Freezing Your Food

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Freezers are very valuable appliances. I save a great deal of money by freezing most of my food. Yes of course you can buy those pre-frozen bags of food but we pay for the convenience of having someone cut up those onions and carrots for us.

Being A Handy Person

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I know I talked in one of my previous posts about the importance of doing it yourself to save money. I want to stress the importance of doing things yourself again because I think it is one of the easiest ways you can save money. 

Homemade Halloween Costumes

My little sister, one of the members of my crazy family!

Since it is Halloween, I thought I would discuss ways to save money on this wonderful occasion. 

First, and foremost, don't buy the hype. Don't get me wrong, Halloween is my favorite holiday, but this a day one day a year in which you will spend money on an entire outfit that you will wear one time. Let's just think on that one for a minute.

Dumpster Diving: A Manifesto

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Dumpster Diving is a delicate art. I have been doing this basically my entire life so I am not just your casual diver. I should preface this by saying I don't always literally dive into dumpsters. Alot of what I get is simply stuff left on the side of the road or next to the dumpster (not literally inside) but under the right circumstances I have actually dug in a dumpster before...

The Values of YouTube

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What better way to do something than to do it yourself. That's what I always say. Another way we save money around this house is by doing it ourselves. You know how some people used to say, "There's an app for that," well around this house we similarly believe there is a YouTube video for any situation that requires assistance...