Coupon Savings for This Week Are… and Other Updates
This week was ho-hum for coupons. I spent $179.64 and saved $72.76, which is a 28.8% savings. I had $6 in coupons and there was a St. Patrick’s Day Shop […]
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What Would Happen If Everyone Became Frugal?
Recently, someone in the Non-Consumer Advocate Facebook group posted a link to this interview on the Mr. Money Mustache blog with Juliet Schor, who wrote the book Plenitude: The New […]
Snow Day XVIII: Oh Snow You Didn’t
So as I mentioned in my coupon post, we had a snow day today but not nearly as much snow as was predicted. It was probably the most calm snow […]
Extraordinary Machine
Yesterday (Thursday) was one of those super-mama days. Me and the kids, going strong, all day long, and the household machine was running on all cylinders. Loads of laundry, batches […]
Dental Drama
Today the boys had dentist appointments, our first dentist trips without dental insurance. I used to always feel like I wasn’t getting much out of my dental insurance, but man […]
You Say Tomato, I Say Bleahhh
Some small victories: 1. When we put our trash out Sunday night, I noticed that we had less trash and more recyclables than usual. Since I found the revised recycling […]
From Soap to Nuts
I ordered these today. I was looking up info on how to make my own laundry detergent and saw many mentions of soap nuts. I hope they work! They sound too […]
Snow Day Part IX: Citizens on Patrol
Another snow day, another round of baking. I got my pumpkin fix with these pumpkin gingerbread cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. They were delicious, so to keep myself from eating […]
Cold Winter Saturday
This Saturday was kind of ugh. My husband worked all day — he’s still working right now, at 10 pm. So it was just me and the kids. I managed […]
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