17 Free Or Cheap Things To Do With Your Kids During Lent (Or Any Time)
With Easter just days away, Lent is almost over, and I’m sorry I didn’t get this posted sooner. But here are a bunch of low cost or free activities to do with your family if you’re observing Lent, and honestly, most of them are also great any time even for people who don’t observing Lent. […]
My Recent Frugal Accomplishments
Mallow from my yard It’s been a while since I did one of these posts, where I list the recent frugal things I’ve done. This hasn’t just been done in the last week, more like the past month plus, but who cares? This is also to encourage me to do more frugal things, to remind […]
Using Shopkick — An Easy Way to Earn Money While Shopping
Money is tight for most of us. And while we can try many ways to save money, we also need to make money. But making money takes time, and many of us are swamped whether with our children, our jobs, or our lives in general, and don’t have the time to spend to make money. […]
Hurrah For Free Books!
I love reading. Like love love love it. I’ve been a bookworm since about second grade when I got into Nancy Drew books, followed by all the Oz books by L Frank Baum and all the writers who continued after him. I used to go to the library regularly and take home stacks of […]
A Great Frugal Book Haul
I love reading. It is one of my favorite things to do in down time. Yes, movies and shows are also great, but there’s nothing like being curled up with a good book. Growing up I used to satisfy my voracious book appetite by going to the library and bringing home massive piles of books […]
Want New Clothes Without Spending Money? Host a Swap Party!
It’s been a while since I’ve been to a clothes swap, but they were one of my favorite ways to get clothes for myself and my children. This post from a reader inspired me, and I think I want to arrange one ASAP because of how great they are. Adding a fresh set of threads […]
Latest Frugal Accomplishments
Homemade gluten burger buns It’s been some time since I did one of these posts, and these types of posts are always fun. Here is a list of the frugal activities I’ve gotten up to lately. It is a long list and it makes me proud, because I’ve been pretty low energy lately, and if […]
My Recent Scratch and Dent Store Shopping Trip
Yesterday I was in a part of the city where I don’t usually go, and knowing that there is a scratch and dent store I debated bringing my collapsable wagon with me, so that I’d be able to carry shopping back. However, I was heading to a meeting and felt weird about bringing the wagon […]
A Heck Ton of Free Food
My neighborhood has a lot of residents that are not well off financially. For this reason, there often are distributions of free foods for the struggling, with the goods varying each time, and then whatever is left is then available for anyone to come take it. I used to regularly go to these distributions, but […]
How Far Will You Go For Free Things?
I had a busy day recently, going to the city for a few appointments, and on the way home I stopped at the grocery store to get some much needed groceries. I did a delivery of most of what I bought, but since I didn’t know when I’d be getting the delivery, I brought home […]
