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The Notebook Effect: How Writing Everything Down Saves You Money

Sometimes when we need to cut even more, the only solution is to make ourselves accountable, to pay attention, to have our spending put right smack in front of our face. It is when we ignore our spending, even our small stuff, that things can get out of hand. One of the ways to do this is to get a notebook and keep track of daily spending, whatever it is. Spent $198.57 at the grocery store, write it down. $4.74 on a latte? It goes in the book. $12 at the library book sale? Yup. $1 for mints on the … Continue reading →

Hotels Stealing a Priceless Commodity

Not your Louis Vuitton luggage, your precious tech toys or the treasured stuffed souvenirs you spent three hours trying to win during your trip to the amusement park.  Some hotels are taking something far more valuable from unsuspecting guests–their health. According to a new study, if you are spending the night in a nonsmoking room at a hotel with a partial smoking ban, you are not fully protected from harmful exposure to so-called “third-hand” smoke.  Researchers at San Diego State University discovered that tobacco pollution can easily congregate on surfaces in both smoking and nonsmoking hotel rooms. “Our findings demonstrate … Continue reading →

The Ultimate Homemaking eBook Bundle

  For 6 days only, more than 75 widely-known bloggers and authors in the homemaking sphere have joined together to offer 97 of their most popular eBooks and eCourses, valued at just over $600, for the incredibly low price of $29.97! More than anything, the goal for this sale was for it to be, well… ultimate! We firmly believe that you will not find a more comprehensive collection of homemaking resources anywhere on the web, and particularly not in this price range. For this low price, you gain access to every single one of these resources, so that you can customize your own collection to contain … Continue reading →

Facebook Yard Sales

Are you familiar with Facebook yard sales? These are local groups on Facebook promoting the buying and selling of household items, such as you would find at a typical yard sale. Participants can post photos and descriptions, along with price. You can buy and sell practically anything, from baby clothes to a car. The yard sale groups on Facebook are localized, usually by town or county. This means that you usually have to live or work in the area in order to be accepted as part of the group. These groups have moderators to keep everyone on track. Finding these … Continue reading →

Paradise Priced Right

There’s nothing quite like soaking up the sun in Hawaii while the rest of the country shivers and shovels. Old Man Winter is knocking, but you don’t have to answer if you are enjoying the sun, sand and surf in paradise. Now is one of the best times to snag a deal to the land of Aloha. The weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas are considered part of the low season in Hawaii. Consequently, you can score major savings on airfare and accommodations, including this amazing deal from BeachDestinations.com: The tour operator is offering a vacation package to Hawaii for just … Continue reading →

Deals at Olive Garden, Powell’s Books, Michael’s, and More!

Today, I decided to clean out my inbox and let everyone know about the sales that I had been sent email about. As always, this results in a mixed bag of deals from a variety of places. This time I found sales on books, deals on craft items, and an unusual freebie from Olive Garden. Olive Garden has a rather unusual deal going on right now. It is called “Go Out Today and Stay in Tomorrow”. To get this deal, the first thing you need to do is go to Olive Garden, and order a dinner meal. The dinner will … Continue reading →

Omibus Homeschool eBook Sale!

The biggest homeschool ebook sale of the year! You can buy 53 eBooks written by homeschool moms for only $25! Purchase HERE. What is the Omibus Homeschool eBook Sale? Wait, back up. What is an omibus? An omibus is a book containing reprints of a number of works. It is Latin and its first known usage was in 1829. See, you learned something new just for stopping by. Get ready to learn even more with this amazing stockpile of ebooks brought to you by some of your favorite homeschool mom bloggers. The collection of books contains 53 ebooks by several … Continue reading →

Where to Find Deals on Textbooks

College textbooks are notoriously expensive! Parents might be able to save money on the clothing and computer that their college student brings to school. Textbooks, though, aren’t as easy to save money on. Here are a few frugal tips that can help you save a little bit on the cost of textbooks. Barnes & Noble has a deal that they seem to be calling “nook study”. There is a free app that you can download to your PC, Mac, or iPad. Well, the iPad version is “coming soon”. The app will allow you to save up to 60% on eTextbooks. … Continue reading →

Sporty Scrapbooks

My local Hobby Lobby has reduced the price of gymnastics-themed scrapbook stickers by 30 percent. Could the sale be inspired by the American women’s gymnastics team bringing home team gold from London? Or, am I reading too much into it? After all, soccer, basketball, swimming and baseball-themed stickers remain at full-price. The 2012 Summer Olympics may be over, but as I mentioned in a previous post, you can keep the good times rolling by creating layouts or entire memory albums using your future Olympian as the subject. When crafting sports-themed scrapbooks you can incorporate several different elements into your page … Continue reading →

Scrapbooking Made Easy

My mother is the first to admit that she is a dinosaur when it comes to technology. To say that she doesn’t embrace computers or anything digital would be a severe understatement. Ironically, for as much as my mom abhors high-tech gadgets, she absolutely loves the idea of digital scrapbooks. In fact, she is borderline obsessed with digital photo books, which are essentially affordable scrapbooks that you make online. You’ve likely seen the albums advertised on various photography and scrapbooking websites. They feature a variety of prefabricated templates that make scrapping an entire book a breeze. To design the pages … Continue reading →