Cheapskates Tip Of The Day Blog Posts

When it comes to thousands of different types of scrapbooking papers and other accessories you will find that it can be overwhelming at the craft or scrapbooking shop.  Since you do have so many options, you will find that it can be difficult for a...

 Do you participate in any customer rewards programs? These programs reward you for shopping with a particular company or business. A very simple example of a customer reward program is a punch card for a coffee shop. Every time you buy a cup of c...

Any time you pay someone else to do something that you could do yourself, you're spending money unnecessarily. This applies to little things like buying coffee instead of making your own, as well as to larger expenses such as home repairs.Many of us...

Cut cosmetic items in half. For example, if you use flat cotton pads, use your scissors to halve them. Also, cotton balls can be pulled into two pieces. If you find yourself using only one end of a cotton bud, cut them in half, too. You’ll get doub...

Who doesn’t enjoy a sweet treat? Sugar is the one taste to which most of us take an instant liking. But how can you enjoy the benefits of sugar without the empty calories? Sugar is a natural product. It is grown in nature and tastes good. The prob...

To determine the cost per serving for a particular cut of meat, determine the number of servings per kilo for the retail cut.  Then divide the price per kilo by the number of serves to find the cost per serve.  Keep a small calculator in your handb...

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When shopping clearance items, speak to the sales clerk or manager and say something like, “If I buy these 3 items, could I get an additional 10% off?” Then, be willing to walk away if they say, “No.” The fact is, many department stores are n...

When shopping clearance items, speak to the sales clerk or manager and say something like, “If I buy these 3 items, could I get an additional 10% off?” Then, be willing to walk away if they say, “No.” The fact is, many department stores are n...

Making good gravy is easy, especially when you have a good gravy mix. You don't need to buy gravy powder - you have everything you need right in your kitchen to make the best instant gravy powder around.As with all things MOO the advantage is you con...

All of a sudden the nights have cooled down. It's to be expected, we are into April, so I shouldn't have been surprised when I was up early on Friday morning and it was chilly. I had planned to do some officework before everyone was up and about for...

Is there a family out there who doesn't enjoy a little breakfast for dinner every once in a while?  I think most families have done the meal flip-flop a few times.  A simple plate of fried eggs, bacon and baked beans or even a stack of pancakes wit...

Cook More Families are on the run these days so they eat out a lot more than their budgets can take. Develop a list of five to ten quick and healthy meals you can make with little effort in under 30 minutes. Next to each meal list the ingredients you...

Wayne's favourite dessert is a lemon meringue pie, but when we don't have lemons (or lemon juice in the freezer) this chocolate meringue pie comes a very close second.Ingredients:1 cup caster sugar1 cup milk3 tbsp cocoa3 tbsp cornflour3 eggs1 teaspoo...

My niece asked me if I could make some craft items for a stall. Her school (she's in Grade 4) is having a fundraising fair, with the funds raised going to the Red Nose Day appeal. How could I say no, especially when B is so very cute and it's such a...

Whether you use ground coffee or whole beans, to make a fresh cup of coffee each morning, it tastes better when it is fresh. If you drink coffee daily, you probably have too much of a supply not to be concerned about how you store it. Keep reading to...

When food shopping for the week (or month), a lot of thought goes in to our selections - yet many of us give very little thought about just how much of what we buy and prepare goes in the trash. On average we throw away approximately one third of the...

Take a Look at Those Monthly Payments Evaluate every monthly payment you pay. Are you paying every month for a gym membership you don’t use? What about a cable box that you’re renting monthly to watch the premium channels, yet the only channels y...

Fried chicken, especially the KFC type, is very yummy. It's also expensive and not all that good for you - the fat content is very high.  You can replicate that delicious fried chicken flavour easily with this chicken coating. Remove the skin from t...

Knitting is something I enjoy, but finding an easy way to follow the pattern and mark my spot without actually writing on the pattern used to be a bother.These days I use these very cute magnetic bookmarks. They wrap around the pattern page and simpl...