Our Frugal Beach Camping Vacation: The First Three Days
I’ve been planning this five day beach camping trip with my kids pretty much since our similar but shorter trip last year. Slowly I’ve been stocking up on supplies from cheap places, learning from our mistakes last year, to make this trip as great as possible, but still as the date approached I was filled […]
Fun Activities With the Kids This Weekend
I’m currently out camping with my children and it’s really nice to see girl occupying themselves without the use of screens. (To be honest it’s also nice to entertain myself without screens.) If you want some ideas of fun screen free frugal activities to do with your children, here are some ideas from a reader. […]
Prepping For Camping… With No Car
I’ve scheduled this to post in advance because right now I’m I should be in the middle of unpacking and setting up camp with the family. We are going to be camping from Sunday to Thursday, the same place where we camped last summer, this time for a couple more days than last time, and […]
5 Ways to Upgrade Your Life Without the Price Tag
If you feel your life sucks, there are many things to do about it. One of those is therapy, to help with your perspective on life, and some other ideas would be to change things up and bring more joy into your life. Some of those things can be pricey, but here’s some ideas from […]
Advantages Of Using Cold Press Juicers
I have a juicer, and I rarely use it. It’s one of those centrifuge juicers, and in addition to it being a pain to clean, I find it such a waste to juice because so much stuff is left over afterwards. I try to repurpose the pulp but even so, feels like so much goes […]
Super Frugal Health Food and More!
I think I’ve been really lucky in discovering some good scratch and dent stores in the city nearest to my house. I mean, there’s all types of foods that these types of stores can carry, and I’ve been lucky in that they often have a decent selection of gluten free goodies, generally as cheap as […]
7 Helpful Ways To Use Your Credit Card Wisely
I currently have no credit cards and no debit cards and its causing me such an issue. I had two debit cards but currently have none; both of them are getting replaced but one will be sooner rather than later. It’s a pain right now to have no cards; I can’t pay bills without them […]
Injured, Again…
I want to apologize in advance for the brevity of this post, it is just currently quite hard for me to type. Today the kids and I met up with my friend and her kids at a skate park in a nearby city, for her to teach us how to skateboard. The kids picked it […]
Books, Books, and More Books!
I’ve written before about the book stop in the city nearest to my house, the old bus stop that was turned into a library where you take what you want and leave what you want, no limits, no rules. While its really amazing, because I am an avid reader, and have no good English public […]
The Best Gifts For Your Husband That Won’t Break the Bank
I don’t currently have a husband for whom to buy gifts, but I do know that among my friends “What should I get my husband for his birthday/our anniversary?” is one of those most frequently asked questions. Here’s some tips from a reader on what to get that special someone in your life. Do you […]
