Reader hacks
- Noah reminds us that that everyone, by law, is entitled to get a free copy of their credit report. This page on his site has some helpful links for doing just that. For all the talk about being responsible with credit, a copy of your own report is invaluable in understanding it.
- Little House offers tips on creating bikeable cities.
- This master gardener has created a site to allow gardeners to buy, sell, swap or give away excess produce. It's free to use. Check it out: The Farmer's Garden
- PriceYeti gives you a watch list to track your items across all online retail sites and then sends you notifications when their price drops. Great for discount deals. It's also very clean and usable. They're running a $300 launch promotional where they're giving away a tracked item for free, 2 weeks before Christmas.
- Lucky shares a great hack for her son's curtains:The curtains I had in DS's room had faded in the sun. I wanted to replace them with something cuter than the clearance sale Target ones I had there before, but couldn't afford anything from the catalogues. I looked at fabric, but anything drapery weight would be expensive and I'm not good enough with the sewing machine to know I wouldn't ruin them. Instead, I found some inexpensive fabric with a cute truck pattern on it, and sewed it right over my existing faded curtains. The result was a cute and inexpensive addition to his room, and the curtains are thicker than they were before providing a better block to the bright, bright sun we get during the day.
- I posted a 7-month update on my No-Shampoo experience. I didn't make the switch to save money, but it's undeniably cheaper - and my hair is happy.
- My friend Mother Hen has posted part 1 and part 2 in her new series titled Shopping With Faith. There may be a double meaning, but I happen to know that Faith is her very coupon-savvy friend who is mentoring her in the art of deal-stacking to get carloads of free or nearly free groceries and merchandise.
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One Response to “Reader hacks”
November 19th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Here’s another reader hack: I created a free meal-planning website – http://www.DinnerBeat.com – to help users save money on groceries. After you plan your meals, you can print out your shopping list so you’re only buying exactly what you need. If you already shop from a list, it will save you a ton of time by creating the list automatically instead of by hand.
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