen to like Godiva, consider joining their Reward Club. Members receive a FREE piece of chocolate every month and a FREE gift every time you spend $10 or more. (Note you have to stop by a Godiva Boutique to get the freebie). [...]

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Blues Jeans Bar is Home of the Free Jean

Free jeans never looked so good as at the blues JEAN BAR. This nirvana of denim is modeled after a neighborhood pub with a long wooden bar. Down the bar sits more than 20 lines of designer denim and behind the bar rests endless stacks of blues piled on wooden shelves. Shoppers step up to [...]

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Mamma Mia! Mamapedia Brings Sweet Deals To Denver

Local Moms may have turned to Mamapedia.com for advice on everything from parenting and health to finance and nutrition. Now the online community has launched Mamapedia Sweet Deals, a group buying program. Like most deal-of-the-day sites, MamaPedia Sweet Deals offers big-time discounts aimed at parents and families from activities and clothing to the pampering that [...]

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