The holidays are almost here, and whether you’re a parent, grandparent, aunt or uncle, or just a family friend, if you’re looking for a gift for a toddler, then the options might seem overwhelming. I’m bringing back my popular gift guides this year to give you a place to start if you’re not sure where […]
We are well into Flu season and many folks are finally deciding whether they want a Flu Shot or not. While I’m not going to make that decision for you (let’s just let everyone decide for themselves) I do know that cost can be one factor that can decide for you whether you will get […]
It’s been a few years since we have done gift guides in advance of the holidays, but I’m so pleased to announce that we are back this year with 2019 gift guides for kids of every age (as well as some ideas for the adults in your life!). We’re going to start at the very […]
If you walk through my house at any given point in time, you will most likely find five or six books scattered here and there, open and flipped upside down to be picked up later and finished. Between my love of reading and homeschooling our kiddos, we have lots of books in our house at […]
If you’re on a budget but want to treat your hair well, it might feel impossible. You could easily spend $60 or more on ONE bottle of shampoo at a hair salon. The good news is that you don’t have to! T here are products available at your local drugstore as well as at places […]
If you have a high deductible health insurance plan (one that you don’t pay a co-pay to see the doctor but pay for everything until you’ve met your deductible) then you NEED to have a Health Saving Account (HSA) with it! I just saw today that Fidelity, one of the leading investment firms, now has Fee-Free […]
If you’ve been around for a while, you know that one of my huge passions is Operation Christmas Child. Our family works together to pack boxes every year and we’ve helped with collecting boxes as well as working at the OCC warehouse. One year, I even got to go to Haiti to deliver boxes in […]
Recently a reader wrote in in response to one of our other master lists (birthday freebies | kids eat free) asking if we could do one for teacher discounts. I’m so glad she asked, because I don’t know that I would have thought to do it, but as I started looking around, I found some […]
I’m often sharing how to save big on disposable diapers, but today I want to share another option—cloth diapers! Your initial reaction, like mine, might be that it’s a lot of work and that you have to deal too closely with unsavory substances. But after talking to a lot of frugal moms who cloth diaper, it […]
