Archive for Archive for August, 2009
Swagbucks codes for everyone!
There are quite a few ways to earn money and acquire free stuff on the internet, but this is one of my favorites. If you use Swagbucks already, you’ll be happy to know that they are unveiling a new toolbar to make it even easier to use the search engine and to access your account. [...]
I want to go shopping with you!
A few days ago I asked you to guess the total cost of all this yumminess, plus a couple more items not shown. I thought I got some very good deals on my produce downtown, but some of your guesses were so low that I want to go shopping with you! The guesses ranged from [...]
Cheerful Frugality & The Gift Of Less
As a parent, I work hard to give my kids the right experiences: music, swim proficiency, time with grandparents far away. I worry about finding the right church, the right friends, the right toys. We have deliberately chosen a life slowed down. When we exchanged my salary for family time, we knew we’d be able to provide [...]
Great deals on produce for me, and a giveaway for you!
Thanks for all your guesses! Comments are closed now. Scroll up to August 31 to see the actual cost and winner. I often get my produce by the case downtown at the produce terminal. If you live near a big town, you might have this option too. If you know of one, I would love [...]
Various and Sundry
Wonderfully frugal way to get clean, soft, lovely skin- I LOVE this method. Green cleaning ideas- these are the things we use to clean at our house- and by green, I also mean the green that’s in your wallet. One tip I don’t think is on there- to clean sinks I use a bit of [...]
Where does your money go?
The brains in the US government think they know where our money is going. ht toVisual Economics via The Common Room for the image Strangely enough, they neglected to include taxes. We could naively assume that income taxes were the difference between pre-tax income ($63,091) and expenditures ($49,638). This would be about 27% – but [...]
How to request a product for review
I mentioned requesting items for review in my list of 21 ways to get free stuff, and some readers asked how to do it. Here’s an outline of the procedure I use. HOW TO REQUEST A PRODUCT FOR REVIEW Be yourself. You don’t need to sound like a business manager. Blogging is generally a very [...]
21 Ways to Score Free Stuff
I’ll be the first to admit that many of these require an investment of time, but I suspect that many of us have more time than money. A couple even require some cash outlay, but you get your money back. Find the ways that work for you. Ask your friends and family. Need a clock [...]
A Frugal Birthday and Family Craft
The above picture was taken from a birthday several years back- The humpty-dumpty tin, the costume jewelry, and the dress all came from a thrift shop. Humpty Dumpty was this child’s favorite nursery rhyme. I shop at thrift shops and yard sales several times a year looking for birthday and Christmas items and I stash [...]
Humorous hacks
We’ve all done it: come up with a cheap solution that everyone laughs about. It seemed like a good idea – and maybe it was – but the story still gets a good laugh. Some are perfectly sensible and others will copy you; maybe you’re even related to somebody who used the same idea. Some [...]
Poll: cloth diapers
Now that you know why I made the switch from disposables to cloth diapers, I want to know what you think about the issue. I’m hoping you’ll take a moment to leave a comment too. I have to admit that while I love the money we’re saving and the fact that I’m not chained to [...]
Cloth diapers: why I shunned them for 15 years. Why we switched.
I have 9 children now, and I used disposable diapers with the first 8. My reasoning was: I did NOT want to swish dirty diapers in the toilet. I didn’t want the risk associated with diaper pins. My baby sister once spent hours with a pin through her skin thanks to an inexperienced babysitter. Disposables [...]
Seashells and more
These pictures were taken about 23 years ago. We lived on a tropical island in a foreign country. What I had: Cheap wicker shelving (it was cheap- a couple of dollars at a yard sale, I believe). Candles in sconces, flowers I pressed and framed in a thrift shop frame, sea urchins I picked up [...]
How A Stick-It Note Helped Me With a Frugal Hack
Monday I was on my way home from a dentist appointment and I passed an unattended yard sale. That is, there clearly had been a yard sale, and there were still some pieces of furniture and a large table set up on sawhorses with plenty of stuff on top and beneath. But there was nobody [...]
Frugal resources: what’s your favorite?
I’m looking for recommendations, and I’m sure others are too. What book, video or other resource taught you the most about living frugally? What opened your eyes to new possibilities in frugal living? What taught you an important new money-saving skill in an engaging or entertaining way?
