Simple Cheap Mom

A Millenial Housewife keeping Things Easy in a Budget

Simple Cheap Mom

A Millenial Housewife keeping Things Easy in a Budget

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    How To Cut Your Own Hair

    How to cut own hair ( how to trim your hair ) It’s pretty standard for frugal guys to buzz their own hair.  A set of hair clippers can be as cheap as just one haircut. I’ve noticed something recently.  I’ll read an article about how to cut hair yourself and then there will be […] More

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    Planning and a Promotion

    My Mr. has a steady government job.  It’s got great benefits, a pension, and a salary that can support a family without a second income.  We both feel very lucky that he has his job.  He was hired to take on a special project.  Over the years,  the position has shifted away from the work […] More

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    The Seduction of The Second Car

    If you haven’t been following along, we were gifted a car from our in-laws and we’ve been having a frustrating time selling our regular car. Here’s the update to the frustrating bits: the car is now the proud owner of a new alternator and parking brake cable. It failed the e-test because there weren’t enough […] More

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    Wait, Why Don’t You Have a Will?

    Many people put off important grown up things like getting a will. If you know that you need a will, but haven’t got around to getting one done, I can relate. I’m married, own some big things, like a house, have a pet, and a kid. Until this week, I didn’t have a will. Dying […] More

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    6 Excuses for Unused Gift Cards

    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

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    5 Frugal Gifts on Cheap Mom’s Christmas Wish List

    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

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    Can You Stick To Your Grocery List?

    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

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