In this post I'm going to do a cost analysis on Costco toilet paper vs. my long time favorite ScotTissue toilet paper. Everyone uses toilet paper, unless you're extremely frugal and then you might use cloth toilet paper also known as family cloth. I have to admit when I first heard about family cloth I was a little squicked out, but then I thought it might save quite a bit on toilet paper if you only used it for number… Read the rest

One of the offers through MyPoints.com recently was NetQuote. It came via an email offer. I clicked on it, and noticed I could get a 1000 point bonus if I signed up for a quote, and none of the offers could beat my current insurance. In 2005, being the only driver on my 9 year old vehicle, the cost was $401 for six months. At that time we had 21st Century Auto Insurance. In 2006, when it came time to… Read the rest

Years ago, when I was a stay at home mother, with lots of time on my hands, but little money, I used coupons. I also shopped several different stores, every week, to buy all the sale items. Truth be told, I got burned out on doing that after about five years. And then there was the few years we lived without a vehicle and it wasn't really possible to shop several stores. During that time we did one big shopping… Read the rest

Here's a very unusual solution to saving money at Christmas. Our family has decided to exchange gifts on New Year's Day. This way… we can shop the stores that clearance their special Christmas items. Namely Target, my favorite store to shop after Christmas. Usually the day after Christmas everything is marked down to 50%. Then within a few days, it goes down to 75% and finally everything left goes down to 90% I never buy cards, wrapping paper, bows, decorations,… Read the rest