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“Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be rich. Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy. At least you will, by such conduct, stand the be” Benjamin Franklin
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Don't Buy Another Zip Lock Bag!
Years ago I was on retreat at a monastery, and the monks would reuse their left over bread wrappers as storage bags for any number of uses. They kept them ...
CHEAP TRAVEL
Desperate for a vacation on a sandy beach with palm trees.
We took our van , took out the back seats, put our double mattress in the back from the bedroom,...
Water Bill Saving
Place a normal size brick in your toilet tank. By doing this, when you flush you dont use as much water as you normally would.
More Energy Saving Tips ...
Homemade Liquid Laundry Soap
4 cups hot tap water
1 Fels-Naptha soap bar (can be purchased online at amazon.com and a number of online soapmaking suppliers)
1 cup washing soda
1/...
cut your meat costs
Where I live in Nebraska, the Game and Fish Department has a deer exchange program where the local hunters hunt for deer and then they give it to people ...
Homemade Baby Wipes
1 roll of Bounty paper towels (it has to be Bounty, other paper towels
will disintegrate)
1 gallon size ice cream bucket, clean of course
2 ...
4 meals out of 1 pizza pie!
I'm a bachelor on a one income budget.
I love pizza, but cant always "order out".
I also cant eat a whole pie at one sitting, so...
I find a good ...
No Fat Added Cooked Chicken Fast
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If I don't need to bake chicken, I cut up skinless, boneless chicken and cook it in boiling water. It comes out tender and moist, and without any added ...
Hang on to those seeds
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Every year when my marigolds etc.. dry to seed I save them. I have put them in jars and labeled them for the next year. I haven't bought seed for quite ...
Make use of meat bones
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No matter what meat I buy, I trim the fat & bones off , and I boil with leftover carrots ,celery and make broth with it. Same with the bones from turkey,...
You Only Need Tomato Paste
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You don't have to buy Tomato puree, sauce, or even juice. Just buy Tomato Paste
and make the other products yourself, just by adding an appropriate amount ...
home phone savings
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Jan 13, 2010
I found myself with a cell phone and land line. Now my cell phone is also used for a part time business and I did not want to give that ...
Cable and Internet can be much cheaper!
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January 13, 2010
Cable bills are going higher and higher with more frustration about all those channels, yet nothing to watch. The cable companies ...
Steam vegetables and save money
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Steaming vegetables is a healthy way to cook your vegetables, they taste better and retain their colour and all their vitamins etc.
To say energy too ...
Tips for storing and buying vegetables
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Being a vegetarian means I great a lot of vegetables but these tips will help any one even eats the odd carrot :)
Try to buy loose vegetables so that ...
Frugal Xmas shopping Tips
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1) If you buy a newspaper, sometimes you get free toys such as Lego and things like that.
save them up for Christmas and you've got yourself some perfect ...
Frugal Christmas Presents
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I have been scouring flea markets and used furniture places for a couple of weeks now and have managed to buy quite a few really unique presents for my ...
A Bachelor Perspective on Cutting Costs without Cutting Quality or Comfort
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I use cleaning supplies from Dollar stores now to assure my residence is kept
maintained. Since I used a formulation of 1 cup bleach to two gallons hot ...
Save on your prescription costs
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Hi all -
I Just wanted to share a new website called 'Medtipster' that can save you and your family money on medical/prescription expenses. Free of ...
Frugal Cooking idea - Crockpot meals
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There are a lot of things we do to save money. I am disabled so it is rather tough to do many things. My family is great though. I plan and supervise ...
Little bits can go a long way
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Ever got down to that last little bit of cereal or chips and couldn't figure out what to do with them? Not enough to enjoy by themselves, these little ...
Stuff For Free
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Sign up with your local Freecycle on the internet. You can request things, and give things away. This could be anything that people want to get rid of....
Save Money on Rail fares in the UK
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Travelling around the UK can be quite expensive, especially if you are on holiday and want to see as much of the country as you can. Here are a few tips ...
Frugal Graduation Gifts
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It's that time of the year when graduation invites start to drop through the door and you start to worry about what gifts you should buy and more importantly ...
Daily Frugal Tip - Precycle as well as recycle
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Why not precycle as well as recycle?
But what does precycling mean? Well if you precycle it means that when you go shopping you only choose products ...
Consignment-Consign and buy Children's items. There is no better sale than resale.
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I own Patty Cakes Boutique a children's consignment shop in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Especially in this economy I think consignment for children is ...
Saving money buy shopping at consignment stores
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Consignment shops also known as second-hand stores offer used goods at a much greater bargain than had you purchased it brand new.
Many consignments ...
More Saving tips
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Buy your clothing at the Thrift stores. I bought a couple of nice Aloha shirts at Goodwill.
Use a clothes line to dry your clothes.
Run a full ...
Make your own laundry detergent- Seriously easy
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I had been thinking about making my own laundry detergent, mainly because of the cost, but seriously sensitive skin, and my store stopped stocking 'my ...
Saving tips
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Drive slower. The faster you drive the more gas your car uses.
Save used soap for your laundry room.
Buy cleaning supplies at the dollar store....
