Archive for Archive for August, 2011
Do We Go Too Far?
Considering the article I just read about haggling to get a deal, I again gave some consideration to how integrity connects to the frugal life. Occasionally I have the opportunity to help Husband at his place of employment. Spending time in the area that sells damaged or discontinued merchandise provides me with some insight into those [...]
Three Storage Hacks
1. Take three Clementine boxes and make a handy storage shelf. You get a better picture of this in the sidebar of the blog I’ve linked- right side, scroll down 2, Take an old bookshelf headboard from a twin sized water bed and flip it on its end for a set of narrow [...]
Entertaining a Large Crowd
Adding my latest shopping figures to my budget, I was pleased to see that I had accomplished my goal. $50.00 to feed a gathering of 40 people had worked well. Although the meal was not the focus for the get-together, I wanted my guests gathering to work on a project to be well fed. Knowing [...]
Navy Showers
In the seventies when there was another recession, my dad called us all to the table and had us brainstorm all the ways we could think of to save money. We were to meet back the next evening with our list and he would pay us a quarter for every idea he thought would work. [...]
Is More Money The Answer?
Listening to the teacher sharing about the need for more money to be put towards public education, my mind began to race. Now in my 23rd year of home educating my children, I wondered how much money we had spent over the years of this journey. Sorry that I had not kept better records, I [...]
Quizno’s coupons
I try not to eat out often, but when I do I want to make my money count. I used to think I like Subway sandwiches until hubby took me to Quizno’s. Quizno’s blows Subway out of the water (bad pun alert!). More meat, more flavor, better bread, all toasty-hot and delicous! So…because I [...]
Meat Sales
I have a post on my regular blog that probably gets more google hits than any other ten posts together. It’s about ways to use leftover roast beef. Stretching the meat budget is a topic that interests many people. I recently posted about this topic and how I make the most of marked down meat [...]
Investing In Liquid Gold
Standing at the gas pump and watching the digits quickly escalate on the screen, I couldn’t help but feel as if I were investing in liquid gold. As I calculated the money we were spending on gas, I realized that it was one of our largest budget categories. With the increase in prices of food [...]
Food Prices
This month one of my married daughters received a small inheritance (a couple thousand dollars) from her husband’s grandmother. She decided to invest part of it in groceries for food storage. What follows is an explanation of why this is a good investment at this time, or at least, it seems so to us. First [...]
The Golden Rule of Frugality
Choosing to reflect on my many blessings, I quickly chased the “what if” thoughts from my mind. Once upon a time, Husband had a different means of providing our income. His profession was one considered by many to be lucrative. However, starting his business from scratch without much in the way of savings and learning [...]
