Tightwad Tuesday

Frugal Valentine’s – Make Homemade Chocolates Tutorial

February 10, 2009

In my post last week, I gave some frugal ideas that we use at our house. One thing that I do each year, is make my own chocolates to give as a gift to my husband and boys.Making homemade chocolates is really not that difficult…and they’re delicious (especially the ones with peanut butter filling). …

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Tightwad Tuesday – Update on my Cash Only Experiment

February 3, 2009

At the beginning of the year, I outlined what my Frugal Goals for the year were going to be. Two of them included spending less money on the “little” things as well as spend less money on eating out. I resolved that I would switch to a cash-only system for these two items, …

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Tightwad Tuesday – Avoid Insurance Premium Service Charges

January 27, 2009

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about periodically doing an insurance rate comparison to save money. However, if you shop around for the best rate, and then pay a premium surcharge in order to make a monthly payment, you are losing out on some of your rate savings.There are several things that you …

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Tightwad Tuesday – Packing Lunches

January 20, 2009

Do you want a relatively easy way to save at least $25 a week? Pack your lunch each day and bring it to work (or send it with your kids to school). If you stay at home with the kids, eat your lunch at home or plan ahead and bring a lunch or …

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Tightwad Tuesday – Save on Stamps

January 13, 2009

Are you using dozens of stamps each month when you pay your bills? If so, you could save lots of money by paying your bills online. There are several ways that you can pay your bills without ever having to shell out that $0.42 per bill again.Set up Online Bill Pay at Your …

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Tightwad Tuesday – Save Money Now for next Christmas

January 6, 2009

It’s now the beginning of January, which means that for many people the Christmas bills will soon start to arrive. Oftentimes, it’s a stressful time – worrying about how to pay the bills, and if only the monthly minimum is paid on the credit card, you may still be paying for last Christmas …

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Tightwad Tuesday – Frugal Goals for the New Year

December 30, 2008

Lynnae at BeingFrugal.net is hosting Tightwad Tuesday this week. I’ve never done it before, but I was intrigued with the theme this week, which is frugal goals for 2008. I don’t normally make New Year’s resolutions, because I believe you can start change anytime. In fact, I normally don’t like New Year’s …

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