If you aren’t familiar with woot, here’s the deal, they are a site that sells something different at a great price, everyday. Normally, they have one item a day until it’s sold out. Today they are having one of their marvelously fun Woot Offs! A Woot Off is where they list something new as soon as the last thing sells out. There are tons of great things, tons of random things and occassionally, a suprise grab Bag-O-Crap. What fun!
The Boston Sun has an article about coupon fraud and explains why some stores will no longer honor internet coupons. You may be interested in looking at the list of places that still accept the coupons in case you’re planning to use these money savers any time soon.
Getting fresh veggies can be a cheapskate’s heaven. Not only will your food taste better when it’s fresher, it almost always is cheaper. You may be wondering why that is, but frequently things are picked way before they’re ripened to get sent out to the grocery store where they charge you full price. Fresher foods need to be sold fast, so they are usually priced to move.
Earlier we discussed why growing your own garden may not be a great idea financially. Now you can get the same flavorful food you would have gotten from a home garden without the time, stress and money it takes to grow your own. Tips Are Inside
Life Hacker has some great ideas on how to keep the tykes happy for cheap. They neglected to mention one of my childhood favorites, letting the kids play drums on your pots and pans. Also, I loved playing with the dogs and dressing my poor kitty as a baby and pushing her in the stroller.
Also good are crafts like macaroni art, popsicle stick buildings, scavenger hunts, flower pressings, making collages, chalk drawings and playing dress up.
What were your favorite childhood activities that cost practically nothing?
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Jalopnik has a list of 10 fuel efficient used cars. Some of them are going for under a grand, and some get over 50 mpg. Pretty f-ing good deal if you ask me.
If you’re looking to buy something on the net, be sure to check Google shopping for $10 off a select number of stores. Of course, Windows Live search is now offering money back on many stores, so be sure to shop around.
The Popcorn Test has performed a test to evaluate the cost per popped kernel of popcorn of a variety of national brands. Act II is half the price of their competitors and the author has voted them the best tasting as well. Yay for the winner.
The Enquirer has a nice article about shopping with Jeff Yeager, the author of The Ultimate Cheapskate’s Road Map To True Riches. Yeager refuses to buy anything that costs over a dollar per pound and end up with a surprisingly delicious cart of dinner possibilities.
I don’t know that you should ever place hard rules on being a cheapskate, but the under a dollar per pound suggestion is a good guideline to consider.
I personally was born with a black thumb of death. The second I try to grow a healthy plant, it falls over and dies. Still, I have found that growing herbs is a great way to save money and have more delicious meals. Even those of you like me that cannot grow plants for the life of them can usually handle herbs. They don’t need to fruit, they can miss watering on a regular basis, and the just don’t care about you like other plants seem to. I also seem to be doing ok with squash, but we have yet to see if they actually grow into veggies or if I just have weird looking leafy things in my dirt for the rest of the summer.
That being said, it’s debatable on whether growing a garden these days can actually save you money. Even my precious squash are only 69 cents a pound at Henry’s right now. Herbs are the only thing that seem to be very expensive to buy fresh and cheap to grow. For the price of one box of fresh herbs, you can buy a small herb plant at Rite Aid right now, and grow your own, and have them when you need them. I have parsley, thyme, dill, basil and mint. They all love me. Dill likes less water and mint likes more…there’s the secret to growing herbs. Gardening Links Below
To celebrate Father’s Day, Sears is offering a $75 gas card and a $10 Sears gift card by mail if you buy $100 of Dockers gear (does not include shoes). Plus, customers will be entered to win a new Toyota Prius (which would save you major gas money) just for shopping.
The offer lasts between June 7 and June 15, so if you were planning on getting some Dockers, better do it that week. Oh, and it’s only for in-store purchases so sorry internet lovers.
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I personally was born with a black thumb of death. The second I try to grow a healthy plant, it falls over and dies. Still, I have found that growing herbs is a great way to save money and have more delicious meals. Even those of you like me that cannot grow plants for the life of them can usually handle herbs. They don’t need to fruit, they can miss watering on a regular basis, and the just don’t care about you like other plants seem to. I also seem to be doing ok with squash, but we have yet to see if they actually grow into veggies or if I just have weird looking leafy things in my dirt for the rest of the summer.
