I love Christmas! I don’t love trying to fill everyone’s stockings without spending a fortune. It seems like the younger your boys and girls are the easier it is to find inexpensive items that they will enjoy. By the time they head into the Tween and Teen years it starts to get downright expensive. A… Keep Reading
Crafting for Christmas
Remember how just a couple of weeks ago I told you it was 90 Days Till Christmas?!? Well now it’s only 74 days. . .and if you are planning on making any of your own gifts that’s not a lot of time. Last year I started the “Make it for Christmas” feature to provide you… Keep Reading
Cookies for the Holidays
I love making cookies around the holiday! It’s festive, the kids can get involved, they can be used as a snack or as a gift. . . well, what’s not to love? This year, like last year, I’m hosting a “Low Stress Cookie Swap” party. These cookie exchange parties are great-everyone bakes a huge batch… Keep Reading
68 Ways to Stuff a Man’s Christmas Stocking
Stocking stuffers are a funny thing. As far as I’m concerned the younger the person, the easier it is to fill their stocking-both in ideas and in cost. Young kids are thrilled with pencils, crayons, stickers-all manner of very inexpensive but fun stuff. When you turn your attention to adult men, it gets truly difficult~and… Keep Reading
How to Save Money Decorating for Christmas
Christmas is a joyful–and beautiful–time of year. I enjoy sharing my love of the season by decorating my home both inside and out. This year Walmart offered me a $50 gift card to show how to shop for Christmas decorations on a budget. It was actually sort of a difficult challenge for me to wrap… Keep Reading
Poll: Planning for Holiday Spending
It may only be October, but the full holiday frenzy will be upon us before you know it. For those caught unprepared the holidays can be a big budget buster! How do YOU plan for your holiday spending? How do you Plan your holiday spending?customer surveys
Quick and Easy Christmas Decorating Idea
I’ve been wanting to try this frugal Christmas decorating idea for years, and finally got around to it yesterday. Wrapping my artwork! For a little over 6 dollars ($5 of nice wrapping paper and $1 of bows) I went from this: To this: For the full tutorial check out my Whrrl Story: Powered by Whrrl So what… Keep Reading
Goodbye Christmas. . .
Ahhh, the holiday is over, the living room is littered with the detritus of present carnage. . .No matter how many times I clean up, it seems like the kiddos open another box that has little plastic bags inside which they must rip apart and toss on the floor, along with multitudes of bag ties… Keep Reading
You know, Eggnog is one of my favorite holiday drinks. But it can get pretty darn expensive after a while, especially if you have 4 eggnog drinkers in the house! Here is a more frugal alternative that I found last year. This is a pretty good facsimile of eggnog-although not as thick and creamy as… Keep Reading
Don’t Panic
We have reached that point in the holiday shopping season that happens to me every year. I’ve bought everything I intended to. Made sure that there are plenty of gifts for the kiddo and hubs, that the stockings will be full. I’ve even wrapped most of them. Then I pile them up in the corner… Keep Reading
