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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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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 ...
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 ...
Frugal Beauty Tips frugal beauty tips submitted by other frugal people. Save money on every day beauty items.
Frugal Gardeining Tips To Save Money and Time Four great frugal gardening tips to help you reduce the costs of gardeing and growing your own vegetables.
Lighting a charcoal grill Make your own charcoal starting chimney. Save a metal coffee can (the large size). Cut out the bottom with your can opener. Using a tin-snips, cut four ...
Frugal Clothing Tips Tips from other frugal people about frugal clothes and saving on buying new clothes.
Hand-made paintings from photos PaintedSouvenirs.com is offering free shipping for all painting orders, irrespective of size and style. You just have to order you personalized painting ...
Reuse and recycle Paper tips Three tips for reusing and recycling paper. Discover some frugal paper tips to save money.
No backsies - Frugal Saving Tip No matter how good my intentions are, I have a tendency to dip into my saved money - whether in a bank account or an envelope in my desk - and use it for ...
Beating the High Cost of Green Cleaning
Most of us have heard the call of "Green" living by the environmentalists. I have another call..."wise up".
A popular cleaner that runs around five ...
Mattress Pads - Frugal Tip You know how eventually after a few years and many washings...mattress pads get thin & worn down in the middle. Don't throw the pad away until you cutout ...
Frugal Gift Ideas and savings How to save money on frugal gifts and how to trade in unwanted gift cards.
Frugal Household Tips Discover frugal household tips and frugal cleaning tips sent in by other frugal visitors to the site.
Making chilled water I live in Portugal where the summer temperatures reach 110F in the shade so chilled water is vital. Take a 5 litre bottle of water almost full and freeze ...
Homemade Spice Rack/Cabinet organizer Sometimes to save money, you just have to be creative and think outside the box. Repurposing and recycling items for things other than their intended ...
Cash in on your used books & discs
Save by getting your money back on your books, DVDs, CDs and Video Games that you are done using.
If you do not have time to sell your stuff on your ...
Frugal Travel Tips and Savings Five great Frugal Travel tips to help you save both money and the planet. Reduce car use and car wear and tear.
Use freecycle and Save Big Time If you have a online freecycle or freegle group in your area it really is worth signing up and keeping an eye on it regularly. Just do a search online ...
home phone savings
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!
January 13, 2010
Cable bills are going higher and higher with more frustration about all those channels, yet nothing to watch. The cable companies ...
Lots of Frugal Food Ideas Find lots of frugal food and cooking ideas sent in by vistors to the site. Discover how to save money on your groceries.
Daily Frugal Tip - Precycle as well as recycle
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 ...
Lots of Frugal Shopping Tips Discover lots of frugal shopping tips submitted by visitors to frugal living tips. Save money and budget your money.
Saving Tips For Frugal People Saving tips submitted by frugal people. Discover great saving ideas.
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 ...
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
Frugal Outdoor activities on a tight budget
