Thanks to Being Frugal for including Stacie's article "Inexpensive Ways to Woo Your Wife" in this week's Festival of Frugality. Here are a few of my own favorites from the festival: Frugal Journey shows some great ways to reuse those bland, soggy … [Read more...] about Best Frugality Posts from the Festival of Frugality #98
When we shop for groceries and see a good deal, we try to load up. However, since Stacie I and have differing tastes, and therefore don't eat common meals, it takes quite some time to go through our stash of dry and frozen foods. For example, we'll … [Read more...] about Secret Value of House Guests: Cleaning Out the Pantry
It's July 31st, and we haven't paid an electric bill since April 5th. It's been almost 4 months since we sent a check to Pepco. Because we have a pool, we must have a 6 ft privacy fence and a locked gate. Unfortunately, our power meter is inside … [Read more...] about Estimated vs Actual Readings: It’s an expensive month
While shopping for our BBQ party this weekend, we made a trip to Sam's Club. We always justified our membership to Sam's because we made our $40 fee back each year just in our milk purchases alone. I go through a gallon or more of skim milk each … [Read more...] about No more cheap milk at Sam’s Club
