Archive Category: 'Frugal Living'

• Making A Coupon Organizer System – How To Guide: One of the most frugal, money-saving things you can do is utilize as many of the free coupons you have at your disposal as possible to cut costs on the products you use. You’ll never redeem each and every coupon that comes your way, but by keeping your coupons organized and at hand for when you [...]
• Get Organized & Save Cash: Grocery Stockpiling Tips: Today’s feature is from Mom Advice with The Art of Stockpiling: There are many ways to begin tackling the grocery budget and one of the most popular ways is the art of stockpiling items when doing your grocery trips. This method, also known as the “pantry principle” by loyal Tightwad Gazette readers, is a method of [...]
• Money Saver: Beat The High Cost Of Coffee Shops: If you’re spending more money than you care to admit at the local coffee shop, you’re going to appreciate these tips from a former barista who spills the beans about reducing the cost of fine coffees. oday’s feature is from The Dollar Stretcher with Beat the High Cost of Coffee Shops: I’m sure some of you out [...]
• Lou Manfredini’s Top Ten Energy Saving Tips: Today’s post is quite a treat! Here are some first-rate suggestions by Lou Manfredini, Ace Hardware’s Helpful Hardware Man. He’s put together a list of energy saving tips for Tipnut readers to help us cut back on energy usage and save some cash in the process. i everyone, this is Lou Manfredini, Ace’s “Helpful Hardware Man”. [...]
• Meat Budget Stretcher Tip: Stuff It!: I was preparing last week’s vintage cooking tips when I came across this and had an aha! moment: blockquote>Cut pockets in your meat and put money in your own. Filling good meat with stuffing is one of the most attractive, delicious (and simple) ways to do a bit of stretching. Chops, breast, shoulder–almost any cut can be [...]
• Homemade Laundry Detergent FAQ: Two years ago (January, 2007) I published an extensive list of homemade laundry detergent recipes (see 10 Homemade Laundry Soap Detergent Recipes) and it’s been one of the most popular and commented on tips posted here. I’m proud to say it’s one of the most informative resources available on the net for making homemade detergent [...]
• 12 Ways To Save On Baby Stuff: Today’s feature is from Wee Baby Stuff with 12 Ways to Save on Baby Stuff (also, make sure to check out the baby pic used in their article–guaranteed to give you a chuckle! lol). From the post: Even when the economy isn’t doing scary stuff, the expense of a brand new person can be huge. Especially [...]
• 20 Frugal Kitchen Tips: Save clean carrot scrapings, celery leaves, outer onion layers, vegetable peels and freeze them in a ziploc bag. When you have a soup bone or chicken carcass, throw everything in a pot to make a lovely homemade soup stock. Although fresh ingredients are best for tasty soup, get into the habit of keeping “soup bits” on [...]
• Freebie Alert: Suze Orman’s 2009 Action Plan: Today’s feature is from Oprah.com with a free copy of Suze Orman’s 2009 Action Plan. Quote from the book: This book’s title is a promise. This is my Action Plan for every important financial move you need to make in 2009. Follow the advice here and you will know exactly what you need to do to [...]
• How To Make Homemade Feminine Pads: Free Pattern List: If you’re into the environment and saving money, this is a great tip–imagine never having to buy disposable menstrual pads again! Reusable homemade pads really are soft and lovely. Even though I don’t faithfully use them, I did make a large stack for myself (with a complimentary flannel drawstring bag to hold them in) and packed [...]
• Cleaning Your House on the Cheap!: Today’s feature is from DIY Maven at Curbly with Curbly Recession Busters: Cleaning Your House on the Cheap!: The wisenheimers among us might say the best way to save money on cleaning supplies is not to clean. That, however, is not an option. You can be broke and clean. (Just ask any depression-era housekeeper.) In an [...]
• How To Turn Bacon Grease Into Soap (Really!): Today’s feature is from Little House In The Suburbs with a tutorial for Making Soap from Kitchen Grease: If you’re saying to yourself, “Ivory, I don’t wanna to BUY fat to make my soap. I have plenty of fat in my grease can!” then this is the post for you. So, how do we turn icky, blech-y, [...]
