Piecing together ways to save money, protect the environment, and keep kosher.
(updated 7/11/17) I stumbled upon a money-saving app today while browsing Facebook. Honey is a service that scours the Internet for online codes for various online retailers. The app automatically applies the best code when you check out. You can also click on the Honey icon at the top of your browser when you are... Continue Reading →
Today while researching ways to save on Amazon (one of my favorite online stores), I discovered another way to save/earn a little money. Ebates is an online shopping website that gives you money for shopping online through them. You can earn money in three ways: 1) For signing up right now, you can get $10... Continue Reading →
One of the first things I do when beginning my Pesach/Passover preparations is fix my current master checklist (see my post "It's time to start thinking about Pesach" for tips on creating one and other Passover tips). I then print the current Passover guides from the top kashrut agencies, as well as other helpful articles. To... Continue Reading →
Over the past several years, my most popular post is one comparing standard oil change prices. I get more views each day on that post than any other! So in my continuing efforts to update my older posts with new information, check out my updated post "What does an oil change cost?" The updated post provides... Continue Reading →
No one can possibly use every money saving tip each day or each week. There are weeks I have time to cut coupons, look at sale fliers, and read other blogs. But then there are weeks where we have to rely on the tips that save us the most and take the least time. My... Continue Reading →
I admit it. I have collected hundreds of books for my home and my classroom. You can never have enough books! However, I rarely purchase new books at brick and mortar stores or pay full price for a book. Over the years I have honed my skills at getting cheap books from a variety of sources. My favorite way... Continue Reading →
I go through spurts of time where I am too busy to clip coupons or find new ways to save (and to blog!). However, there are some tried and true tips that have become part of our regular routines and daily life that help us save a lot of money! Check out my favorites! How... Continue Reading →
Several months ago I wrote about our ever-ending quest to find larger items to save money on. We finally “bit the bullet” and got rid of our cable. Even after reading about others who had done it, I thought we could never live without it. It was our one splurge – not eating out much,... Continue Reading →
(updated 4/9/17) A few years ago, right around report card time, my laptop got one of those horrible trojan worm viruses. It hid all of my files and I couldn’t access anything even though I could see the files were somewhat still there. It took me hours to do research and figure out how to... Continue Reading →
