Why I am not going on vacation this year…

Each year at the end of the summer, the week right before school goes back to session, my family takes vacation in Myrtle Beach, SC. It’s become a tradition, we’ve gone every year since hubby and I got married (2003).
Last year our vacation was costly, we thought gas was expensive then, and we drive [...]

Weekend Garage Sale

Each year over Memorial Day Weekend the town I live in holds a Townwide garage sale.  I’ve participated once before, about two years ago, and had a very successful garage sale even though it was cold and rainy.
This year I waivered back and forth.  I didn’t feel ready to have a garage sale, but at [...]

Sunday’s Favorite Five

Non-toxic Home Care~There are many inexpensive, easy-to-use natural alternatives which can safely be used in place of commercial household products. This site provides a list of common, environmentally safe products which can be used alone or in combination for a wealth of household applications.
Mike Binns’ view on Get Paid To Sites a very thorough review [...]

Rising Cost of Gas

With the price of gas climbing about $0.10 per week in my area, I thought it would be interesting to figure out how much I am spending for each mile I drive.
I drive a 2006 Chrysler Pacifica AWD. Not very gas efficient at an average of 16 miles per gallon. A gallon here [...]

CashCrate Review

I’ve read a lot about Get Paid To (GPT) sites online since I began my search for ways to make some extra money. I read several posts and articles on GPT and decided to try complete a few surveys to familiarize myself with the Get Paid To market. I discovered that Get Paid [...]

Weekly Favorite Five

I’ve done a lot of reading on frugality, finances, and debt reduction this week. I decided to post my favorite five articles/sites here to both remember at a later date for myself, as well as to help other on their quest to become debt free!
The Simple Dollar-16 Ways to Minimize Your Monthly Bills-Great ideas [...]

First Frugal Grocery Shopping Trip

Usually I do all my grocery shopping at WalMart since our town has a Super WalMart and it’s the easiest way to get all my shopping done. I can get toiletries, baby items, clothing items, food, etc. all in one place. However, I’m not entirely sure it’s the best choice financially, so I [...]

FreeFlys

Do you like free stuff? I know I do!
As I was surfing the web, I stumbled upon a great site, FreeFly’s, that allows you to get free stuff and free samples of brand name items! All you have to do is sign up for FREE and you instantly get access to free samples [...]

Promotion!

This couldn’t have happened at a better time! I was offered a new position within the agency I work for, effective June 1, 2008.
I am doing the job this position requires already part-time, along with my regular job. But as of two weeks from now, it’ll be officially mine fulltime! The job [...]

ING Direct

I have a bad habit of spending money if I have cash. I also tend to spend whatever I have available in my checking account, because it’s easy to just hand over my debit card and go on about my business. Somewhere I heard that in order to save, you have to pay [...]