Category Archives: Money

Make Your Own Bath Salts

spending money
Making your bath salts is really simple. Equal parts Dead Sea Salts and Epsom Salts. Check the Saltworks site for more information on using Dead Sea Salts. They recommend a warm bath, as opposed to a hot bath. Epsom salts is good for sprains, strains, bruising, and sore muscles. Not to mention the magnesium that your body will absorb. The magnesium sulfate alleviates soreness, pain and sore muscles and joints by reacting with the lactic acid in our joints and… Read the rest

Target 90% Off – The Countdown Begins

frugal, spending money
My FAVORITE shopping day of the year. The day that Target marks its Christmas inventory down to 90%. This means WE pay only 10% of the retail cost. Imagine getting 40 beautiful, high quality Christmas cards for $1.49 – instead of $14.99! Thick rolls of wrapping paper for $0.34 instead of $3.49. Bows and ribbons for $0.49 instead of $4.99. Just thinking about it makes me giddy!! And I'm not typically a shopper!! And here's the best part of all… Read the rest

Saver/Value Village Free Coupon Calendar!

saving money
Is there a Savers or Value Village in your area? If yes, head on over to the Savers website and fill out the year end survey. When you complete the survey, they'll ask for your address which you need to complete all fields, and they'll send you a 2009 calendars with coupons valued over $200. Hurry, the survey deadline is January 2, 2009. I bought one of these calendars last year for $2.00, if you shop at Savers a lot… Read the rest

Merry Christmas 2008!

spending money
Merry, Merry Christmas!! Congratulations to Kacie over at Sense to Save who has a newborn baby boy born on Saturday the 20th! Nearly an entire year has gone by, it's hard to believe. I also can't believe how fast Christmas swooped in on me. It always gets here before I know it, every single year. Our Christmas this year will be very low key and frugal. From what I estimate, we'll be spending less than a total of $100 on… Read the rest