Check out the stores for deals on winter things like coats, boots, hats and mittens, sleds, shovels and more.
Stock up on everything that you will need for your family for next winter if you can afford to. This will save you more than 50% on your entire families winter needs.
Shannon
Archive for March, 2009
Winter Clearance Items
Posted in Cheap, Cheapskate, Clothing, Goals: Save and Help, Winter, tagged clearance, Deals, family needs, stock-up, stores, Winter on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Cheaper Way to do School Pictures
Posted in Cheap, Cheapskate, Low-Income, Tightwad, tagged Cheap, school pictures on Sunday, March 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Go to Wal*Mart.
Need I say more?
Oh, okay. It doesn’t have to be Wal*Mart. It can be anywhere that you can get a package deal cheaper than through the school department. You can give the school a picture for the yearbook if you choose.
Shannon
Hello, My Name is Shannon and I Reuse Aluminum Foil
Posted in Cheapskate, Goals: Save and Help, Household Needs, Reduce Reuse Recycle, Tightwad, tagged aluminum foil, Food, prices, reuse on Friday, March 27, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Okay, okay. I admit it. I reuse aluminum foil. I use it on my bake ware to prevent messes. I use it to cover food before putting it into the refrigerator sometimes. I suppose there are a few other uses for aluminum foil as well.
I wipe mine off and reuse it as many times as [...]
Homemade Laundry Detergent: More than One Choice
Posted in Cleaning, Goals: Save and Help, Reader Asks Advice, tagged borax, homemade, laundry detergent, poison, tipnut.com on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 | 5 Comments »
A while back Bethany, a reader, asked if I knew of any homemade laundry detergent that does NOT use Borax, which she believes to be a poison. (If so, Yuck!)
I recently found a website that has a few different recipes for laundry detergent. It is called tipnut.com.
I would like to direct each of you to [...]
There’s A New Redemption Center In Town…
Posted in Goals: Save and Help, Reduce Reuse Recycle, tagged redemption center, returnables on Monday, March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
…and I am weighing the possibilities. It would be very convenient to be able to drop them off here in town, and they will give me .06 per can rather than .05 per can. I could simply put some in a canvas bag, walk over there, and have a little extra money each day. This [...]
Still Planning Those Updates
Posted in Uncategorized on Saturday, March 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have some great ideas that I am working on for this blog. You will not be disappointed when I am finished working them out.
I just wanted to give you all a heads up, and let you know that I am still in the planning process, and I am still working on content for this [...]
How to Reuse those Plastic Bags and Baggies
Posted in Household Needs, Reduce Reuse Recycle, tagged baggies, bags, liners, plastic, ruese on Friday, March 13, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Do you have a stockpile of plastic shopping bags? There are many things that you can do with these bags. Consider these options:
They make great trash bags.
You can reuse them at the store. Our grocery store gives us .05 for every bag that we reuse.
You can take them to the grocery store (if yours participates) [...]
Free Bread!
Posted in Food, Free, Low-Income, tagged bread, Free, savings on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, you read that right. I went to a friends WIC appointment with her to help her out with the children. While I was there, I was given two loaves of 100% whole wheat bread, and one package of 100% whole wheat and honey English muffins.
That is a savings of more than $7.00.
Shannon
Returnables for Low-Income People
Posted in Goals: Save and Help, Low-Income, Reduce Reuse Recycle, tagged exercise, funds, Low-Income, recycling, returnables on Monday, March 9, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Do you often see returnables on the side of the road? Do you bother to pick them up? Do you cash them in?
Everyday, I can pick up at least four returnables while out walking, and some days there are significantly more. Saturdays and Sundays are great days for picking up returnables.
I do not pick up [...]
Open those Curtains and Save Money!!!
Posted in Goals: Save and Help, Utilities and Other Bills, Winter, tagged curtains, heat, save money, temperature on Sunday, March 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
What is the temperature in your area?
AOL is telling me that the temperature is currently 47*. Not too bad, if I do say so myself. I had a nice, if wet, walk this morning.
These are the days when it is possible to urn your heat down to 55* or less. Maybe even turn it off all [...]
