Archive for money-saving hacks
Holiday hack: save big on Christmas decorations at BB&B
From Isa: To purchase free holiday decorations for the next year … If you have a Bed Bath & Beyond store in your area try this: 1st step is to take advantage of a free “gift card” offer for transferring or submitting a new prescription to a pharmacy with this benefit (aka Safeway in my [...]
Reader Hacks for 12/11
More ways to save: T.G.I. Friday’s “Give Me More Stripes” program lets you get a a coupon for a free appetizer, a free one-time “front of the line” pass and the ability to earn “stripes” for each dollar spent at the restaurant. We’re not big on eating out, but a free appetizer sounds…well…appetizing! Leslie has [...]
Readers’ hacks
Cindy puts rising food costs in perspective: The price of rat meat has soared in Cambodia Alex at Home Life Weekly is making your life easier: With Christmas coming I have put together some free printable Christmas cards, they are really easy to make. All you need to do is download the free Christmas Card [...]
Readers’ Hacks
Living Almost Large is always good for a few new ideas on saving money: complain and get free stuff! Frugal way to bike! Lisa says that leaks in heating ducts can make your heating and cooling system work harder and that will cost you extra money. It isn’t hard to seal up the potential leaks [...]
10 Reader Hacks
Submitted by readers like you. Got one? Share in the comments or send it in using the Submit Your Hack tab at the top of the page! Josh says: Rather than paying $20 a month for long distance service, then an additional $5-10 for calling plans we switched to an on line calling card called [...]
Never Buy Another Cookbook
A guide to finding great cookbooks at your local library.
10 Reader Hacks
Your money-saving hacks, received via the Submit Your Hack tab at the top of the page. Got one? Send it in! Free book giveaway at Living Almost Large Use a credit card when you want to save on gas… But let me preface by saying Credit Cards are like Guns, in the wrong hands they [...]
Reader hacks
A few great ideas from Frugal Hackers like you: Alison says: Hi Kim, wanted to share this website for finding kid’s consignment sales in case it’s helpful to other moms! Adrienne thinks we ought to consider Cozy Bug, a new eBay alternative that’s an online flea market and garage sale boutique. CozyBug provides moms and [...]
Frugal screen cleaner
How do you keep your computer screen clean? We currently use pop-up wipes that smell suspiciously like plain old rubbing alcohol and look way too much like the ones I use on the baby’s behind, but cost far more. I have a sneaking suspicion that there is a better way. I also have a sneaking [...]
Reader hacks
The Frugal Blogroll is exploding with new members! Be sure to have a look all the frugal blogs and share your favorite links and tips in the comments here. A few submissions from readers over the past week: Perla offers tips on choosing meat: These days, it’s not a good idea to use the color [...]
Reader hacks
My apologies for being so slow in sharing these. Some of you have fantastic ideas that others are sure to benefit from. Here are a few from the inbox: Free Peanut Butter in the Sunday paper! This one is time sensitive: Michele shared that Peter Pan Peanut Butter can be had for free this week. [...]
Your hacks
From Bare Bones Gardener: Next time you are down at the Supermarket, bypass your usual detour into the gardening aisle and check out the pet aisle for all your propagating needs. Because what you are looking for is Cat Litter. From Matt: a great hack for avoiding the accumulation of stuff Boltbabe has a post [...]
How frugal is *too* frugal?
The Digerati Life asked,Who Are The Cheapest People You Know? The examples ranged from sweet and sensible to unethical to wrong, just wrong. I could actually see hubby and myself using the idea for anniversary cards (we agree that cards are a waste of money), but you won’t catch us digging through the trash or [...]
What will you never buy again?
I received this from Matt: I’ve found a helpful tip for making purchasing decisions, though I’m sure it is probably starting to bother my wife. Whenever I’m faced with a purchase (and I’m talking more like long-term items like housewares than groceries here), I try to remember to ask myself “Is this the last [blank] [...]
Give Household Products New Uses
This post from Wise Bread was worth sharing: new uses for mayonnaise, olive oil, shaving cream, charcoal briquettes…check out the related posts at the bottom as well. Peanut butter is my mom’s old standby for chewing gum in little girls’ hair, and hubby is a big fan of dishwashing liquid instead of stain removers on [...]
