Coupons for Contacts

Just got this coupon in my email today. I thought I’d pass it along in case any readers wear contacts.

Frugal Halloween

So, I don’t know about your house, but here we do Halloween to the hilt. It’s about the only fun, low-pressure holiday out there. Nobody gets bent out of [...] Continue Reading…

Mobile Phones

I own a small business, have a husband who works strange hours, and have kids, for us, a mobile phone is a necessary evil.

We hate the mobile phone expense. [...] Continue Reading…

Babysitting Money

Do you ever have a hard time finding babysitters? We needed a part time nanny for a couple of years and had a really hard time finding someone [...] Continue Reading…

This Saturday 9/26 Free Museums Day!

Thanks to my friends at Seattle’s Child Magazine for pointing out that this Saturday Smithsonian Magazine is hosting Free Musuem Day around the country.

In the Seattle area there are [...] Continue Reading…

New Addition To the Virtual Family

Hello all! No, this isn’t an announcement of a new kid in the family–but a new partnership on the Penny-Wi$e Blog.  You might have noticed, the new button on [...] Continue Reading…

$1 Dinners: Chili Spuds

This will be the first in a series of $1 dinners that I’m writing for an e-book on the subject.  Many will be posted here, and of course, your [...] Continue Reading…

Housekeeping–Just a Few Things

1st. I’m putting out a call for submissions. I’m planning to do a week of $1 dinners. If I get really ambitious, I may do an entire week of [...] Continue Reading…

Day 31: Know it! Some foods can be eaten far beyond their expiration dates.

I was at a liquidator store a while back looking for some kids t-shirts for a girl-scout project and ran across a hefty grocery section. Normally, I’m not [...] Continue Reading…

Day 30: Grow it!

Garden if you can (garden maintenance is great for kids). If you’re like us, and you can’t garden, try containers for certain items. We have five herb containers on [...] Continue Reading…