Naturally Frugal Living
I like to buy items in glass jars because I don’t have to worry about what number is stamped on the bottom. Another benefit of glass jars is that they can be reused to store food. Unfortunately food stored in jars end up looking like this: Using glass jars for food storage is practical and [...]
Try as I might, I have not been able to completely eliminate junk mail. Since I am able to stop junk mail completely, I have decided to consider it a resource. 10 Ways to Repurpose Junk Mail: 1. Use the small pretty pictures from magazines and advertisements to create a gift tag. Cut the image [...]
I never buy pumpkin pie spice, because it is so easy to make at home, plus I can tailor it to suit my preferences. Many holiday recipes call for pumpkin pie spice, so I mix up a small bottle of it. Then I can just dip in and pull out a teaspoon as needed. Once [...]
A few days ago my daughter asked for a scouring pad. I asked her why and she said she was going to clean the bathroom. I didn’t have a scouring pad, but I wasn’t about to let that stop my daughter from cleaning! I remembered that I had some mesh onion bags and decided to [...]
I have mentioned before that we usually use handkerchiefs (I actually cut up soft pieces of flannel for my toddler; it is so much gentler on his little nose than even the softest paper tissue, but I digress). I do, however, keep Kleenex on hand for company so I occasionally have leftover boxes. Before I [...]
For some reason, one of the hardest thing for me to reconcile with our bonus baby is what to do with the toys from the first batch. When children are born a couple years apart toys are naturally passed down, but with a 14 year gap between my second and third child, the toys had [...]
When I first heard about The Compact, I was intrigued by the concept of not buying anything new for an entire year. However, I did not think that I could join on my own and did not think I could convince the rest of my family to join with me. I have since learned that [...]
Tonight I will make Chicken Tacos using the last dregs from the salsa jar. One day when rinsing an “empty” bottle to put it in the recycling bin I noticed that instead of truly being empty there was actually a layer of really thick salsa on the bottom. It had not reached its expiration date, [...]
We had to toss grapes into the compost bin this week. They were pushed into the black hole on the top shelf in the refrigerator. I was afraid that bananas might be in the picture beside the grapes, but thanks to The Thrifty Country Woman ,I found a use for the bananas. We consume a [...]
