Archive for Archive for December, 2007
Cheerfully Frugal First Aid
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Do I get overtime for working both Christmas AND New Year’s Eves?!?
Just kidding! I’m tending a sick kid, anyway, so it’s not as if I’m missing out on a steak-and-lobster dinner. A free Redbox coupon code movie rental is all [...]
Showcase: Everybody Loves Coupons
Andrew blogs at Everybody Loves Coupons, where he shares deals, coupons and sales with his own personal touch: nearly every post is neatly tied into a funny personal story.
Why do you blog?
I’m a writer at heart, but my main job is maintaining a coupon website, which doesn’t leave much room for any sort [...]
Cheerful Frugality Thanks You
Lord, please let me remember these words when I open another new flashlight and box of chocolate-covered cherries.
Accepting gifts is a gracious art. Even though I am not its best example, I am lucky that my grandmother modeled it so well.
Accepting gifts with cheerful frugality means being as lavish with thanks as the gift is humble.
No praise can [...]
The Computer in Our Hands
Since I am typing this on the internet to be posted on a blog, I can safely assume that one thing most of us have in our hands is internet access. The internet is a double-bladed gift, of course. It can be a great time waster, a gossip fest, a source to feed [...]
Showcase: Lords of the Manor
Jennifer blogs at Lords of the Manor about her kids, frugal living, and whatever else is on her mind.
What does “frugal” mean to you? What do you think it means to other people?
To me, being frugal is a means to become disgustingly rich. When I was working, I got really lazy. We ate out [...]
Out of the Lunch Box
With holiday traveling comes the need to feed the troops when there is still 5 hours remaining on drive to Granny’s or Aunt Mable’s. Today I’m going to share some of my tactics for keeping the masses fed without stopping at a fast food place for $1 hamburgers, or worse.
We’ve saved thousands by bringing our [...]
Entertaining Instead of Grocery Shopping
Let’s face it, the reason most of us dread entertaining is not because we don’t enjoy having people over…it is all the planning and getting ready! Planning for a party can be tough, but once everything is into place, you can only then begin your big sigh of relief.
One of the big things for me [...]
