As some of you know our 15 year old Sheltie, Miranda, passed away in November. And in our minds “the time of dogs” was over. But it left a little hole in our hearts, so I started looking for a little doggie. We thought we might like a Sheltie again, because that ARE adorable, but none were coming available. We wanted a full grown dog, this way I would know if it would be great with the girls (ie let {Read More}
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Shopping for sales and getting great deals is fun. I love it, and it motivates me to do what I do. But the whole process can really be time consuming. When we adopted our girls a year and a half ago, I found out how much time kids take (and how trying to do CVS Extra Care Bucks can be a nightmare experience with 2 toddlers). So something had to give, and I decided it had to be some of {Read More}
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Today’s frugal tip is to start shopping at the thrift store. I love thrift stores- you can pick us so many bargains. I recently picked up a pretty much new food processor for $10 and a salad spinner for $2- New these things would have been at least $40 and I picked them up for $12. Keep a list with you of the items you might like to have, but you don’t need right away, that way you can refer {Read More}
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Today’s frugal tip is to start packing your own lunch. The savings on this one is pretty obvious- you can probably pack your own lunch for under $1- and unless you are going light on the $.99 menu at McDonald’s you are most definitely going to pay more than $1 for lunch. If you were spending even 4 dollars a day to buy lunch that is going to cost almost $100 a month ($1200 a year)- while packing a lunch {Read More}
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Today’s frugal tip is just one you have to test out on your own to see if you like. But to save a little money you may want to try using less laundry detergent. I recommend just taking out a little at a time and seeing if you or your family notices. We actually have an HE washer and I did quite a bit of research on why you have to use special HE detergent in them. From want I {Read More}
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Have you heard of Freecycle yet? It might be a great way for your to get rid of stuff you don’t need and get items that you do.. Freecycle is a web site that refers you to local Yahoo groups in which you can see posts of people in your area that are giving away items or want them. It really is interesting and worth a look at. I know that my sister in law received quite of bit of {Read More}
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