Who knew there was a National Christmas Tree Association? Well, there is and these folks have a nifty website that shows all the new and creative ways that communities dispose of Christmas trees without throwing them in the trash. I like that–the notion of keeping trees out of the trash. Thankfully, my town started a [...]
A wall of cabinets came down in my kitchen today, as we finally got our kitchen renovation started. We’re keeping this project affordable by doing all the heavy lifting ourselves. But by doing it ourselves, it also means that our kitchen is going to be out of commission for a bit longer than if we’d [...]
Right about now we’re getting ready to finish cleaning up from the holidays. Maybe you are, too–if you haven’t already. As you begin to collect your trash or put away your decorations, why not take a few minutes and think about stuff you used in 2009 that you can reuse in 2010? Not only will [...]
Testing to see if schedule posts are going lived as planned….
Getting gifts is great. Returning gifts isn’t–especially if you find yourself in a situation of not having the receipt or having to deal with a retailer that simply doesn’t want to deal with returns (no fair, I say). That’s why I thought you’d find this checklist from Consumer Reports, on how to avoid gift-return snafus, [...]
Here’s Taco Bell’s Christmas gift to you: it is giving away 1 million free Fresco Tacos, but you need to download this coupon in order to get the deal. Supposedly, the website will let you know once the 1 million tacos have been eaten and therefore the deal isn’t good anymore. So far, it still [...]
Merry Christmas to all of my Suddenly Frugal readers who celebrate Christmas.
I’m about to head upstairs and finish wrapping presents for Christmas Eve. So in the spirit of gift wrap, I thought you’d enjoy some of these stats, courtesy of the Scotch brand tape people, on how most people wrap (or don’t wrap) their gifts. Speaking of Scotch, I think that the Scotch Gift Wrap Cutter [...]
My mother in law has a tradition with my daughters. Every December she brings them to the local dollar store and has them shop for everyone in the family. It’s a great way for my mother in law, who is on a limited budget, to help the girls shop in a way she can afford. [...]
Christmas may be four days away, but you still have time to save big. Check out these three last-minute savings tips, courtesy of CouponShack.com, a leading online coupon site, which has lots of other ideas on ways to save on holiday shopping this year: 1. Benefit from the price wars – Dell and HP are [...]
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