That's why Life in the Cheap Lane has topped reader response surveys at the Halifax Daily News for the past six years. Written by Cathy MacDonald, a former Lifestyles editor and reporter, Cheap Lane features tested tips from readers. She also provides painless money-saving ideas from sources as diverse as the Internet, community bulletin boards and MacDonald's own experience of frugally raising four children who, like the century-old home they live in, always seem to need something. Readers can share their suggestions via your postal or e-mail address, an easy way to gauge how popular Cheap Lane is in your newspaper. Life in the Cheap Lane appears weekly in the Halifax Daily News and the Moncton Times and Transcript.