The 20th Festival of Frugality for 2006 is up over at the Money Blog Network. JLP hosted this week-so well that the Festival even went up a day early. All 18 of the articles are worth a read, but as usual here are a few that spoke to me. For some reason, everyone in the… Keep Reading

I like to buy apples. They are usually one of the cheapest fruits out there, are tasty raw or cooked in deserts, and are extremely portable (have you ever tried to eat a kiwi while driving the car? Not recommended). The kids also like apples. For a while Princess love to have apple slices with… Keep Reading

Just wanted to be truthful with you all. I went to the Outlet Malls for the day with my girlfriends and spent $154. On the bright side-2 items were things I had been looking for-kid’s chopsticks (called “rookie sticks”!) and cake decorator’s gel food coloring. Also, at “The Children’s Place Outlet” they had 3 racks… Keep Reading

Remember that advertising campaign about the “incredible, edible egg?”. Well, I’ve realized recently that eggs are pretty darn amazing. Princess has decided lately that her favorite breakfast is a fried egg with toast. At first I tried to disuade her from the notion. Then I realized “What am I, crazy?” A dozen eggs costs $.88… Keep Reading

The Festival is up over at Phunny Money. As always head on over to read all 24 entries. Below are a few that I particuarly liked. Mama Squirrel over at Dewey’s Treehouse has a post that is sort of a follow up on the post I highlighted last week about frugal habits. I especially like… Keep Reading

Last year I got my pea seeds into the ground way to late. I really didn’t get any peas pods until it was too hot, and even then they didn’t do anything spectacular. So this year I decided they had to go in much earlier. Yesterday looked to be a perfect time, a very nice… Keep Reading

Festival of Frugality #18 is up over at Canadian Capitalist. There were 28 entries this week, all of them were good. Mosey on over there and check them all out! My favorites this week are: It’s Just Money talks about what a Dixie Cup and your Paycheck have in common. . . This brings up… Keep Reading

Laundry that is. I’m so excited because yesterday was the first day since fall that I was able to hand my laundry out to dry. There have been other days so far this spring nice enough, but yesterday was the first time I was on the ball enough to do it. I have a HUGE… Keep Reading

In honor of my SIL who is about to have a baby any minute (well, any day) today I will talk about baby wipes. With Princess (5 now) I used almost entirely homemade wet wipes. They are easy and economical to make. I did buy the store made types because the daycare required them, and… Keep Reading

I know I said I’d talk about the pinata-but we’ll do that tomorrow. Instead I just have to show you this-I’m so proud! Here is Princess with version one of her Barbie cake. (this was my test one used for the family party, I’m doing another for the kids party on Sat) The skirt was… Keep Reading