Tuesday Tips

I figured I would combine all my tips into one this week.
We use sticks of butter for cooking, baking, and eating. One thing I noticed is that we were always throwing away butter wrappers with small amounts of butter on them. It seemed wasteful to me.

So now we freeze the wrappers in a Ziploc bag [...]

My Garden

I recently acquired a garden plot. That might not be a big deal to some of you, but for me this is huge. We live on a military base and you are technically not allowed to garden in the housing areas. Some of the older bases have community gardens, but the plots are passed down, [...]

Menu Plan Monday March 31- April 4

Short week for me because I am currently on vacation! And since I am on vacation, I decided why try to salvage any of the week with healthy cooking… fun, fattening, and not very frugal for this week!
Breakfasts
pancakes, waffles, French toast, oatmeal, cold cereal
Lunches
sandwiches, muffins, fruit, veggies, cheese & crackers
Dinner
Monday- Yummy home cooked food that [...]

Monday Meanderings

1. Bible Study/ Devotions ~ Continue to read my one-year chronological bible every day. I finally started doing my small group homework, but we are supposed to meet with our group for accountability and that did not get done last time around. I need to get proactive about setting up times to meet with my [...]

Super Savings Saturday

Sale price before coupons $30.33
Total after coupons $ 15.21
I saved over 50%!
The commissary doesn’t put the original prices on the receipt so I only have my total with the sale prices.
This is a great example of something I blogged about last week. When commissary shopping, sometimes the best deals are made by combining the store [...]

Saturday Round-Up

Here are some great frugal posts I came across this week.
Being Frugal shares tips on how to make cleaners.
Stretching A Buck contemplates renewing her warehouse club membership. Is it worth it?
Melissa’s Idea Garden has tons of freebie links this week.
Stray Thoughts has tips for itemizing donations on your tax return, just in time for April [...]

Smart Habit Saturday ~ Receipts

The other day I cleaned out one of my purses and this is what I found…

There were receipts from the last two years in my purse. Not every receipt from the past two years, but still, having receipts crumpled in the bottom of my purse it not the best way to track expenses.
The sad thing [...]

Vacation

Saturday I will be leaving this….

and going to this…

I will still be posting thanks to Wordpress’ handy little time stamp editor, but it might take me a while to respond to email and comments.
See you soon!
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13 Ways to Save Money Eating Out

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13 Ways to Save Money Eating Out

Skip the drinks, soda and alcohol can really increase your bill. Stick with water.
Skip the dessert and appetizer, desserts are a huge money maker for restaurants. If you are really craving something sweet pick up pint of Ben and [...]

Sew Crafty Friday ~ It’s a shirt, it’s a dress…

First I want to thank all of you who gave me advice and commented on my last Sew Crafty Friday post. I do plan on finishing the skirt, but I might wait until summer time, when it gets too hot to be outside. Right now we are enjoying temperatures above 50 degrees.
This week I made [...]