Rewards Points – Buy Something Or Redeem for Cash?

credit cards
I don't use credit cards a lot, and haven't had much experience with rewards cards.  But when Mr. A opened his business checking accounts in April 2009, he applied for and was given a rewards credit card.  As a “reward” for opening the account he was awarded with an initial 2500 points.  We were content to let the points sit there and build and in the 22 months he's built up a lot of points. 50,091 to be exact. I've… Read the rest

4 Ways to Use Up Vegetables So You Don’t Waste Food

saving money
Amanda over at Frugal Confessions recently wrote on the topic of wasting food in a post called Waste Not Want Not Baking Catastrophes and Food Waste in Our Household.  As I began making a comment in response, I realized I have a lot to say about wasting food so I decided to put together a post or two of my own on the topic. Another inspiration in putting this post together came from One Frugal Girl's Pizza Night Gets a… Read the rest

Costco Business Order and Delivery

Business
About a month ago I persuaded my boss to let me try out Costco business delivery.  All of these years I've been shopping in person for things like candy bars, rubber gloves, 10 pound cans of green beans and cases of Coca-Cola.   This kind of shopping takes up quite a bit of time, precious time that I really don't have to spend shopping.  I do actually enjoy spending time in Costco even if I'm not shopping for myself, but I… Read the rest
hand knitted scarf

Why I Would Never Recommend 1&1 as a Webhost Provider

Blast From the Past
Years ago I was part of an email list of women who had many things in common, one being we were into fiber arts.  Many of us were knitting, and someone came up with the idea to sell our scarves online. We started out with a very rudimentary website, which I put dozens if not hundreds of hours into creating back when I was a stay at home mom.  One of the ladies kept pressuring us to use Zen Cart.… Read the rest