Suddenly Frugal Blog

It’s been almost a year since I went change-diving around my house–you know, that activity where you reach down into the bowels of your furniture to find loose change. I realize that searching your home for change makes you sound like a real cheapskate, but why let perfectly good money sit around when you could [...]

One of the pieces of advice you’ll often hear for lowering your electric bills is to use more electricity when rates are lower. Some people use “smart meters” to help gauge when power prices are down. Unfortunately, this advice has never applied to me. You see my electric company is PECO (also known as Exelon), [...]