• Budget Decorating Tip: Frame Decorative Pictures From Books: With a sharp razor blade or exacto knife, you can fill piles of picture frames cheaply and easily with just one picture book! Because the collection of illustrations are from one book, they’re easy to mix and match as you wish–each are the same size and of the same subject. Use a sharp razor and a careful [...]
• Price Books Save Money: Here’s How: Today’s feature is from Frugal Village with Use A Price Book To Pay Less: Your goal is to try to pay less than you’ve previously paid for items. Once you’ve recorded prices for a few weeks, you might recognize a pattern of when your regularly purchased items go on sale. You can also decide whether you [...]
• How To Make Wool Dryer Balls: Never buy fabric softener again with today’s feature from Good Mama: Make Your Own Wool Dryer Balls, how cool are these! The balls will cut your drying time yet leave clothes soft, fluffy and static free without the use of chemicals or dryer sheets. Based on the old “tennis ball in the dryer” trick, but [...]
• 75 Tips to Survive a Down Economy: Today’s feature is from Frugal Dad with 75 Tips to Survive a Down Economy: I originally titled this post, “75 Tips to Survive a Recession,” but since there is still some dispute from economists on whether or not we are actually in recession, I just stuck with the phrase, “down economy.” Regardless of how economists refer [...]
• Box Of Groceries For Just $30 A Month – Resource: Today’s feature is from The Budget Casa with a tip for U.S. readers (not available in other countries at this time)–Angel Food Ministries: Budget Grocery Tip: We’re all looking for ways to save on our food budgets. So when we heard about Angel Food Ministries, which offers enough food to feed two people for nearly an [...]
• 35 Ways To Watch Television Without Cable Or Satellite: Today’s feature is from My Two Dollars with 35 Ways To Watch Television Without Cable Or Satellite: At my house, basic digital cable TV cost over $69 per month (plus taxes) and we watch maybe 10 of the 150 channels that they provide to us, meaning that we pay for many channels that we have no [...]
• 101 Ways To Save Money This Year: Today’s feature has two parts, first I scooped up a free copy of Suze Orman’s Women & Money book found on Oprah.com here: Update: Looks like the freebie was a time limited offer on Oprah and it’s no longer available–sorry for those that missed out! The hardcover has a $16.47 US price tag on Amazon, [...]
• Future Costs Preparedness: What Are Your Plans?: Today’s feature is from Mother Earth News with What steps would you take to prepare if you knew that five years from now everything would cost 10 times what it costs now: What steps would you take to prepare if you knew that five years from now everything would cost 10 times what it costs now [...]
• 15 Tips For Leftover & Surplus Food Items: Here are 15 Quick Tips for stretching out and using the last little bit of a food item instead of tossing the extra bit out. This is not only less wasteful–it saves cash! This page is a compilation of individual Quick Tips previously published that will be deleted from the Tipnut blog–they’ve been moved here all [...]
• Cheaper Transportation: We Downgraded–What’s Your Plan?: I realize there’s news today that Saudi Arabia plans to increase oil production next month (see UN chief: Saudi Arabia to boost oil production), but I’m not optimistic that transportation & commuting costs will return to “normal”, at least for any meaningful length of time. Here’s what we did when we saw no end to the [...]
• Tip: Plan Your Garage Sale Route With Google: Today’s feature is from Frugal In The Fruitlands with Building a Garage Sale Route with Google Maps. Plan on spending some time going to garage sales this weekend? Here’s a great way to plan your route so you save as much gas as possible using Google Maps (it’s free!): Plot out your actual route. Start by deciding [...]
• 12 Easy Ways To Go Green (And Save Cash): Here are a few ideas to help cut household waste, consume less plus most of these tips will save you a few dollars every month. The added bonus: they’re all ways to introduce a little earth friendliness into your home. 12 Easy Ways To Go Green Use A Clothesline: see How to Use a Clothesline, Lazy Line [...]
• Saving Money Is Hot! Tips For Shifting To Frugal Living: Today’s feature offers some frugal goodies and tips, props to The Digerati Life with this great article that inspired today’s post: Saving Money Is In! The Recession Diet and The Shift To Frugal Living: As the economy slides downwards, behavioral trends are also shifting as people are making the necessary adjustments to the new financial realities [...]