Archive Category: 'Frugal Living'

• How To Save Money On Groceries – Tips Guide: Shop On Non-Peak Days: Know what days of the month are busiest for shopping, I find the prices tend to be average to high on those days since the stores don’t have to work hard to bring in shoppers (there are some great price leaders, but overall prices aren’t great). Paydays, government check mailout days [...]
• 168 Frugal Tips to Make Your Dollar Stretch + More: Today’s feature is from Being Frugal with a jam-packed list of frugal tips to help cut back on living expenses. I’ve also included a few of Tipnut’s biggest money savers as well as a Hot List of Money Hacks & Frugal Living Inspiration found around the net. First, here’s Being Frugal with 168 Frugal Tips to Make [...]
• Tips From A Garage Sale Junkie: I love going to garage sales! I get excited at the prospect of what I might find and I’ll even get up at 7 a.m. on a Saturday just to hunt down goodies–I’m a Garage Sale Junkie! I’ll get up early and grab a kit that includes a thermos full of coffee and some cold drinks, [...]
• Frugal Recycling Ideas For Gardening: Today’s feature is from Nature Moms with some neat tips for Recycling “Stuff” for Your Garden : There are actually many things around the house that can be used to get seedlings started and it makes use of garbage you have around the house, effectively recycling things to give them another use. You’ll find tips for using [...]
• Sharpen Your Frugal Senses: Keep A Wish List: Is there a book you want to buy? A DVD set? Some designer cookie cutters? Or is your kitchen stove a bit dated and you’d love to buy a new one? Here’s a habit that helps my family keep the “I Wants” in perspective as well as make us strong shoppers and super savers… Keep A Wish [...]
• Save Money Hacking Batteries: Hoax: Admin Edit: This turns out to be a hoax, I’ve left the videos below to watch if you’re interested. Here’s the confirmation from snopes: 6-Volt Battery Hack. The first video shows how to open a 12 volt battery to find 8 1.5 volt button cell batteries: Here’s the second video with how to hack a 9 [...]
• Once A Month Cooking: Tips & Resources: This is something I’d LOVE to develop more in our household, and some would say I’m a failure at it since I’ve been flirting with the concept for about six years now without fully participating on a regular basis–but I find it’s a worthwhile interest and pursuit no matter how much I can manage. Once A [...]
• Frugal Tip: Stockpile & Save Money: Every time you run to the store for that one little thing you’re out of, don’t you always come out with a few more things you didn’t plan on picking up? Here are some basic supplies to stockpile that I’ve found to really cut back on the store trips: Household Soap: Laundry, Dishwasher & Dish Detergent, Household [...]
• A Self Sufficient, Frugal State of Mind: Today’s feature is a very brief review of four different books that I found to be helpful and encourages a more self sufficient life that will cut the spends. You can buy these books, but the library is a great resource and costs you nothing–Free is always great . If you’re interested in finding out [...]
• Frugal Living Helpers: For me the secret to successful Frugal Living is all about perception, your state of mind when it comes to making lifestyle changes to save money. If I determine that by not purchasing “that toy” I’m denying myself something rather than propelling me forward to a debt free lifestyle, I’m going to feel deprived and [...]
• Got The Postage Increase Blues? Here’s A Tip: Today’s feature is from Logos.com with the blog post: The Secret to Beating the Postage Increase: It turns out that there are thousands upon thousands of people happily stockpiling stamps while completely oblivious to the fact that the vast majority of all stamps are, guess what… used as stamps, and will never be worth more than [...]
• Start A Coupon Club At Work: Workplace coupon exchange clubs can work out very well, giving everyone who participates a regular flow of rebates, extra store club bonus points as well as hefty coupon savings at checkout. Given all the coupons, rebate offers and extra bonuses that are provided in newspapers, magazines, flyers and mailings–no one can possibly use every single one [...]
• Using Gift Cards To Manage Grocery Budget: Today’s feature blog is Frugal Homemaker Plus with a tip for budgeting with gift cards: Then it occurred to me- Gift Cards. You can buy gift cards at most grocery stores. Since I primarily shop at one store, with very occasional stops at a few others for super sale items, I thought it may just be [...]
• Frugral Fabric Softener Recipes & Dryer Sheet Tips: Here are several quick tips that you can try as frugal fabric softeners, each point is a separate tip. Next you’ll find a Homemade Fabric Softener Recipe and instructions for Reusable Homemade Dryer Sheets. Quick Tips: Frugal Fabric Softeners Using 1/4 cup vinegar in your laundry’s rinse cycle keeps clothes soft. You can set aside a vinegar [...]
• 10 Homemade Laundry Soap Detergent Recipes: Here is a nice stack of different homemade laundry detergent recipes I’ve collected over the years. Do they work? Yes, I’ve had good luck with them. At the time I was using homemade detergent, we had a relative who was in trade school living with us. Every day he was mechanic grease from head to toe–the [...]
• Homemade Dishwasher Detergent Recipes: *Update: There are several comments from readers reporting both success and problems (namely that the homemade detergents below cause issues including a cloudy residue left on dishes). I don’t know why there’s a discrepancy, but it may have something to do with water temperature (not hot enough) or water quality (too hard, etc.). My dishwasher [...]