Little Pennies Add Up
I’ve gotten comments from readers and friends alike saying “Come on, Penny. Why do you bother? How much cheaper is it really to make everything, like mayonnaise, from scratch? After paying for electricity and water, how much do you think you’re really saving by cloth diapering? How much are you saving by doing all that you’re […]
Little Pennies Add Up
I’ve gotten comments from readers and friends alike saying “Come on, Penny. Why do you bother? How much cheaper is it really to make everything, like mayonnaise, from scratch? After paying for electricity and water, how much do you think you’re really saving by cloth diapering? How much are you saving by doing all that you’re […]
Poverty Cycle- Part 1
A few days ago, I read Frugal Babe’s post called “The Luxury of Frugal Thinking” that really got the gears in my head churning. She posits that most frugal people today are frugal by choice, and poor people don’t have the option or ability to be frugal like the rest. I dunno. Poor people are […]
Free Food
As an extremely frugal foodie, there’s nothing I like better than free food. (Except perhaps a delicious meal made from that food.) What better source of free food than nature’s own bounty? As food waste truly bothers me, I especially like getting free food that would otherwise go uneaten and rot. Best of all is […]
Free Food
As an extremely frugal foodie, there’s nothing I like better than free food. (Except perhaps a delicious meal made from that food.) What better source of free food than nature’s own bounty? As food waste truly bothers me, I especially like getting free food that would otherwise go uneaten and rot. Best of all is […]
Ask and Ye Shall Be Rewarded
Too many times shyness can get in the way of our saving money, or even simply achieving what we desire. Putting aside our inhibitions and speaking up will often allow you to get great things that you never before would have thought possible. I recently got contacted by a representative from the CSN stores. They’re […]
Ask and Ye Shall Be Rewarded
Too many times shyness can get in the way of our saving money, or even simply achieving what we desire. Putting aside our inhibitions and speaking up will often allow you to get great things that you never before would have thought possible. I recently got contacted by a representative from the CSN stores. They’re […]
The Lost Art of Homemaking
A Sad True Tale Once upon a time, not so long ago, relatives of mine lived in a country cursed with abject poverty. Blessed to have a greater income than most of their compatriots, the Williams* were fortunate enough to be have many household workers to do their every bidding, as labor wages were extremely […]
The Lost Art of Homemaking
A Sad True Tale Once upon a time, not so long ago, relatives of mine lived in a country cursed with abject poverty. Blessed to have a greater income than most of their compatriots, the Williams* were fortunate enough to be have many household workers to do their every bidding, as labor wages were extremely […]
Electricity- Need or Want?
I was all revved up to write a post for this week’s Needs vs Wants when my computer shut off. Everything simply stopped and there was an eerie silence in my home. We had a blackout, not because of a storm or anything of that sort, but simply because of overuse. At 86 degrees at […]
