Today SVB at The Digerati Life has been kind enough to feature me as a guest blogger with my post Guide To Sewing Buttons: How To Sew On A Button Correctly. My tutorial has instructions, plus photos. Go on over and check it out, take a look around SVB’s blog and subscribe to her very informative and interesting blog!
If you are visiting from the Festival of Frugality held at Eliminate the Muda, welcome to Out of Debt Again! Thanks Greg for the work you’ve done to host the Festival today (January 5th, 2010).
On Sunday one of my fellow bloggers was taken to task by an anonymous commenter, who suggested that the author was not “truly frugal”. Abigail from I Pick Up Pennies defended herself rather admirably in a response post What is a “True” Frugal Blogger?
My hubby got me a pair of pajamas for Christmas. Yes, I know we all agreed to buy each other nothing, but when I found he’d bought me something, I went and bought him a pair of slippers. And I also remembered something I wanted to get for AJ, and I already had bought a couple of Wii games for Big A. And besides, Mr. A’s mom said she was … click here to continue reading Do You Wear Pajamas?
I decided for Christmas presents I’m going to make our food manager and her little girl matching slippers. I decided to use my Grandma’s pattern. It’s very, very simple. You only need to know how to chain, single crochet, and all you need is a tracing of the foot for which the slipper is being made. This post can be downloaded as a PDF by clicking here.
I love my Donvier Ice Cream Maker so much, it is so handy. I use it, and it’s still halfway frozen when I rinse it out and put it right back into the freezer until the urge strikes me to have ice cream. I’ve been wanting to make this flavor since I made the Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream.
Bread pudding is a great and frugal way to use stale bread. A couple of years ago at Christmas, one of my coworkers brought in a decadent bread pudding. Prior to that time, I’d never been too fond of bread pudding. Maybe my tastes have changed, or maybe the bread pudding I’ve had prior to this time was just not very good.
One of the hallmarks of being frugal, at least in my opinion, is not caring a great deal about expiration dates. I have known people who will throw away a carton of milk just because the date of expiration has passed by a day or two, when the milk tastes just fine. That’s silly. You’ll know when milk has gone bad. It tastes horrific. Unless it’s raw milk, then it … click here to continue reading How Much Do You Care About Expiration Dates?
I have been posting a weekly report on how it’s going with using cash to buy our groceries. Since one of the reasons I am behind on tracking our finances is due to spending Friday out with Mr. A, in lieu of the weekly report, I’m going to share my idea of a fun and cheap date. I am hoping to get back on schedule in time for next week’s … click here to continue reading My Idea of a Cheap (and Fun!) Date
If you are visiting from the Festival of Frugality #199 hosted at Yes, I am Cheap, welcome to Out of Debt Again! Thank you for including my post in today’s carnival!
I discovered a couple of years ago that the most popular brand of vanilla, McCormick’s Pure Vanilla Extract contains corn syrup. Ingredients listed: vanilla bean extractives in water, alcohol (35%), and corn syrup. I was actually surprised to find … click here to continue reading Make Your Own Vanilla
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