This Auto Gas Savings Page contains a growing list of tips from our readers to help you save money at the pump!
Top 20 Tips to Save Money At the Pump
If you’re looking for ways to save money at the pump try these 20 ideas. And afterward, take a look at what friends from around the globe have said about how they save money on gas.
Walk to Nearby Destinations: Avoid using your car for short distances to save on gas.
Ride a Bike in Your Neighborhood: For slightly longer distances within your area, biking can be a great, healthy alternative to … Read more »
This Recipe page contains frugal and easy-to-make Ground Beef Main Dish Recipes!
If you’re looking for easy-to-make, delicious-tasting, and inexpensive ground beef main dish recipes, you’ve come to the right page. We’ve got complete recipes, .pdf downloads, and videos to help you be successful in creating awesome meals.
But if you’re looking for some of our mouth-watering chunk beef recipes. Visit our Chunk Beef Main Dish Recipes page.
Ground Beef Main Dish Recipes on this page include:
This Budget Success Stories Page contains a growing list of Budgeting Ideas from readers like you!
If you want some encouragement about how a budget can revolutionize your personal finances, you’ve come to the right place. We love hearing stories of budgeting success – going from debt to equity, desperation to determination, and seeing the joy of families who have learned to make their money do what they want it to do. Read these stories and be encouraged!
This Debt-Free Living & Frugal Living Inspiring Stories Page contains a growing list (17) of success stories from our readers on how they avoid debt and live life joyfully!
If you’re looking for encouragement to keep going, you’re going to love reading these frugal living success stories from real people. Some struggle with debt, others are finding joy in living within their means. Keep reading and get stoked about the possibilities!
If you’re looking for DIY Carpet Cleaning tips and recipes this is the place. On this page, we’ll share how we spot and clean our carpets. We’ll give you the formulas for our DIY carpet spotting solution and our Rug Doctor copycat solution. We’ll also tell you about the equipment we use to keep our carpets looking brand new.
If you’re a do-it-yourselfer you’re going to love the information on this page.
Discover unique and inexpensive vacation souvenir ideas to help you remember your travels in style. From classic keepsakes to quirky finds, we’ve got you covered. Let’s dive in and explore the world of vacation travel souvenirs and mementos!
We’ve broken this list into the following 7 categories:
The Walmart EverStart Maxx car battery warranty can be confusing. We’ve been buying these batteries for our cars since 2003. On this page, we will share the official warranty information for Everstart Maxx batteries, we share info we received from Walmart Auto Department managers, and document our purchases.
We also summarize what we’ve learned about the Walmart warranty policy for all four of their car battery brands.
This page is full of links to some of our favorite thrifty friends’ websites & frugal Resources!
When you hang out with thrifty friends you’ll pick up new and better ways to save money. We love hanging out, sharing and learning from the people on this page and hope you will too!
This Valentines Day Decorations, Crafts & DIY Projects Page contains a growing list of decor and craft projects. Scroll to the bottom of the page for 10 additional Valentine’s Day Decor ideas.
Discover the amazing world of Restaurant Hacks. You’ll find lots of awesome tips and tricks to save money when eating out or getting takeout! Treat yourself to scrumptious meals without breaking the bank by using these insider secrets.
We love eating meals at home, but once in a while, a meal out at a restaurant is a wonderful treat. And what makes it even more special is when you can get the same meal for a discounted price.
Please, if you do get something for free or discounted, remember to be generous in the tipping of your server.
Learn a bunch of tricks from frugal friends for saving money on stuff around your house. If you have a secret way to save that’s not listed on this page, please leave it in the comments and we’ll include it.
1. Reuse Zippered Bag and Save
Wash out your plastic zip lock bags and use them over and over again instead of throwing them away after using them only once. They last a really long time. Sandy L. – Phoenix, AZ
2. Trash Bags Stashed Nearby
Save time by storing a roll of plastic kitchen trash bags in your garbage can under the trash … Read more »
This Halloween Tips & Ideas Page contains a growing number of ideas such as frugal ways to buy costumes, activities for parties, and tricks for finding discounted Halloween decor.
