Saving electricity is not only about saving money, though that is a big part of the equation. It is also important to our future as a whole.
To live a greener life, in some cases, will automatically bring money savings. Sometimes this money savings is very much needed.
Right now, I am saving energy costs because I [...]
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Energy Savings
Posted in Cleaning, Clothing, Goals: Save and Help, Household Needs, Reduce Reuse Recycle, Utilities and Other Bills, tagged costs, electricity, energy, greener life, money, save, tips, water on Friday, July 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Saving Money on Prom
Posted in Clothing, Financial Aid, tagged duct tape, high tops, prom, prom dress, saving money, tux on Monday, June 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My daughter, Zowie (a junior) and her prom date Jake ready for his senior prom. Look closely at the photo. She is wearing a duct tape dress and jacket that she made with her aunts. He is wearing a duct tape tux that his sister helped him to make. And yes, they are both wearing [...]
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 »
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
Preparing for Winter
Posted in Cleaning, Clothing, Creating A Pantry Challenge, Food, Goals: Save and Help, Household Needs, Kitchen Needs, Low-Income, Personal Hygiene, Utilities and Other Bills, Winter Prep, tagged "dog house", #2 oil, air dry, banking, blankets, comforters, coupons, discount stores, dishwasher, drafts, Dryer, electric bill, electric company, energy efficient, few dollars, fleece, Food, heat, household items, kerosene, laundry, money, oil tank, payment plan, personal hygeine, plastic, porch, programmable thermostats, quitls, sales, save, save money, save on costs, shannon buck, slippers, slowcooker, steps, stove, temperature, warm clothing, warm jammies, windows, Winter, yard sales on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 | 7 Comments »
(Two years old, I know. Perhaps I’ll have the opportunity to post a more updated one soon.)
Preparing for Winter
By Shannon Buck – Copyright September 2006
Winter is not far off, and we are beginning to prepare for this now at our home. These are the steps that we are taking this year. Hopefully some of the [...]
The Welfare Myth Part 2: Stretching the TANF Dollars
Posted in Cheap, Clothing, Food, Free, Homeschool Frugality, Household Needs, Kitchen Needs, Low-Income, School Lunches, Utilities and Other Bills, tagged Angel Trees, ASPIRE, bills, cable, car repairs, child support, childcare, Christmas, churches, city hall, clearance, college, consignment shops, Department of Health and Human Services, dollar store, Ebay.com, electricity, expensive, flea markets, Food, foodstamps, free lunch, free milk, free winter boots, freebies, freecycle, fuel assistance, gas, goal, Hannaford, heap, heat, homeschool, housing, Low-Income, maine, MaineCare, money, payment plan, phone, raise children, rent, satellite, school, section 8, sewer, shannon buck, single mom, TANF, television, textbooks, The Salvation Army, thermostat, thrift shops, town hall, utilities, water, welfare, welfare myth, winter coats, work, yard sales on Sunday, September 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By Shannon Buck ~ © September 2007
As I mentioned in The Welfare Myth Part 1, it is a myth that welfare recipients have a lot of money to live off. Most welfare recipients really have little money for day to day expenses, once they have paid the bills. That is, if they can pay all [...]
The Welfare Myth Part 1: TANF/AFDC
Posted in Cleaning, Clothing, Food, Household Needs, Kitchen Needs, Low-Income, Personal Hygiene, Utilities and Other Bills, tagged AFDC, bills, child support, childcare, children, diploma, economy, electricity, expenses, family, food stamps, ged, home, Low-Income, low-income apartment, MaineCare, money, phone, purchase, rent, school, simply, TANF, washers and dryers, welfare, welfare myth, Winter, work on Friday, September 19, 2008 | 7 Comments »
It seems that there are still many people who believe that people on welfare are living it up, getting everything that they could ever want, without having to work. While on occasion, people have been known to do this, not everyone does. Everyone is not out to cheat the system. Most people are just trying [...]
Great Deals at the Grocery Store, Food Cupboard Finds, and an Update
Posted in Cleaning, Clothing, Food, Free, Low-Income, Tightwad, Winter Prep, tagged cleaning supplies, donate, Food, food cupboard, freeze, freezer, grcoery, IGA, lotion, maine, Orono, shampoo, soaps, store, Winter on Tuesday, August 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
First, let’s get the updates out of the way. Today, I walked one hour to fill out an application. Hopefully this goes well. I refuse to walk more than one hour to get to any job at all. If I get this job, then I get to walk there three days a week, stand on [...]
Updates
Posted in Cheapskate, Cleaning, Clothing, Food, Gardening & Yard Work, Goals: Save and Help, Household Needs, Kitchen Needs, Reduce Reuse Recycle, tagged cleaning supplies, clothes, compost, curtains, donate, food cupboard, freezing, fruit, pasta sauce, reuse, soil on Thursday, July 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Well, there is still no luck on the job front, but I am not giving up. My sister has an application in at Wal*Mart, and I still have those two in over town, and the online ones.
I will post again for childcare as well. I will leave open hours for evening shifts as well as [...]
Recycling Pants
Posted in Cheap, Cheapskate, Clothing, Free, Goals: Save and Help, Reduce Reuse Recycle, Tightwad, tagged frugal, jammies, pants, recycling, shorts, Summer on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I wear stretch pants. They are not the most economical, but they are the most comfortable. I have to buy new pants every 5-6 months, because they wear out so fast (which is why they are not really economical). I refuse to wear jeans until I lose some weight. Stretch pants are more comfortable anyway.
I [...]
