I finally got to our local library and got myself a library card. 
I also took home 5 books. 
I got 3 Tightwad Gazettes (and am almost done with them all) and two others on personal finance. I figure if I can't do a lot with actual money right now, I can at least read about it and get some new ideas.
I stopped at the $1 store yesterday. I managed to pick up some good grocery deals:
baking soda
starfis tuna
louisiana seafood spices
ground cinnamon
garlic and pepper spice
parsley
buffalo hot sauce
habenero hot sauce
cake mix
frosting
microwaveable popcorn
bags of rice
green tea
caribou coffee bars
and a bunch more stuff I can't remember. Spent $20 and I feel like I stocked the cabinets pretty well with spices and staples. I am working on following the Tightwad advice of stocking the pantry with staples and doing way more cooking from scratch. Slow going, but hopefully I will get the hang of it.
And I found a penny in the sidewalk. New total: $1.27
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BF & I go there when we go to Walmart b/c it's right beside it. We basically have started getting our snack foods there, because we're not really picky & they have some pretty good stuff. So far we've gotten gingerbread cookies ($1), lemon ice-cups ($1), and wheat crackers (you guessed it... $1).
And I just got a library card, too.