While it may seem daunting, living on one income is possible if your willing to work hard and make sacrifices. It's not as bad as it sounds though when you consider what you will be gaining … Read More...
6 Tips for Living on One Income
Slow Cooker Pinto Beans
I normally don't have too many kitchen mishaps, but when I do it involves dried beans. Seriously, up until about a year ago every time I tried to cook dried beans everything seemed to go horribly … Read More...
12 Easy Freezer Meals in 2 Hours
So I finally jumped on the freezer cooking bandwagon. I've done freezer cooking before, but not this many meals at once. I tried to keep things as simple and frugal (I spent around $50) as possible. … Read More...
How to Dress Your Kids on a Tight Budget
©Ruta Saulyte / Dollar Photo Club Contains affiliate links. See disclosure policy for more information. If you're a parent then you know that kids require a new wardrobe basically every … Read More...
How to Stretch Ground Beef Using Oats
Did you know that you can make your grocery money stretch by adding oats to ground beef? I promise you it tastes the same and no one will know the difference. I do this every time I cook ground beef … Read More...
My Top 5 Money Making Apps
*This post contains affiliate links. Back in January I wrote a post on how I use Swagbucks to earn $50+ per month in gift cards. Since then I've started doing several other things to bring in … Read More...
How I Earned $50 in Amazon Gift Cards Last Month with Swagbucks
Contains affiliate links. See our disclosure policy for more information. I recently wrote a post on 10 Easy Ways to Earn With Swagbucks and I've been intentionally doing these things ever … Read More...
Money Saving Tips from a Frugal Stay-At-Home Mom
© foliavectorolirz / Dollar Photo Club While I don't claim to know it all, I've always been a pretty frugal stay-at-home mom. We've lived off of one modest income since we got married … Read More...
10 Easy Ways to Earn Swagbucks
(Contains affiliate links. See disclosure policy for more information.) I've been using Swagbucks for a few years now and it's proven to be a consistent and easy way to earn some extra … Read More...
Filling the Freezer on a Budget
© uckyo / Dollar Photo Club After lots of careful consideration, we bought a deep freeze last week. The two biggest reasons we did this were: 1. To be able to preserve more of the food we … Read More...
Whole Foods on A Budget
As a stay at home mom, I feel like it's my job to make our money go as far as possible. I am by nature a frugal person and I'm constantly trying to get the most for our money. One area that I'm always … Read More...
Dollar Store Organization
If you read yesterday's post on our clutter free bedroom, then you know I'm on a simplifying & organizing kick. Today I'm going to show you how I tackled some unorganized areas of my home using … Read More...
10 Ways to Use Tomatoes
If your a gardener, then you probably have a widow sill or two piled high with ripe red tomatoes right now. And if your like me and don't really have enough to can, then you might be wondering how … Read More...
Homemade Laundry Soap – Round 2
I just made a new batch of laundry soap. This time I used Fels-Naptha and washing soda because I couldn't find Zote or a big container of baking soda. So far I like the Zote variety better because the … Read More...