Tricia

Frugal craft ideas

Today I was on one of the many mommy sites I love to visit, Mommykaboodle.com, and found a post full of great ideas. The post was basically about craft ideas that you can do with your kids that will not cost you tons of money. Some of the crafts used magazines, coffee cans, milk jugs and paper towel tubes just to name a few. This is something I will be adding to my Lifetips book since summer will be here...

Tricia

Birthday Freebies

Ok, I found out about this cool site back in February on 5minutesformom. Of course I lost the link before I could post about it. But I found it again. Yayyy! The site is called freebirthdaytreats. It is full of local links where you can get free stuff on your birthday. Another cool feature is the links are separated into categories; adults, kids, and pets. Freebirthdaytreats even offer gift ideas,...

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Frugal Meals Ideas – 2

Everyday sandwich bread – also includes wheat, oatmeal, cornmeal and potato bread Garlic bread crumbs – great recipe for stale bread Cinnamon cake – easy and cheap (no eggs) Taco seasoning – homemade (definitely frugal) Greens – easy and quick (about 5 to 10 minutes) Pinto beans – regular and crockpot method Country pie – easy baked dish Baked potaoes –...

Tricia

Frugal recipes

Everyday sandwich bread – also includes wheat, oatmeal, cornmeal and potato bread Garlic bread crumbs – great recipe for stale bread Cinnamon cake – easy and cheap (no eggs) Taco seasoning – homemade (definitely frugal) Greens – easy and quick (about 5 to 10 minutes) Pinto beans – regular and crockpot method Country pie – easy baked dish Baked potaoes –...

Tricia

Free photo prints

Thanks to Mommygetspaid,  I will not miss out on the free photo prints from Walgreens. It is for today only. You get 15 free prints to take some of the sting out of Tax Day.  Go get you free prints and pay Mommygetspaid a visit. She always has a great list of freebies!! I make her site one of first stops every...