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Reducing the Cost of Trash Bags

There are a number of environmental reasons to cut down on your trash bags, and there are even more money saving ones, too. Today, I’m going to take a look at the later, and find you ways to cut down on the cost of trash bags. Buy fewer packaged foods. If you opt for less packaging and more whole food, then you will naturally have less trash that has to go into the trash bags. This includes the plastic bags that you might normally use to take home your fruit. Instead, make a homemade bag. Old pillow cases work great, … Continue reading →

Saving Time On Your To Do List

My to do list is becoming a novel. For every thing I scratch off three others take it’s place. Keeping house is never ending and just when you think you are caught up there is one more thing to do. I’m a huge list maker. I have lists for everything including those odd chores around the house that don’t have to be done all the time. I’m always looking for ways to get my lists done faster so I can enjoy my home and time with my family. The best way to cut down that list is to delegate it. … Continue reading →

Home Blog Month in Review: October

As I sit here looking out my window at the backyard, the birds are hovering in the pine tree against a strong wind and steady rain. The temperature is chilly today, and the calendar reminds me that we have left October behind. October 1st Buy a Home for $1.75 It seems that the housing crisis has made some interesting news lately. Home Month in Review: September 2008 Has the weather turned cooler now that September has passed? Pretty soon, it will be time to get that heat turned back on! Meanwhile, check out all of the articles that were posted … Continue reading →

Attack of the Stinky Trash Monster

“It creeps upstairs, alone or in pairs, what’s that horrible smell? A thing, a thing, a horrendous thing, everyone knows it’s stinky.” Does the stinky trash monster live at your house? Here is an account of my ongoing battle with this beast, and all of the ways I try to conquer it. In my home, the stinky trash monster sits there innocently in the kitchen, waiting to turn on me and let its presence be known to one and all. Usually, it does its work in the middle of the night or while our family has been out of the … Continue reading →

Benefit from Plastic Grocery Bags

Want to benefit by saving or even earning money with all of those plastic grocery bags? Read on to learn some tips and tricks that will keep your household frugal. The next time someone at the grocery store asks you if you want “paper or plastic,” go ahead and opt for the plastic. Paper bags may be wonderful for art projects and storing items you are giving away or donating, but plastic bags have a lot of uses. And, if your grocery stores are like mine, then tend to double up the bags, so you have twice as many when … Continue reading →

Saving On Trash Bags

Trash bags are a necessity in households, period. We use them for large trash, small trash and everything in between. The cost of trash bags does not necessarily speak of frugality. In fact, depending on the brand and style of trash bags you purchase, as well as how many you use in a week, you will probably pay somewhere around $15.00 to $20.00 a month for them. That might not seem like a lot, but when you add it up, at the end of the year that comes to around $180.00 to $240.00. Wouldn’t you rather save at least half … Continue reading →

When Buying Generic Doesn’t Pay

Are there times when it doesn’t pay to buy generic products? Of course there are. Use this handy guide to help you make the best savings decisions about when to buy generic groceries and when to stick with the name brands. When you can combine deals If you can combine two or more deals, you are usually better off buying name brand products. Use a manufacturer’s coupons plus a store coupon, or combine a manufacture’s coupon with a sale. You can also use a coupon, store coupon or manufacturer’s coupon with clearance items. Often when you combine two or three … Continue reading →

Save Money, Buy Generic

One of the easiest ways to save money at the grocery store is to buy generic. Just about every item you buy has a store or generic brand and the quality has improved so much over the last several years that you may not be able to tell the difference between brand name and generic. I am not brand loyal, except for ketchup, so I will always try the store brand if it’s a good enough bargain. I did some searching online and found several things that financial experts say you should always buy generic. *Over the counter medications- the … Continue reading →

What Are the Generic Brands at the Warehouse Stores?

You’ll save money when you shop the generic brands (or private label brands) at your local grocery store. This is true whether you are shopping a regular chain grocery store or a warehouse store. Both types of stores have generic brands on many items, although it isn’t always obvious that they do. You can save big with these generic brands. Not only can the store offer low price son them because of the lack of advertising, but warehouse stores buy these items from manufacturers in much greater quantities than regular grocery stores, so you wind up with even greater savings. … Continue reading →

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

I’m a bit of a recycling nerd. I like to feel like I’m doing my part, I haven’t quite figured out how to reduce the amount of trash we generate so I’m trying to recycle and reuse as much of it as possible. Sometimes this simply means looking at things in a different way. There are many things we toss every day that can help us keep our homes a little tidier. The first one being paper towel and toilet paper tubes. How many of these does your family go through in a week? Start saving them, they have many … Continue reading →