Ideas for Frugal Living
I normally love winter. Unfortuantely, due to the total lack of sunshine, and continual slimey, drippy weather, I am not loving this winter. I am ready for it to be over, for many reasons. Aside from the weather, it’s a sad fact that it seems much easier to frugally maintain a healthy diet in the […]
It’s only fair to tell you, I do this every year. Among the many, many resolutions I make, there’s always one that involves “I will not go shopping unless it’s absolutely necessary.”
I have never kept this resolution.
I think I could do less shopping, though. There’s always room for improvement. But sometimes, it just seems […]
It’s deer hunting season! Opening day is today. So my thoughts turn to…shopping. Unlike my husband, though, I am out to save the “bucks” - and dough, too (doe?) Someone please stop me before I pun again.
It’s been a lot of years since I went hunting. I’ve gone out in the woods a few times […]
When it’s located right smack in the middle of a tourist town! Normally, I do a lot of shopping at my local farmers markets. And if the prices are a bit higher, sometimes, than at the grocery store, I’m fine with it, because the food is fresh and yummy, and I like supporting the local […]
This could get to be an obsession with me. On the other hand, I’m having fun with it.
Yesterday, my husband and I took his mom to visit some relatives in the north-central part of the state. It’s a big potato farming area, and I had hoped to purchase some locally grown potatoes. As it turned […]
As summer winds down - oh, wait, it already did wind down, techincally it’s autumn - one of the things that I’m reflecting on are Farmers Markets. I will miss those terribly once winter arrives!
I love farmers markets. I love seeing all the beautiful, fresh fruits, veggies (I suppose here I should also mention fresh bakery) […]
I’ll admit it - I came to yardsaling late in life. When I think back on my childhood, I don’t remember yardsales at all. I’ll grant that they probably weren’t as common, and, of course, I lived in a much less populated area. But even if I’d grown up in an area surrounding a big […]
When I was growing up, the answer was easy. Once a week. One store only (well, there weren’t a lot of stores where we lived, anyway. Actually, I don’t think there were as many store options anywhere, back then.) Always on Saturday.
It’s a lot of years later. I now live in a metropolitan area, one that has […]
Price adjustments are a wonderful thing. You buy an item, it goes on sale within the next week/10 days/whatever the store policy is, and the store refunds the difference between what you paid and what the sale price is. This is ESPECIALLY good for me and my husband. We seem to have an unerring knack […]
Before I go any further, let me assure you that my husband and I do, in fact, have lives. We even have interests - lots of them - that don’t involve grocery stores. But as I’ve said in previous blog entries, my husband loves grocery shopping. The grown-up analogy for “kid in a candy store” could be […]