So, the other day I went shopping with Mom. We were at Family Dollar and she pointed out 7.2 oz tubes of Pepsodent and Aim to me. I purchased the last two Pepsodent Tubes to have on hand, saving a dollar or more on the cost.
Shannon
Archive for the ‘Personal Hygiene’ Category
50 cent toothpaste
Posted in Cheap, Personal Hygiene, tagged cost, Family Dollar, saving, toothpaste, tubes on Thursday, July 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fruitful Shopping Trip
Posted in Cheap, Cheapskate, Personal Hygiene, Tightwad, tagged Deals, fruit, Marden's, savings on Friday, June 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My daughter and I went to Marden’s the other day with friends. While there we came across some great savings:
1. I purchased 4 spray bottles of fruit scented body spray at .10 each. They were all full-size bottles.
2. My daughter picked up a very long telephone cord for only .50.
I love finding good deals!
Shannon
Homemade Shampoo Recipes
Posted in Goals: Save and Help, Health, Household Needs, Personal Hygiene, Uncategorized on Friday, May 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Mama Kalila visited the blog and commented not long ago and mentioned homemade shampoo. I asked if she had any recipes and she directed me to her “no poo” post on her blog. I have posted the link to the recipes in the sidebar, but you can visit her blog at http://www.mamakalila.blogspot.com/. I enjoyed my visit [...]
More Good Deals
Posted in Creating A Pantry Challenge, Food, Free, Low-Income, Personal Hygiene, tagged coupons, Deals, Family Dollar, IGA, sales, stocking up, taxes on Monday, November 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I did a little more stocking up on things today. All items were either on sale, or came from the Family Dollar. I also used coupons for each item.
Family Dollar:
Most of these items used to be $1.00 here, but are now up to $1.10 to $1.25. The prices after coupon still came in at under [...]
Homemade Sanitary Pads and Diva Cups (Womanly Post)
Posted in Cheapskate, Goals: Save and Help, Personal Hygiene, Reduce Reuse Recycle, Tightwad, tagged Diva Cup, homemade, money, patterns, sanitary pads on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So, I have been using the Diva Cup for a few months now and all is going well. I do have a couple of nights and days during my menstruation that are extremely heavy (medical problem) and the cup fills up too quickly, so I have also been using pads at those times. However, this [...]
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 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 [...]
Update for My Goals: Saving Money and Helping Our Earth
Posted in Cleaning, Food, Gardening & Yard Work, Goals: Save and Help, Household Needs, Kitchen Needs, Others, Personal Hygiene, Reduce Reuse Recycle, Utilities and Other Bills, tagged batteries, candles, canning, canvas totes, changes, chargers, cleaners, cloth wipes, collect water, compsot, consignment, cost, crochet, daycare children, deodorant, dishwasher, diva cups, dry herbs, Dryer, earth, electricity, environment, expensive, farmer's markets, flourescent lights, flowers, Food, freeze herbs, fresh produce, fruits, garden, gardening, gifts, goals, healthier, heating, helping, herbalism, herbs, home remedies, households, Infinity Razor, landfills, less waste, money, natural sunlight, oil, oil-lamps, pinching pennies, plastics, power strip, prices, recycle, resale, reuse, roadside stands, rugs, save, saving money, scavenge materials, second hand, shopping, soap, toilet paper, trailer, unplug, vegetables, vegetarian, washing machine, water, water baths, water bottles, yardsaling on Saturday, July 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This is an update, my way of letting you know how I am coming along on all of my goals. I may not get to everything this year, but I am hoping to get to as many as I can.
Here are my goals:
(Note Done Yet)* Unplug what I can when the appliances/electronics are not in [...]
Early Preparation for Winter, of Sorts
Posted in Cleaning, Clothing, Food, Goals: Save and Help, Household Needs, Kitchen Needs, Others, Personal Hygiene, Utilities and Other Bills, Winter Prep, tagged bank the trailer, beans, blankets, breads, candles, DirecTV, electric bill, Food, food cupboard, freeze, fruits, fuel assistance, furnace, heat, heat tape, heating season, heating vents, homemade, household cleaners, leftovers, muffins, oil, oil-lamps, pantry, pasta, Personal Hygiene, plastic, programmable thermostat, recipes, rice, salads, savings, sewer bill, shower head, slippers, smoothies, stews, stimulus check, stock-up, toilet, veggies, warm clothing, water bill, windows, winter months. winter on Friday, July 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I have heard from different people that they are concerned about the upcoming winter months. In all honesty, I am concerned myself. How can I make it through a winter here? Will I make it through the winter? Have I cut all of the corners that I can? I have no idea.
I keep analyzing everything, [...]
What is My Income? Part 2
Posted in Cleaning, Clothing, Food, Gardening & Yard Work, Household Needs, Kitchen Needs, Others, Personal Hygiene, Reduce Reuse Recycle, Utilities and Other Bills, Winter Holidays, tagged bills, Cheap, clearance, coupons, Crossroads Ministries, daughters, Deals, dollar stores, electricity, flea markets, Food, food costs, food pantry, freecycle, gas, generic brands, Goodwill, grocery, heat, homeschooling, housing, income, low-income living, oil, pantry, sales, sewer, stimulus check, stock, stock-up, store brands, tax refund, teenager, The Salvation Army, thrift shop, Wal*Mart, water, yard sales on Sunday, June 22, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Well, part one turned out to be pretty long, LOL, but I do believe that you all know how much income fluctuates from year-to-year, and about what my monthly bills are.
This, by the way, is turning out to be one of the leaner years. We will make do, though. We always do.
Last year was a [...]
