This week’s frugal tip is an offshoot of yesterday’s post about Corn Casserole. In the tips and suggestions, I have listed one about using up the ends of pasta that are in boxes. I don’t let these gems go to waste! This is still food and money spent. I have actually helped people clean out their food pantries and kitchens and they will throw these away. What?!?! Don’t do that! Let me help you! Invest in one of these: I…
I have a question for the good readers of this blog. Basically, do you use coupons or not? To what extent? I stopped the hardcore couponing because the price of the Des Moines Register went from $2.00 for their Sunday edition to $3.75. In the meanwhile, the coupon selection has decreased. I was not impressed so I quit paying for the Sunday paper at home. I will buy a Sunday newspaper when I am at Rob’s house because the Star…
I am going to start something new this year with this blog. I would like to give each day its own meaning and theme. I will keep the Monday Frugal Update and Whatnot, but every Friday, I am going to post a frugal tip for everyone and hopefully keep them a bit unique! This week’s tip came to me while in the shower! Great ideas can happen when I am trying to be clean. I am sure we are not…
I apologize for today’s post; there might be some thought loss due to the big football game! I love football! I just wish Notre Dame would start playing well! *smile* This post has been neglected since before Christmas because if I had posted, I would have ruined a lot of Christmas presents! I also tried hard to save money and use what we had, but that didn’t happen entirely. I have figured out that we also need to start Christmas…
We can get back to the daily life business that suits me so much better. I do apologize for the lack of Christmas posts this year and promise I will have some pre-written and ready to go for next year. I just was not in the Christmas spirit this year. I am not exactly sure how or why, but life sent us a few curve balls before Christmas that did not help. Namely sickness and a lot of doctor’s visits….
Let me help you save some money and make you think you are a frugal genius! I used to be one of those that bought dried chopped onions in the grocery stores paying anywhere from $.99 to $3.99 for a container of that stuff. Then I got my mom’s old dehydrator. I played around with the dehydrator and put it away not realizing its invaluable contribution to our household. Silly, silly me. One day I ran out of dried chopped…