Category Archives: saving money

Laundry Detergent

Laundry Detergent – Success!

saving money
I did make the laundry soap over the weekend. I grated my bar of  while watching my favorite show Clean House. I normally don't watch television, but while I was sick and out of work for a week, flipping through the channels I came across Clean House. Now on the weekends usually when I sit down to eat lunch, I look to see if Clean House is on just to watch for the last half hour (when all the best… Read the rest

Do You Pick Up Coins?

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Mrs. Micah tweeted about a New York family that picks up coins and blogs about it. In 3 years of tracking, they found over $1000. Wow. Year Four started on October 9th, 2008 and as of Tuesday the 3rd of February, they've found $55.09. That's pretty amazing. Mr. A finds dimes – almost every day he finds one. Sometimes he'll find quarters for a few days in a row. I think it's because he's looking out for change lying around.… Read the rest
Homemade Laundry Soap

Homemade Clothes Soap Recipe Using Fels Naptha, Washing Soda and Borax

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Last week my boss brought me the recipe that her daughter is using. I looked around the ‘net for the recipe, just to see if there were any other variations and I found plenty. I found that Trent over at The Simple Dollar makes his own laundry detergent and provided a tutorial here. The recipe he uses is the same as the one my boss brought in, but he uses his solution full strength, one cup per load. The recipe… Read the rest

Score! Walgreens $25 GC – It Pays to Look at the Ads

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I know for most of you I'm preaching to the choir, but recently I had the opportunity to reinforce this concept to my youngest son, AJ, when he needed to buy batteries for his digital voice recorder. We were on our way to bible study and he'd forgotten to bring some from home, so we stopped at a Walgreens on the way. As we passed through the doors, I grabbed an ad. We went over to the batteries and AJ… Read the rest