With June here, we are now two months away from Becoming! This is an annual conference held in the mountains outside of Asheville NC, where you can learn just about anything your frugal, crafty, and mama heart wants to. We have a ton of new speakers this year. All I can say is, it’s gonna […]
Big news in the grocery world this morning as it was announced that Bi-Lo is buying Harveys, Sweetbay and Reids stores. All three had been owned by the same holding company (who also still owns Food Lion). This will bring 152 stores under new ownership across SC, GA and FL. They are saying that all […]
I’ve been working on something for the last few weeks and am excited to finally share! We’ve started a new weekly podcast series! The show is called The Frugal House as I don’t want to just discuss couponing, but saving money on everything. This week we are talking saving on summer camp and summer activities. […]
As of today we have an all new community on Southern Savers. I was forced to make some changes to the old community when the company that ran it (Blogfrog) decided to end their system. After much searching and testing things out, I’ve finally got a new system set up! Please know that we are […]
I’m so excited about everything we have in store for Becoming this year! If you haven’t heard me mention it before, Becoming is a conference that I co-host with Jen from Balancing Beauty & Bedlam that is strictly for you. This conference is for women who want to get away for a night and learn […]
I shared a month ago that my goal for 2013 is to lose over 30 lbs. I did great in 2011 and then went off and had a baby in 2012… so here I am back where I started. I’ve done weight watchers for years, but in all honesty I am tired of logging into […]
Last month as part of the organic journey series, we looked at the option of purchasing a whole cow to save money and get a high quality product. I realize that some folks aren’t quite ready for that challenge, so what are some smaller steps we can implement to save on meat? Meat and poultry […]