By Michelle Kennedy
I have discovered a new scent that drives my husband absolutely wild. It’s called, “Eau de Deep Woods Off.” It’s a good thing that he likes it so much, because it’s generally the only scent I even consider putting on.
It’s not that I don’t wander down the cosmetics aisle at the department store [...]
Avoiding Payment Pain
The Dollar Stretcher
by Gary Foreman
Dear Dollar Stretcher,
I was really scammed on my 2007 Durango and now I can’t afford the lease payment of $900 plus a month. I don’t know what to do. The dealership won’t return my calls. I am in trouble and I can’t get out.
CB
Dear Dollar Stretcher,
I have a situation [...]
Having just returned from a great vacation in Washington D.C., let me share a few of the things we did to save ourselves a lot of money – particularly in the road trip portion of the vaca.
1. Shop first. I went to the grocery store the day before our trip and while we normally don’t [...]
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Organically Inclined is on vacation this week – August 14-August 22. We’re off to our nation’s capitol. We’ll be back next week – reinvigorated with many new ideas and tales of our frugal vacation!
Thanks!
Mish, editor
From the New York Post
“First came smoking. Then there were trans fats. Now the nanny-like city’s public-health crusade is taking on the baby bottle.
Free formula samples and formula promotional materials are now banned from gift bags given to new mothers at the 11 hospitals run by the city’s Health and Hospitals Corp.
Instead, new mothers will [...]
“The time has come,” the Walrus said…
It is time to start stocking up! Here on the Hogan farm, we have been picking, canning and freezing the daylights out of everything. Blueberries, blackberries, peppers, zucchini and yellow squash, you name it. The tomatoes appear to be getting close to picking – it was a cool June [...]
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OK – now, I try to be as green as possible, but I will admit, that there are times when either I’ve forgotten my big tote bag, I’ve already filled it, or suddenly I am handed something in one of those dreaded plastic bags before I’ve had the chance to refuse.
It’s alright, you too, can [...]
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But I don’t have a country estate! I live in an apartment!
That’s OK – you, too, can hang some of your laundry and save yourself both cash and carbon emissions. And it’s super easy!
If you live somewhere with a backyard – just string up some clothesline (available for about 99 cents at any hardware store) [...]
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I am so tired of seeing cars – and large pick up trucks – idling at my local store., and everywhere else for that matter! I just want to reach into someone’s car and shut it off. Not that I would, but I want to. Maybe I’ll make up little “no idling” cards to put [...]
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Another no-brainer? You’d think so. But you’d be amazed at the number of my frugal friends who scoff at the price of compact fluorescent bulbs. And while I scoffed a bit too, at first, I have since changed my frugal mind. While regular 60 Watt bulbs may only be 2 for $1, I have to [...]
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