We do celebrate Halloween, but not the ghoulish, horrifying aspects of the holiday. We encouraged our kids to plan their costumes months in advance. And also to be creative, fun and frugal in their dressing-up ideas.
Since we loved walking our neighborhood and talking with our neighbors, many would wait for us to get to their homes before turning out the lights and calling it a night. Halloween is a great time for building … Read more »
Our Best Family Dessert Recipes Page contains Tasty, Delicious and Easy to Make dessert recipes!
These are family favorite dessert recipes that Annette has gathered from family and friends. All have been taste-tested and pass with flying colors. We think you will enjoy them too.
Inexpensive recreation activities are easier to find than you might think.
Recreation doesn’t have to be expensive to be fun! How much are you willing to pay for fun and entertainment?
Where we live there seems to be an endless list of things we do, and most of them cost quite a bit. There often seems to be an attitude that if you’re going to have fun, you’ve got to spend money, and the more money you spend, the more fun you’ll have.
We want to challenge that notion. You can have fun, lots of fun with inexpensive recreation. And lots of laughter … Read more »
If you’re planning a wedding or helping with one, we’ve got dozens of frugal wedding ideas to help you make your wedding day fabulous, frugal and fun! Read what readers from all over the country have done to save tons of money.
If you want to ensure that you get the best prices on groceries try this free Grocery Price Tracker Sheet that we’ve developed.
We first started using a Price Tracker Sheet when we were learning our prices (we got the idea from Amy Dacyczyn’s Tightwad Gazette newsletter and modified it for us).
It’s a great tool to track prices between stores and price increases over time. Use one page for each item you want to track. You can fill in prices from the grocery ads or as you walk the aisles of the store.
This Home Decor Money Saving Tips Page contains several Home Decor Ideas that are frugal and easy to make !
Antique Auction Deals
I have several antique furniture pieces that I bought at a wholesale antique furniture auction on New Year’s day a couple of years ago. Most of the people that were there buying furniture were retail shop owners with tax I.D’s. Because these shop owners are in the business of making a profit, I was able to get the furniture pieces I wanted by bidding just a little bit more than they would.
I still paid a lot less than retail for … Read more »
This Needlework, Crocheting & Knitting Page contains lots of money saving tips and easy crafting ideas.
Red Cross Knitting Stripes
I do a lot of volunteer knitting for the Red Cross. Whenever we receive small balls of yarn that cannot be made into a blanket or sweater, I use them to make colorful stripes in a blanket. I pick one yarn color for the overall blanket theme and then make different color stripes. It always looks great. Angela Guastella – Chester, VA
Needlework Needles Sharpened
I thought I was the only one who pinched pennies the way you all do. I’m always looking for … Read more »
This Sewing Clothes Money Savings Tip page contains a number of ideas for saving money and time!
Repurposed Sewing for Clothes
If you have some skill with a sewing machine, this is a fun way to have the clothes you want at very little cost. I like to get larger sized clothing from thrift shops and ‘repurpose’ them. You can find colors and prints that you like and cut them down or totally redesign a different item. For example, a dress becomes a cute top… It’s frugal and fun! Wendy D. – Alamogordo, NM
This Miscellaneous Clothing Tip page contains a number of money-saving ideas for cutting costs when you’re buying or caring for clothes and accessories!
Cashmere and Wool in the Freezer?
Sometimes you do frugal things for so long you forget how good they are. For years I’ve been chilling my woolen and cashmere clothes before storing them for the summer. I do this to eliminate moth eggs and larvae. I put the clothing in a plastic bag and then stick it in the freezer for 24 hours. Then I take it out and transfer the clothes to an airtight plastic storage bag. The clothes … Read more »
I really wanted a big fluffy robe this winter, but I didn’t want to spend a lot of money. So I headed to Kmart, where stuff is cheap. I was … Read more »
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