It's on sale, marked down 75% and I want it. What is it? Doesn't matter - this is when I love, love, love shopping online. After Christmas and through January I am usually online looking for deals and I always find them. My shopping cart might have over 20 items in it and I am paying less than $100.00. The brown boxes will arrive in less than two weeks and I will happily march them up the attic steps, labeled Christmas 2010. Satisfaction and calm will settle in over my good judgment at finding these extra special bargains and for being well prepared for the next Christmas season.
It is not happening this year. I cannot even visit the websites I normally go to for a little "window shopping" because I know where it will lead - and I just can't go there and stick to our plan. For those of you not 'shopping thin' I highly recommend Cabelas Bargain Cave - go and enjoy a little after-Christmas shopping for me, will you?
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Documenting the everyday challenges of going a year without shopping for anything other than depletables for a family of four.
Fall No-Buying Guide
1. Boots
2. Jackets/Clothes
3. Fall Decorations
4. Mums
5. Hunting Gear
2. Jackets/Clothes
3. Fall Decorations
4. Mums
5. Hunting Gear
Our No-Buying Guide
1. Magazines
2. Chewing Gum
3. Bath Sponges
4. Excess Cosmetics
5. Birthday/Greeting Cards
6. Holiday Decorations
7. Purchased Gifts
8. DVDs/CDs/Games
9. Furniture
10. Shoes
11. Clothes
12. Toys
13. Decor/Housewares
14. Electronics
15. Craft Supplies
16. Jewelry/Accessories
2. Chewing Gum
3. Bath Sponges
4. Excess Cosmetics
5. Birthday/Greeting Cards
6. Holiday Decorations
7. Purchased Gifts
8. DVDs/CDs/Games
9. Furniture
10. Shoes
11. Clothes
12. Toys
13. Decor/Housewares
14. Electronics
15. Craft Supplies
16. Jewelry/Accessories
Brown Sugar Scrub
baking soda
white sugar
brown sugar
sea salt
olive oil
vanilla extract
In a bowl, add 3 tablespoons of the white sugar, 3 tablespoons brown sugar. Add tablespoon of sea salt, add tablespoon baking soda. Stir until lumps are gone; should be smooth and basically one color. Add tablespoon olive oil, stir in; keep adding half spoonfuls of the oil, keep stirring until your scrub has the consistency of a slush. Add 2 drops of vanilla and stir.
Found at www.instructables.com
white sugar
brown sugar
sea salt
olive oil
vanilla extract
In a bowl, add 3 tablespoons of the white sugar, 3 tablespoons brown sugar. Add tablespoon of sea salt, add tablespoon baking soda. Stir until lumps are gone; should be smooth and basically one color. Add tablespoon olive oil, stir in; keep adding half spoonfuls of the oil, keep stirring until your scrub has the consistency of a slush. Add 2 drops of vanilla and stir.
Found at www.instructables.com
Suggested Reading for Frugal Living
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- Simplify Your Life by Elaine St. James
- Vinegar: Over 400 Various, Versatile and Very Good Uses You've Probably Never Thought Of by Vicki Lanksy
- Home Remedies From Amish Country
- Baking Soda Over 500 Fabulous, Fun and Frugal Uses You've Probably Never Thought Of
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CHEAP CLEANING SOLUTIONS
Some of the best and safest cleaners around are also some of the cheapest. You can use baking soda, vinegar, and lemon juice for cleaning and household purposes. Another great product which I use is Basic H by Shaklee. I love it because it is very inexpensive for all the cleaners it makes - window cleaner, all-purpose and degreaser. I have had the same concentrated bottle for a year and still have lots left to make up all three individual cleaners previously mentioned. If you want to know more about Shaklee or Basic H, look no further than www.shaklee.net/sharonharris
Hand and Body Lotion Recipe provided by Pam Taylor
2 16 oz. bottles baby lotion
2 16 oz. jars vitamin E cream
1 7 oz. petroleum jelly
Mix with electric mixer until creamy. Pam found the vitamin E cream at Dollar Tree (naturally for a dollar). She uses it for her hands and as a body cream.
2 16 oz. jars vitamin E cream
1 7 oz. petroleum jelly
Mix with electric mixer until creamy. Pam found the vitamin E cream at Dollar Tree (naturally for a dollar). She uses it for her hands and as a body cream.
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