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Save or splurge: Leisure stuff
To get the most for your money, you need to know two things: when the good stuff is worth paying extra for and when the economy choice is plenty good enough.
By Money Magazine's Andrea Bartz, Ismat Sarah Mangla, Noah Rothbaum and Wilson Rothman
More value judgments
The kitchen
Bring home the bacon and fry it up in a stainless steel, aluminum-core pan. (
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The living room
It doesn't take a Hollywood budget to feel like you've got front-row seats. (
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The bedroom
You spend a third of your life in bed. Why skimp on the mattress? (
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