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Today I was rolling through the drive through and I found an unused McDonald’s gift card in my wallet (I never said we would give up fast food completely). It was silver with a sparkly M so I realized it must be from last Christmas. Why hadn’t I used it yet this year? When I got […] More
5 Frugal Gifts on Cheap Mom’s Christmas Wish List This week I started getting a lot of requests for my Christmas list. We don’t need for much in our house, but a list has been required. So, I thought I would share with you 5 items on my wish list that appeal to my cheap […] More
This week I did my grocery shopping with the Little Miss. I made up the supper meal plan for October and saw that I could make do for the next week with what we already had. Our cat supplies and diaper levels looked good too. So I just needed to pick up the usual suspects […] More
In honour of Thanksgiving (Canadian Thanksgiving, eh?), I’d like to share the things that I’m thankful for this year. The Sappy Personal Stuff. I am thankful that our little girl is healthy and happy and am so grateful that I get to spend so much time watching her grow. I am thankful that my husband […] More
I’ve tried to reduce our energy bill before by making the changes everyone suggests. I started doing my laundry and dishes at night and I turned off the lights in rooms we weren’t using. No matter how hard I thought I was trying, there never seemed to be any difference to my monthly bill. I […] More
We are a one car family. My better half commutes on the bus down town for work and the Little Miss and I have the car for errands. Currently, we own two cars. If you’ve read What I’m Thankful For This Thanksgiving, you’ll know what we were very grateful to receive a free car this year. […] More
We’ve been a machine wash and dry family. We have a small hanger with clips that we use to dry bras (previously diaper covers) but we’ve been reluctant to take the plunge and start hanging entire loads. We tried drying a load of cloth diapers outside once. They were still wet after 24 hours, so […] More
I grew up in a house where what’s for dinner depended on where kids ate for free that night. We did get healthy meals too, but I grew up thinking it was OK to eat out multiple nights a week. I could spot the golden arches a mile away and would beg for Dairy Queen even […] More
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No cost date ideas Sometimes the cost and hassle of a traditional night out on the town make the idea of another night relaxing in front of the tube look pretty appealing.Last Christmas we decided the perfect gift for a spouse who has everything was quality time together. We each came up with 26 mini […] More
So I was sitting at the park yesterday talking with the other grownups and the conversations turned to frugal stuff. This is kinda my roundhouse, but I didn’t really know this particular person and so I didn’t want to get too excited. Then she mentioned something I had never heard of before: Checkout 51. Later […] More
When I opened my last electric bill, I did an inside happy dance. We had the lowest usage yet in the new house. Our current month’s bill showed 20.22 kwh/day usage in the hottest month of the year down from 38.84 kwh/day in February. I think I even bragged to my better half. Our decision […] More
At one point in time, our family had fresh organic product delivered once a week. We didn’t get to decide what went into our box and sometimes we’d end up with something we’d never seen before. One week there was some leafy green thing, I can’t remember its name, but it was pretty close to […] More
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