Let’s face it, at some point your going to need to buy some over the counter medicines. Especially if you have kids. They are always going to be bumping and bruising themselves, and fevers are common place amoungst kids. Of course, we are using coupons, watching sales and shopping at CVS and Walgreens to get…
I love to have plants in the house. They look nice, and they help clean the air. That’s especially nice in the winter, when our houses are closed up tight. In the spring, my mother in law gave me a couple of spider plant babies. Here’s what one of them looks like now. See the…
Once the weather starts getting colder, the kids don’t like to have sandwiches for lunch anymore. Well, except for grilled cheese. We had some leftover soup from supper last night. It wasn’t enough for lunch by itself. So I thickened it, and served it over biscuits. There are lots of frugal lunches that can be…
We had our cable turned off at the end of June. D and I were happy. The kids? Not so much. We were tired of paying for junk that we refused to watch. We lived, very nicely, without tv for about 3 weeks. We do have lots of dvds, so we did watch those. Ah,…
I love using electronic coupons loaded on my Kroger card. The down side is, you can only load one of each coupon on your card. So you can’t stockpile, but it is still a convienent way to get extra coupons. Yo can have up to 25 coupons loaded on your Kroger card at one time….
Gas prices are down, but around here they have gone up a little recently. I live in a rural area, and our local store with a gas station was charging $1.79 this morning for gas. Normally, this is 10 cents higher than gas in the larger town where I go shopping. D also works in…
I have tried washing out the freezer bags. Really, I have. And I hate it. There I said it. Even though I’m frugal, I’d rather throw out a plastic bag than wash it. Shocking, I know! So I have come up with a system to conserve freezer bags. I like to keep pancakes, waffles, muffins…