Shop at a yard sale
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If your into saving money than what better way than to shop at a local yard sale. On just about any given weekend you can find a local sale with kitchen ...
Saving tips
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Get your fruits and vegetables from the dollar store.
Use the library instead of subscribing to newspapers and magazines.
Buy used cds or dvds ...
Salad dressing saver
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When you put salad dressing on your salad, actually measure the dressing and see how much you really USE. I have found I need a lot less dressing than ...
Smart Dollar Store Savings
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I shop at dollar stores with coupons and get everything mainly under a dollar doing this. You can even get green cleaning supplies at Dollar General.
Paper ...
air
drying
I cut down on the expense of using a dryer by drying our clothes inside.
I bought a drying rack and it is amazing how much clothing can be hung
on it....
Making
watch batteries last longer
I have several battery powered wrist watches and they were always dead
when I wanted to wear them. Battery replacement is about $5 each and
inconvenient....
Creating
your own ice/ice water
For those working outside in the heat of the summer (especially for
extending hours for construction workers) a nice cool drink of water
is always nice....
bookmarkers
We drink Lipton tea from tea bags. Included in the box are pieces of
thin cardboard to separate the bags. I have the grandchildren decorate
them with markers ...
Lots
of recycling and frugal tips
The most frugal thing I do is recycle my bathwater. I can get one toilet
flush, and one med-size load of laundry done after one bath!
Not
Buying That $40.00 Costume
I can't tell you how much money people throw away for Halloween. I mean
I know it's suppose to be a fun time of year and all but the way people
are throwing ...
Go Natural
For Christmas decorations go natural.
Rug
Cleaning - A Sheepskin Rug
Here is a rug cleaning tip for those of you that have a large Sheepskin
rug.
Nasty
toilet stains
If you have tried all types of cleaning products and you still have
a ring around the inside of your toilet bowl, make a paste of borax
and lemon juice ...
Eating
out with a toddler
We've learned that kids menu's are a big waste of money. Half the time
our 21 month old does not even want what we order for her, or she'll
just take a ...
frugal
tomatoes
I use branches from tree to hold up my tomatoes. There were alot of
fallen tree branches in my neighborhood, so I decided to use them. They
work great!...
$75 worth
of groceries for $30
Our church does this as a community outreach and for the most part,
they are regular families just like us who are trying to stretch their
grocery budget...
Bloody
Mary Mix
I find that a lot of my guests at my parties really enjoy a good Bloody
mary, so i usally make up a pitcher full for the guests to enjoy.
DishWasher
leak
Sometimes the dishwasher will leak because of a blockage caused by too
much detergent being used and it getting stuck in the outlets.
To thoroughly clean ...
Aluminum
Foil
I have another use for aluminum foil and it can be used foil. When we
are out camping we wad it up and use it as a pot scrubber. Works great
...
Coffee
grounds
I drink a lot of fresh ground coffee at home and a great way to reuse
the coffee grounds after use is to use them on your garden. They make
a good fertizer ...
Great
Gifts
My mom saved alot of our school papers, letters she found in the garbage,
christmas decorations from when we were little. One year she gave my
brother ...
Saving money buy shopping at consignment stores
Consignment shops also known as second-hand stores offer used goods at a much greater bargain than had you purchased it brand new.
More Saving tips
Buy your clothing at the Thrift stores. I bought a couple of nice Aloha shirts at Goodwill.
Make your own laundry detergent- Seriously easy
I had been thinking about making my own laundry detergent, mainly because of the cost, but seriously sensitive skin, and my store stopped stocking 'my ...
Saving tips
Drive slower. The faster you drive the more gas your car uses.
Shop at a garage sale
If your into saving money than what better way than to shop at a local yard sale. On just about any given weekend you can find a local sale with kitchen ...
Saving tips
Get your fruits and vegetables from the dollar store.
Use the library instead of subscribing to newspapers and magazines.
Salad dressing saver
When you put salad dressing on your salad, actually measure the dressing and see how much you really USE. I have found I need a lot less dressing than ...
Smart Dollar Store Savings
I shop at dollar stores with coupons and get everything mainly under a dollar doing this. You can even get green cleaning supplies at Dollar General.
Paper ...
Never Worry About losing your Luggage
I have lost my luggage several times in the past at the airport and this has taught me a great frugal lesson.
Never buy expensive luggage.
High Kids Fashion on a shoe string budget
My husband and I have five children all under 10yrs old. I have found that dressing them well can be an adventure!
Cut Drying time
When drying a load of clothes add a clean dry towel to dryer it takes less time to dry the towel helps absorb the moisture therefore using less energy....
Price Matching and Price Adjusting - save your money
I joined a website called www.GoEyeball.com
I've been looking for a website like this for a while now as most "saving" websites dictates the items that ...
Make your own carpet cleaning solution that really works!
Make an 16 oz spray container of rug/fabric cleaner with simple home ingredients.
Fill a 16 oz container with:
3 oz of ammonia
3 oz vinegar
2 TBSP ...
clear nail polish
coat the bottom of a metal item you may be using in the kitchen or bathroom so it doesn't leave a rust stain on the counter
