frugal fridays- girls weekend

I remember in college I had a friend who had an older sister or aunt or someone who once a year had a “girls week” with her college friends. They had been to Lake Tahoe and the beach and all sorts of fantastic places. I remember thinking how wonderful and luxurious that sounded and how [...]

frugal fridays- coke rewards

We don’t drink much soda. We don’t EVER buy soda, but we have an impressive collection of Coke Rewards. For those that aren’t aware, Coke Rewards are earned by inputing codes from underneath the bottle caps of any Coke product into an online account. These points can then be redeemed for prizes.  We mainly use [...]

frugal friday- loose change game

This may be the most ridiculous thing ever posted to Frugal Fridays… but it’s something that Jon and I have done since we started dating in grad school and has been a lot of fun, frugal, and somewhat of a game between us.

We pick up loose change off the ground. That’s it…. that’s all there [...]

dry milk and the best coffee ever

So I’m finally joining in the fun over on Biblibal Womanhood for Frugal Fridays. It may not be news to other folks but my latest frugal happy is DRY MILK POWDER!  My mom and sisters all grimaced when I told them this but it really is a miracle for us and is helping to stretch [...]