Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without. This is going to be my motto for the year. Maybe even for life! 🙂 Stuart and I have had many discussions about how there’s just too much “stuff” in life. We are blessed with a lot of stuff! We are also blessed …
Category Archives: Frugal me
Butter Wrapper
Don’t toss that butter wrapper!! You ARE using butter and not that completely fake, really bad for you, disgusting imposter stuff known as margarine, right? 😉 If not… do so. Please! Thank you! Anyway, this was a tip that I picked up a loooong time ago when I was reading up on the Great Depression. …
Vinegar?
You know you’re starting to get “weird” about food when finding some Unpasteurized, Raw Apple Cider Vinegar “with the Mother” in the grocery store is the highlight of your entire shopping trip. 😉 And the reason why this is particularly thrilling is because you want to start making your own ACV and in order to …
Whole Chicken
So the other weekend while shopping I came across whole young chicken for $.88/lb, which was by far the cheapest meat in the store. Of course that was before I read all about the salmonella chicken epidemic that the FDA seems to be ignoring. Buuuuuuuut anyway, I went ahead and snagged 2 chickens even though …
Adventures in Homemade Products
Homemade Deodorant has been on my list of things to make for a LOOOOOOONG time! It may have actually been one of my first beauty products to pin as a matter of fact. However, we had a Costco sized supply of deodorant to go through first, and then there were twins, and chickens, and, and, …
Chili!
Otherwise known as cleaning up the leftovers. 🙂 I never make chili the same way twice. It’s one of those really yummy things that you can just toss just about anything into and it still tastes good! Sometimes I use leftover meat sauce from spaghetti, sometimes ground beef from tacos, sometimes whatever meat is floating …
Freezer Jam and Swiper
I never did my post on my first attempt at making my own jam. After scouring the internet for recipes and how to’s I kinda figured I just needed to jump in and do it. Plus I like the idea of making my own to use on the kids’ sandwiches rather than more processed store …
Dryer Ball
I’m making Mickey Mouse cake pops today. My stomach is in knots because I’m SO nervous about them turning out. As if my sweet 4 yr old is going to care. 😉 I think I may be a perfectionist deep down somewhere that I’ve buried and every so often it unearths itself in the strangest …
Homemade Foamy Hand Soap
Do you like foamy hand soap? I didn’t have a preference for a long time, but gradually I’ve realized that the foamy stuff makes WAY less mess when you’re talking about littles learning to wash their hands. 😉 A couple pumps of the not-foamy kind and you’re left with a sink FULL or overflowing with …
Essential Oils are Awesome!
I’ve been trying to do more natural stuff, ya know? I haven’t been posting too many “new” things because I hadn’t done any big projects lately. I did have a chance to stump a teen at the homeschool conference who was helping his mom at her booth in the “hall of books” (curriculum hall). This …