{"id":13822,"date":"2010-05-11T19:04:24","date_gmt":"2010-05-12T02:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/?p=13822"},"modified":"2010-05-11T19:04:24","modified_gmt":"2010-05-12T02:04:24","slug":"is-it-possible-to-be-too-frugal-yes-its-called-cheap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/is-it-possible-to-be-too-frugal-yes-its-called-cheap\/","title":{"rendered":"Is It Possible To Be Too Frugal?  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