20 Ways to Save on Your Food Budget – “Saving on Necessities” Series
In this budget category alone, we’re saving over $400 a month! It’s well-worth the effort to take a closer look at your food spending habits.
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30 Ways to Save on Your Insurance Budget – “Saving on Necessities” Series
Life insurance, health insurance, car insurance – all necessary and could be costly. But it’s more costly to go without it. So read on for some tips to get the best deals on your insurance premiums.
7 Benefits of cutting down ornamental grass in the spring
Sometimes, I feel a little embarrassed in the winter time when my neighbors have already cut down their ornamental grass, but then I remind myself of the benefits of waiting- both for me and nature! Why should you wait until the spring to cut down your ornamental grass?
29 Ways to Save on Your Bills and Utilities Budget – “Saving on Necessities” Series
Want to save money on your monthly bills and utilities? It can be done with some savvy service switches and easy home maintenance tweaks. You may even enjoy making some of these simple changes, knowing you’re saving money while saving the environment. Read on for some ideas that you can implement right away to start saving.
33 Ways to Save on Your Auto and Transport Budget – “Saving on Necessities” Series
Now, I know what you’re thinking. How could there possibly be over 30 ways to save on car and transportation stuff?
Well, sometimes it’s the little things that add up to big savings.
Skip the plumber and easily replace your tub spout on the cheap
When you’re trying to save a little cash and keep on a budget each month, you find ways to maintain your home in frugal ways. For example, I had never replaced a tub spout before, but by golly, I was going to try it- and it turned out to be so easy! Everyone should be doing this themselves. We went quite a few months with our tub spout’s diverter stuck in the shower position. We tried using CLR a few…
How to stop refilling your kitchen soap dispenser
Our family spends a lot of time in the kitchen, and that means we tend to go through the soap in our in-sink soap dispenser every few weeks. The soap bottle under the sink is tiny and I hate refilling it as often as I need to! I always end up spilling (i.e. wasting) soap everywhere in the process of filling it. It’s also difficult to remove and re-attach the bottle because I have to have one hand above the…
Start a flower bed without pulling a single weed or using any chemicals – 5 steps
Do you have an area in your yard that you’d like to use as a flower bed, but you don’t know how to get started? Or maybe you have an existing flower bed that’s just become overgrown with weeds and you’d like a fresh start with it? Well, it can be done, and– It’s actually easier than you think! In this post, I’ve got easy and cheap directions for you to get it done in 5 steps, in one afternoon!…
10 Reasons to Give Yourself a Massage with a Foam Roller
If you’ve been exercising, or doing a lot of yardwork and housework, or even sitting at your desk for hours on long workdays, you may have a lot of sore muscles– and the thought of a massage might sound heavenly. However, we’re trying to be financially smarter and save money wherever possible, so those weekly trips to the masseuse may not fit into the budget. But health is very important too, and I subscribe to the saying “Your Health is…
Make your own quality flower garden mulch
Mulch: it’s the garden maintenance with the hidden fee because it is easy to forget in the March budget. To keep our yard looking nice, I usually need to buy a bunch of bags of mulch every year. I never seem to have enough mulch for my garden! My husband teases me about my ability to estimate how much I need because he usually takes the number of bags that I said to buy, doubles it, and then I still…