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Pennies, Pennies, Pennies 2008-10-24 20:53:58 When my children were young, they loved getting pennies. As they grew older, they realized it took a lot of pennies to buy what they wanted. Happens to all kids, they’d rather have the dollars. Wouldn’t we all?
Pennies
do add up.
One of the ways my husband and I save up for extra [...]
What Do You Do With Your Extra Money? 2008-10-21 22:38:23 The Economy
Over the past several weeks, the economy has been at the forefront of the news. The stock market has been hit hard. Lending institutions have failed. The government has passed this new bill that was supposed to stabilize the economy. The election is probably going to hinge on this topic. [...] Read more:Extra
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Update on Gas Prices in West Texas 2008-10-16 14:12:07 Just wanted to give an update on the price of gas in San Angelo. This picture was taken last night at the Town & Country on Bell Street.
Let us hear from you about the price of gas in your area!!!
Technorati Tags: frugality, gas, gas prices, money, price of gas, San Angelo, saving, [...] Read more:Gas Prices
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Budget Update 2008-10-14 20:33:53 Several days ago, I wrote about the dreaded “b” word. You know, the budget word. We have finished the series by YNAB and have decided that we are going to buy the series.
What we learned from the YNAB series
We learned that budgeting is not an evil thing. Budgeting is a tool that can be used [...] Read more:Update
What’s the Price of Gas in Your Area? 2008-10-07 20:37:28 It is $2.95 in San Angelo!!!
In the last few weeks, the price of gas in San Angelo has been dropping. Today, the price of gas in our town was down to $2.95. Yes, you saw that right!!! It was under $3.00. It was nice to see it at that price!!! [...]
Budget Discussions, Again!!! 2008-10-05 19:47:52 The “B” Word — “Budget”
The “b” word has reared its head again in our house. My husband and I started discussing ways to start paying off our little debts early. Our idea of budgeting was different than what budgeting actually is. We always had a calendar with all the payments and their due dates written [...] Read more:Again
The Frugal Housewife’s New Look 2008-10-05 18:44:36 After many months of looking for just the right look, this is the one. I know, I know, we thougth the last one was the one but all the white and green just wasn’t doing it for me and I’m pretty sure that the readers didn’t like it either.
There just wasn’t any inspiration in the other [...] Read more:Frugal
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Get Out and Vote!!! 2008-10-03 21:22:43 A Break from our Policy
It was the policy of The Frugal Housewife to not bring politics into this blog. But after today’s passage of the so-called “Bailout”, I feel the need to publicly encourage all to get out there and vote.
We registered to vote today
My husband and I registered today for the [...]
What’s in the Freezer? 2008-09-28 21:02:49
This past week, my husband and I started taking an inventory of what we had in our big freezer. We couldn’t tell what some of it was. There was a lot of freezer burn and a lot of frost and ice in the freezer. We realized that we had let a lot of food ruin and [...] Read more:Freezer
Tis the Season for Coupon Savings!!! 2008-11-15 09:15:45 Coupons! Coupons! Coupons! Most people that live a frugal lifestyle use coupons. Using a combination of the sales circulars and coupons you can get many items for free and save quite a bit of money on other items. It requires a bit of work but there are some things that can be done [...] Read more:Coupon
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New Update on Gas Prices 2008-11-14 21:43:40 Several weeks ago I posted a picture of the gas prices at the Chevron Station on Bell Street in San Angelo, TX. The prices have fallen even more and now I’m going to post the last update (unless the prices fall below a buck). This picture was taken tonight at the same gas [...] Read more:Gas Prices
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Tips for Winterizing your Car 2008-11-11 21:50:39 The picture of the snow is beautiful. Down here in West Texas, we don’t have snow in the winter like that in the picture. In the last week or so, we’ve had some temperatures at night in the upper 20s. My husband started thinking about winterizing our cars. It made me start [...]
Twelve Frugal Tips for Christmas!!! 2008-11-08 23:34:14 It’s time to start thinking about Christmas
shopping.
It’s already time to start thinking about Christmas shopping. The year has flown by. A lot has changed in a year. The economy has become weaker. With the weak economy, department stores and online retailers will be most certainly offering good deals. It [...] Read more:Frugal
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Get Out and Vote!!! 2008-11-03 19:40:30 Tomorrow’s a big day in America. The direction that our country will take will be decided. Get out and vote!!! I did in early voting!!! Make your voice heard!!!
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Making Safe Online Payments 2008-10-29 19:22:24 Paying your bills on time is easier than ever. Online bill paying is everywhere. You can schedule recurring payments or make one time payments with the click of your mouse. There are some things that you need to be careful about when making online payments. Most of these are pretty obvious. [...]
Feed It Forward!!! 2008-12-10 12:00:56
Did you know that there is a place online that is offering a program called “Feed It Forward
” ? I’m sure most have heard about it by now. I must have been preoccupied for the last several weeks because it’s been ongoing since the end of November.
Feed It Forward
The good people over at restaurant.com have [...]
November’s Top 10 Entrecard Droppers 2008-12-02 18:46:32
Thanks to all who stopped by the site and dropped on my Entrecard. I’ve found that Entrecard is a great way to get traffic to my site and also helps me to discover sites that I might not otherwise have found.
The top 10 who dropped by my site were:
“Cents”able Momma
31
Money Saving Pro
20
Pecuniarities
10
Dad – thedude
[...] Read more:November
Christmas Gift Cards 2008-12-01 12:00:30
Giving a Christmas
gift card from a retail store has always been a must in our household. There are some of our relatives that buying a Christmas present for is just hard work. They either buy themselves whatever they want on the spot or they are so finicky that you could never please them. For [...] Read more:Cards
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Cyber Monday Sales!!! 2008-11-30 15:24:39
No Black Friday Shopping for Me!!!
You may be like me – I don’t go out shopping on Black Friday. I experienced the mob scene one year and that was it for me. Give me a safe, computer online shopping experience anytime. No mobs to fight, no full parking lots, no long lines at the cash [...] Read more:Cyber
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Thanksgiving Memories 2008-11-22 18:46:21 One of my favorite Thanksgiving
memories is that of Thanksgiving at my parents house.
Back in the day, Thanksgiving was an all day event. There were always 20 - 30 people that would show up throughout the day. Of course, we’d have a set eating time where we always had a huge [...]
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