Category: Frugality
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How to freeze milk to beat rising prices
I was recently at Sam’s Club to grab some milk, because it is usually cheaper there than anywhere. However, even Sam’s Club bulk buying power has the price 15 ¢ higher than the occasional grocery store sale price. I was surprised, but not unprepared. When the food prices are up and the economy isn’t, it…
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My Dog Ate My Coupons – or Some Days Being Frugal is Harder Than Others
The grocery store closes at 9 PM. I zip through the red light and into the parking lot. I have a full schedule tomorrow, nothing without blue fuzzies on it in the refrigerator, and two hungry dogs at home circling their empty dog food bowls like vultures. They’re not happy. I’m late with din-din. Imagining…
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Experiments in DIY: A Simple Sugar Scrub
While browsing a bookstore a few months back, I discovered an interesting looking book called The Big-Ass Craft Book, filled, not surprisingly, with all sorts of craft ideas. Flipping through it piqued my interest so I decided to request the book on interlibrary loan. After I got it (a month later), I discovered that not…
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Do You Practice Wabi-Sabi?
I’m sure you do if you are a Frugal person. For those of you who don’t know what it means Wabi-Sabi is one of the mainstays (if not the main underpinning) of Japanese Culture. It roughly translates into finding beauty in the imperfect, the ordinary, and the simple and bowing to the knowledge that nothing…
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Getting Out of Debt: Frugality & Income Opportunities
Once we’ve realized that we’re in debt and decided to do something about it, the natural sequel is to decide what to do. In future weeks, I’ll be talking about more specific strategies for getting out of debt. Today, we’ll just start with the most basic of basics. No matter what form your exact path…
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Maneuvering an abrupt end to frugality efforts
I was inspired to write about my experience living frugally after reading The Simple Dollar’s post about the limits of frugality. I understand how the frugality highway can seem to come to an abrupt end when you still need the extra road to maneuver for the income versus the payouts. My personal experience includes medical…
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Tips for Saving Money on Medication
Guest writer Sophia Wynott is a nurse from Phoenix, Arizona. She has over thirty years of nursing experience and has written three books about life in the health care profession. She is a grandmother of three and enjoys little dogs. These are her words . . . In the tough economic times, everyone is looking…
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Radical Resolution: Buy Nothing New in 2009
This year I joined some of my friends on Facebook to buy ‘œNothing New In 2009’. It’s not a piece of cake- even though it’s been easier for me since I already buy most things second hand. I’ve been able to pay off old student loans faster; but if you’re a spender, taking the pact…
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Avoiding Currency Conversion Fees
I am planning to go visit some friends later this year in Europe so I will need to change some Dollars into Pounds and Euros. Use you Credit Card instead you might say but 1. Not all places take Credit Cards and 2. Even Credit Cards charge a fee for Currency Conversion… and some of…
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10 Ways to Save Money on Fees
We all know that Nickel and Diming ourselves is one way to save the big money. I thought I would jot down some ways we voluntarily or unknowingly give up the nickels and dimes. Here are some ways to save a little money on fees: 1. Point of Sale Some stores charge for using a…
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