Yesterday I went to Meijer and was very excited to find .55 peelie coupons on these little Hungry Jack instant mashed potato pouches. Regular price is just .99, so I paid just .44 for each pouch. I picked up 4 of them. There are 4 servings to a pouch, so it’s a mere .11/serving which I congratulated myself upon. I saved over 50%! Often regular potatoes offer up a lower price, however, these boxed potatoes have Continue reading »
One thing I’ve cut from our weekly grocery budget to save money is potato chips. I was spending about $10 per week on them. I was buying little bags for lunch boxes, big bags for snacking, flavored bags for variety. I always tried to get everyone their favorite kind.
Chips were fairly abundant and the go-to snack of choice for pretty much every member of the family. Even worse, I was buying Continue reading »
Tell people you don’t have television, and they look at you strangely. Some get visibly upset. Others get angry- especially when they know we have children. They want child protective services to intervene. It has to be abuse of some sort. What kind of person doesn’t have TV?
Broken TV
They’ll want to know if you joined a cult, there will be an intervention. It’s a very difficult and trying time, and people want to help you through it. Whether you want them to or not. We’ve hooked our computer to our TV to alleviate the peer pressure, and provide some low priced entertainment. Continue reading »
I’ve read countless recipes for laundry soap online, and I have made several batches. This recipe is the one I’ve found to work the best.
The biggest difference between most recipes and this one is that I make the soap in concentrated form and reconstitute it for use. Many of the other recipes tend to be clumpy. This one makes a very smooth detergent like the commercially produced kind.
Finished product. Continue reading »
One of my complaints about many ‘how to be frugal’ articles is that there’s never enough information given. I’m talking about your average “How to be Thrifty in a Today’s Bad Economy” articles that you can find on any mainstream news website. These are filled with generic suggestions like, a) stop buying that Continue reading »
