Who doesn’t love a Macaron? What I don’t love is having to pay $3 for one of those suckers at a bakery. While pregnant I would dream about Macarons, and since our budget would not allow me to spend $15 a day on the delicious bites of heaven, I decided to attempt to make some….
Category: Budget
How You Can Have Garden Fresh Basil All Year Long! (and how to use up all of the basil from your garden)
If you are anything like me, you had a crap load of basil left over towards the end of the summer. Basil grows like crazy, which is awesome, but it also means that you have so much that you don’t know what to do with it. I have figured out a solution that let me…
How I Always Have a Free Supply of Healthy Beef Stock. Easy & Free!
The FREE and EASY way to have a surplus of Beef Stock in your freezer.
How To Use Up Gift Card Balances (even if it’s less than $1)
Raise your hands if you are like me and have been carrying around old gift cards in your wallet that have random amounts left on them. After forgetting about these gift cards and never using up the full amount I would just throw them away as I never had an opportunity to use a $.35 or $7.08 gift…
How I Made $50 Grocery Shopping This Year with NO Couponing!
Let me see a show of hands of how many people make money while grocery shopping. Anyone? Bueller? Believe me, I was one of those who would have thought that making money by buying my normal groceries was a scam, but I was wrong. And I never had to cut or clip any coupons! Let me…
Reuben Egg Rolls- St. Patrick’s Dinner Leftovers
‘Tis the season for Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinners, which ultimately leads to mounds of leftovers. Each year my husband and I try to figure out a new and exciting way to eat our corned beef, and this year thanks to some leftover egg roll wrappers in our fridge, we decided to create ‘Reuben Egg…
How I Make Money Online Shopping- No Crazy Coupling Skills Needed
Since me and the hubby are starting a family at the same time we are purchasing our first home, we needed to find ways to cut back on our spending. And I found out a way to actually bring money back into our wallets while shopping for the necessities that we need. Seriously, this post…
Unclog Any Drain Naturally with 2 Items From Your Pantry
How many of you have had the dreaded clogged drain, or even worse, the slow draining drain? This happens in our house more times than I would like to admit. Luckily for you I have found the easiest and most cost effective way to clear those drains! When I first hear of this “solution” I…
Wedding Floral Decorating on a Budget
Baby’s Breath is typically thought of as a cheap, filler flower. These tiny, almost cloud like flowers are often used stem by stem and not wholly in a bunch. When multiple stems of these beauties come together, the beauty and simpleness create a stunning, almost whimsical statement. These flowers are also budget friendly and last extremely…
DIY Wedding Candy Bar
While I was living in the city I was invited to a fancy wedding in Manhattan where everything was gorgeous, but my favorite part was the massively eye-catching candy bar. I was instantly transported back to my childhood and could not wait to fill up my take home bag with goodies. At that point I…
DIY Wedding Favors for Under $2
I have seen every kind of wedding favor there is in the last decade. I received a package of flower seeds to plant, M&M’s with the Bride’s and Groom’s faces, a heart shaped letter opener, the list goes on and on. The flower seeds never made it out of my Coach leopard clutch I used…
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