Archive for Archive for August, 2008
Home is Where the Frugality Is
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!One of the best ways I know of to save money is, of course, not to spend it in the first place. And for me, the best way to do that is to stay home. It’s easier to [...]
From the mailbag: PayPerPost
I received this question from a reader:
Have you heard of PayPerPost.com? It’ seems like a great way make some money blogging, but it does ask for a social security number for tax purposes. I am trying to find out about this site. I know they have to ask for the SS# for tax [...]
Saving Money on Magazines
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Saving Money on Magazines
A couple of years ago I ordered some curtains from from JCPenney for my house. When I placed my order, they offered me a subscription to three different magazines for the low [...]
Cheerful Frugality & Information Overload?
Have you checked out the Frugal Blogroll lately?
Wow!
I’ve often wondered what Amy Dacyzyn would write about, if she were writing for today’s frugal audience. She would have made an awesome blogger, wouldn’t she?
For me, the internet picked up where The Tightwad Gazette left off. I turned to early, bulletin-board forums for practical help from other frugal moms.
Now there’s [...]
The Intangibles
I’m going to step outside the norm for this post. I have frequently leaned toward the philosophical rather than the nuts and bolts of specifics in my posts here, but this is even more so.
Some things that have been percolating in the background and leading up to this post (I didn’t realize they were [...]
3 Ways to Find Sunday Clothes for Less
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Because I have three sons who like to play in the mud, the rain, the creek, and anywhere else that they can get dirty, I have trouble keeping clothes clean around here. Even when I do buy nice [...]
Cheerful Frugality Plants A Big Dream
Or small, depending on perspective.
Now that we’ll be staying in this house a couple more years, I can finally transform my tiny back yard into a garden. I’ve had a lettuce bed, tomatoes, and potted herbs forever–but now it’s time for a real plan.
And–as usual–a budget that’s a lot leaner than I’d like.
I had lots of [...]
