As part of Earth Month 2008, Wal-Mart will be giving away a million custom-made reusable shopping bags on Saturday, April 19, 2008 at 8:00am Local Time.*
Plastic bags can take as long as 1,000 years to degrade. If you miss out on the free reusable shopping bag, don’t panic. Wal-Mart sells their reusable shopping bags made [...]
Category Archives: living on a shoestring
Freebies at Wal-Mart on Earth Day
03-Apr-08Grocery Relief & Help Your Neighbor
24-Jan-08Angel Food Ministries is a non-profit, non-denominational organization dedicated to providing grocery relief to communities throughout the United States. Angel Food Ministries also participates in the U.S. Food Stamp program, using the Off-Line Food Stamp Voucher system. This is also a great way to help out our senior citizen neighbors. Please visit their site for [...]
Frugal Household Ideas
20-Jan-08I found this list and wondered if anyone tried the following and found them to be true or false.
1. Mayonnaise - will KILL LICE; it will also condition your hair
2. Elmers Glue - paint on your face, allow it to dry, peel off dead skin and blackheads
3. Shiny Hair - use brewed Lipton Tea
4. Sunburn - empty a large [...]
Couponing
20-Jan-08My aunt sends me lots of coupons. Gotta love it! Anyway, since we’ve moved and most things are in storage (I won’t be able to get to them or find them until the Spring Thaw) and don’t have my coupon box (something My Mother made a long time ago - I’ll post pictures when I [...]
Getting Organized: Storage
01-Jan-08Decorative Container Ideas such as craft-supply holders and plastic-bag dispensers can be inexpensively made using detergent & cracker boxes.
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Common Household Appliance Energy Use
01-Jan-08Listed at this website are some common appliances, their wattage and an estimate of operating costs. There is also a simple formula for calculating operating costs. Note: I do not know how current that website is.
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