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 baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. The cinnamon is mainly there because it smells so great. It smells even better if I save orange peels, dry them, grind them in the food processor, and add them to the sink cleaner. It's more fun to clean with stuff that smells nice.
Stay away from places where you spend money. We often have several hours to kill on Sunday afternoons. We find the best places for us to go are either to the park or to the library, where we hang out, read, play a game of checkers or cards, and don't spend money.
The post here is on optimizing your cell phone plan, which will seem less than helpful to those who don't have one, or to those, like us, who actually go in on the family plan with my mother who lives next door, so we're splitting a single plan between two families. Actually, we split it up even further, as the two girls who have cell phone with us on this plan have to pay for their part of the cell phone. Even if you don't have a cell phone, the best part of the post is the bit on negotiation:
Notice that you didn’t say, “Can you give me a cheaper plan?” because yes/no questions always get a “no” answer when speaking to wireless customer-service reps. Ask leading questions.
A leading question is any question that implies the answer is the one you want, and that doesn't really lend itself to an easy 'no.' Salesmen use leading questions to get your money from you, it's fair to use them to keep your money.
Sell something: Sell it on Ebay, Craig's List, or list some books at Amazon.
And just a reminder- make it do, wear it out. Use it up, or do without. In the use it up department, we have this post about using leftover cookie crumbs.=)
What have you done this week to save or make money?
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