Monthly Archives: May 2008

No Poo Shampoo Method

frugal
I began the No Poo Experiment on July 30th, 2007. What is No Poo, you ask? Well, it means not using shampoo on one's hair. That's right, I discontinued shampooing — with chemical-laden, hormone-disrupting, commercially-produced detergents. What am I using now you ask?  Baking soda and vinegar. My hair is doing great. The first thing I noticed — and continue to notice — is my hair isn't falling out like it used to. It is normal to lose a few… Read the rest

Cleaning Wedding Gown How I Wet Washed My Wedding Dress

frugal
When you consider wedding dresses can start in the hundreds and end up in the thousands, I think my Goodwill wedding gown for $25 was quite a frugal find. But the poor dress was filthy. So dirty in fact, I suspect it had been worn as a Halloween costume, and the trick or treater had gone from door to door for many miles. I checked around to see how much it would cost to have it cleaned and was aghast… Read the rest

Adding META TAGS In Dan Rubin’s Thisaway Green Blogger Template

Blogger Tech, Tech Stuff
My template wouldn't save when I tried to add META tags earlier this afternoon. I got the dreaded error message from Blogger, “Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure all XML elements are closed properly. XML error message: Element type “META” must be followed by either attribute specifications, “>” or “/>.” I've known about and used META tags on websites for many years. I decided today it was high time I got them… Read the rest

A Great Deal on Business Cards

saving money, spending money
This past week I ordered 250 business cards and paid ~$9.67 for them. I've been working for the same company since 2001. I've never had my own business cards, for a couple of reasons. 1) I don't seem to have much need for them 2) The agency for which I work is a non-profit and we are always running low on funds. In an uncharacteristic turn of events, my request to go to a financial conference being held in town… Read the rest