Frugal Bumper Sticker and Button Ideas

I’ve been away from the blog a lot lately, but still actively involved in my frugal ways…

I’ve been keeping a running list of frugal and coupon bumper stickers and [...] Continue Reading…

Update from the Penny-Wise Family

Just found this post set to post nearly a month ago. It was saved as a draft and never posted. So sorry about that!

Hello there! I’m positively ashamed [...] Continue Reading…

Change, and not the kind from the sofa cushions.

Have you ever noticed that change, even a little change, can get really expensive? I remember when we got our cat. We bought him from a shelter on [...] Continue Reading…

2010 Here We Come

I’m getting caught up. I took November off to work on my NaNoWriMo project (a one-month challenge to write a novel in 30 days). I had to stop [...] Continue Reading…

I’ll be back, Debember 1st.

I expect I’ll post a few times this month, but my progress is being seriously hampered by a grand project I’ve undertaken–National Novel Writing Month (aka NaNoWriMo).

Most of [...] Continue Reading…

Recycling, saving money and raising money!

I sold a used smartphone to this company a while back. I could not believe how easy it was!! They sent me the shipping carton and paid shipping [...] Continue Reading…

$1 Dinners: Roasted Heaven Under Earth at $0.54 A Serving

I love this time of year, and I especially love my neighborhood green-market.  Their selection of vegetables is truly marvelous.  I was out there yesterday and went wild with [...] Continue Reading…

Snowflake Money

I learned from my friend Peter at Bible Money Matters about CashCrate.com to earn money by taking surveys online. He’s been doing this with pretty good success for the past year [...] Continue Reading…

Financially Preparing for Disaster?

Dear Readers:  I’d like to turn to you for some thoughts and advice on this.

Here’s the situation.  We live in a lovely condo in a planned community alongside a [...] Continue Reading…

Working On A Price Book

I’d learned about using a Price Book first from The Tightwad Gazette, but also found this great post on the topic at another great blog, No Credit Needed. 

I’m going [...] Continue Reading…