We’ve ridden quite the potty-training ride this year.
(Are you potty-training? Need encouragement? Find it here.)
We are recently giving up taking a break from all the efforts over here because, really, I’m not sure what else I can do to get her ready besides sit here and wait for her to declare, “I FEEL THE URGE […]
Filed under: Frugal Fridays, Potty-Training on May 9th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So Benjamin’s birthday was… a month ago. And we got him presents. And we wanted to wrap said presents.
But all we could find was Christmas wrapping paper. Neither my husband nor I wanted to go out and buy wrapping paper. My husband reasoned that a one-year-old wouldn’t know the difference and […]
Filed under: Frugal Fridays on April 18th, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Now that you’ve got Pandora, you may think you’re all satisfied and could want nothing more from your internet.
Obviously then, you do not know about the Hulu.
Hulu is free! television! shows! From the current season of The Office to the prematurely discontinued Arrested Development all the way back to The Mary Tyler Moore Show […]
Filed under: Frugal Fridays on April 10th, 2008 | 8 Comments »
It’s my motivation during the day.
Because sometimes I need some motivational music to get me off my duff and get stuff done.
Pandora.com is, and I hesitate to say this, because it’s quite the understatement, an online radio, of sorts. Since 2000, it’s been hard at work on what it calls the “Music Genome Project,” […]
Filed under: Frugal Fridays on March 28th, 2008 | 9 Comments »
I like butter. I don’t like margarine (it’s just not natural). Butter is expensive. Butter does not spread. Spreadable butter is even more expensive.
But I thought the only options were A) use margarine or B) spend lots of money on the spreadable butter.
I started researching all the different things I could do to get cheaper, […]
Filed under: Frugal Fridays on February 29th, 2008 | 24 Comments »
Here’s a tip I learned just today:
Melt 7/8 tablespoon butter, cool a minute, then add to 7/8 cup milk. Mix well, and you’ve got yourself a full cup of half and half!
I’ve got a recipe that calls for one cup half and half. The smallest container I can find at the store holds […]
Filed under: Frugal Fridays on February 14th, 2008 | 5 Comments »
This is the bread that convinces friends and family to go buy themselves a bread machine. Because, not only can you NOT (double negative, WATCH OUT.) find anything that tastes this good at Wal-Mart, but would you believe it’s cheaper, too? (See below for price analysis.)
Ingredients:
7.5 oz water, 80 degrees
3 Tbs honey
2 c […]
Filed under: Frugal Fridays on February 1st, 2008 | 10 Comments »
About a month ago, I was able to get Apple Cinnamon Cheerios for $0.50/box. The whole family was understandably excited.
See, being the Natural Mommy, I try my darnedest to get the family to eat such healthy breakfast foods as granola, oatmeal, and shredded wheat.
My husband tends to prefer Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
So, in order to […]
Filed under: Frugal Fridays on January 24th, 2008 | 9 Comments »
We had company over on Wednesday and I went all out (as I love to do) for dinner. Lasagna, green beans, garlic bread, and homemade apple pie for dessert. I even picked up an $0.88 bag of mixed salad because, hey, it was only $0.88.
And I didn’t have to buy salad dressing because, […]
Filed under: Frugal Fridays on January 17th, 2008 | 11 Comments »
I hung my clothes out to dry.
We used cloth diapers.
And cloth wipes.
I learned to play the CVS game.
I made my own laundry detergent. (Until that proved problematic.)
I stopped going to the mall.
We rented movies from the library.
I made our meals from scratch.
We shopped at gently-used children’s clothing stores.
We were satisfied with what we […]
Filed under: Frugal Fridays on January 11th, 2008 | 4 Comments »
