Archive for Archive for July, 2010
Round up!
Good reads around the web: How To Find Coupons for Anything Online – I particularly appreciated the search engine tips. 9 Tips on Staying Cool Without an Air Conditioner – We’re on our 2nd summer without a/c in south Texas and doing quite nicely. This list sums up most of our own coping mechanisms. I [...]
Frugal Treasure Hunt
I’ve been posting some excerpts and summaries of a fun Grace Livingston Hill novel over on my regular blog. For those who don’t know, GLJ was a Christian ‘romance’ writer in the early 20th century- mostly from the twenties to the early forties. Her books are formula fiction, but it’s a fun formula fiction (to [...]
Senior Citizen Discount
“Happy Birthday, Mom! Now you’re eligible for the Senior Citizen Discount!” These words of greeting made me chuckle. Youngest Son knows his frugal mother well! The Senior Citizen discount has been a topic of conversation in our house from time to time. Last year, Husband took on this eligibility, although not with the same enthusiasm [...]
Frugal Roundup
Gems from around the web: 10 Easy Ways to Minimize Your Life Insurance Premiums 12 Must-Have iPhone Apps for Serious Bargain Shoppers – Think this doesn’t apply to the frugal? My husband inherited an old iPhone that is no longer connected to a phone plan. Instead, it works as an iPod with wireless capability and [...]
New members on the Frugal Blogroll
New blogs added to the Frugal Blogroll: Tightwad Gazette – promoting deals and coupon match-ups for Metro Detroit area stores, along with online, deals, freebies, samples and money saving strategies. momondealz - The goals of the site are to help others find deals, coupons, freebies, recipes, and coupon matchups in order to save money. Deb’s Freebies [...]
If you must eat out…
Do it like this. Be sure to read the fine print, but even with fine print this is a great deal! I found some of our favorite restaurants listed in my area, and others that we would like to try but didn’t want to pay full price. Stock up for date night, for gifts, and [...]
Frugal Bliss
Our second daughter, the Equuschick, does not collect many things because she is not that sort of person. One thing she does collect is Christmas angels, the sort that light up and sit on the top of the tree. Hers sit out all year long on the television cabinet in the home she shares with [...]
Temptations in the Frugal Life
Opening window and basking in cool breezes, eyes taking in sun shadows highlighting bedroom walls, temptation came. Not prepared for such thoughts, I had been reveling in the unusually cool South Texas spring day. Without invitation, discontent seeped into my soul. Early morning light previously enjoyed, now seemed to accentuate all that needed to be [...]
Save 100%
From a blog called Small Notebook: One day last week I surprised my daughter with a trip to the mall so she could run around the children’s play area. All of a sudden, I saw lots of stuff that I didn’t even realize I needed until I saw them on sale. Especially sales for children’s [...]
Frugal Locations
It was a light bulb moment! Of course, I told myself! Years ago, seeking to be encouraged in trying to live the economical life, I had been reading some blogs where other women were also struggling to make ends meet. Although always needing to watch pennies, I was just beginning to understand the process of [...]
Frugal and Healthy
I am by no means an expert on this issue, and, of course, ‘healthy food’ means different things to different people. But here are some ways that may work for some people to expand the variety of foods I would consider healthy in their diets: Gleaning- this time of year you may find wild berry [...]
Ordinary Days
Taking out my fancy glasses (the Dollar Store sells some lovely ones), and setting them upon the table, I realized how much I enjoy ordinary days. Nothing special is happening, but I find it fun from time to time to serve our beverages in elegant style! Holidays and celebrations certainly have their place, but give [...]
Outsmart the grocery store
I just wanted to take a moment to share a worthwhile link. I consider myself a reasonably savvy and experienced grocery shopper, feeding 12 on a very modest budget, but I learned a few things from this list: 50 Sneaky Grocery Store Tricks That Trim Your Wallet and Pad Your Waistline My favorite: Sale items [...]
Summer Salad
Here’s a salad you can make without going shopping for the ingredients- although you might need to take a walk. As always, be careful and be sure of your plant identification: Lettuce- grow this in an ice-cream bucket of compost or potting soil. Sprinkle with lettuce seeds, sprinkle with dirt, keep damp and set in [...]
An Old Fashioned Pounding
Sitting next to Firstborn Son and New Daughter, my heart was full. Surrounded by the smiling faces of our church body with our newlyweds close by, Husband and I were so grateful for this special evening. An old fashioned Pounding was being given by our church friends, Texas style! Many, having not been able to [...]
