PYO-Pick Your Own Site!
We love picking our own fruits. It generally cheaper because the farm owner isn’t passing on the cost of labor to you, the buyer. I’ve heard of PYO (Pick-Your-Own) farms that also offer PYO tomatoes, eggplants, beans, etc. but had yet to find them in CT. Well, I want to put you onto a GREAT […]
It pays to shop around!
We’ve had the same auto and home insurance companies for quite a few years. No claims, no accidents, no problems. We’re getting more mature and so aren’t the vehicles so you’d think the cost would be going down, right? WRONG! Understandably, the cost to replace our home has gone up so the rising cost of […]
Not shopping - it’s harder than you think!
For me, anyway. With 2010, I’ve decided - among other things - to exorcise the spend-demon who seems to have jumped into my body a few months ago. Really, I don’t know exactly when it started, but at some point, I pretty much stopped thinking through purchases before I made them, and just fast-forwarded to […]
Let’s talk Turkey
I’ve been scoping out turkey prices. Maybe it’s my imagination but local stores seem to have more and more low prices BUT with a minimum purchase! I used to be able to find .29 to .39 prices without any strings attached. This year, my best price has been .47 without any minimum purchase and you […]
Research those promotional codes!
Posted in: Shopping Tags: online coupon codes, online promotional codes, promotional codes
My oldest son has taken up fencing. He’s been using the school’s equipment until I was sure that he was interested and was going to stick with the sport. Being almost a year into things, I decided it was time to buy him his own equipment. I picked out the beginner package and upon checking […]
Surplus Store Shopping
My family and I went to a neighborhood part a few weeks ago. I was asking one of our ‘neighbors’ (I use that term loosely because we live in the country where neighbor is a relative term) who works in restaurant supply about obtaining stainless steel lasagna pans for boiling down maple sap in the […]
I guess I CAN teach my mom a few new shopping tricks!
I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned my mom a time or two on this blog. Or rather, I’ve mentioned her shopping style. The grocery shopping of my childhood was one of the things I had to overcome in my quest for frugality. Now, I’m not sure, but I think my mom’s rules were pretty much as […]
Most of the time, waiting really pays off
I’ll confess to being an impulsive shopper in the past. Oh, yeah, especially if I was out with friends on a shopping expedition, or heaven forbid, the “shop till you drop girls getaway weekends.” Let’s face it, especially when with friends in a party-like atmosphere, it’s easy to get carried away and buy, buy, BUY. […]
The incredible shrinking products
Posted in: Shopping Tags: downsizing of products, increased food costs, shrinking product size
Sooner or later, the lightbulb in my brain was bound to go on. I’d heard about shrinking products. Products where the price stays the same, but the size is smaller, so you are actually paying MORE. But if you don’t notice, you don’t realize it. Now, I knew bleach containers had not been full gallons for a […]
Everyone’s Doing It!
When I used to say that phrase to my parents, I always got the “Well… if everyone was going to jump off a cliff would you do it too?” line. LOL! BUT, some things are terrific if everyone’s doing it, and it appears that being frugal is becoming one of those things. Hooray for […]