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Spending Less in 2013 – Saving on your Energy Bills

Published on 01/04/2013, by A Thrifty Geek in Spend Less / Save More.

Spending less in 2013 by saving on your energy bills. Your electricity bill is a bill that changes each month. We all know that in the spring and the fall the electricity bill should be lower because we don’t have to run the heat or the air as much. Or atleast that is how it

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Creative Ways to Save Money

Published on 01/01/2013, by A Thrifty Geek in Spend Less / Save More.

Creative ways to save money in your household will help jump start the year with staying on budget. If you are one that has always been on a budget, finding new ways to save money is refreshing and also helps encourage you to keep staying on track. If you don’t have a budget, I HIGHLY

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Tags: budget, creative ways to save money., Frugal living, home budgets.

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31 Days To Downsizing Without Moving Day 3. Taking on the closet

Published on 08/22/2012, by A Thrifty Geek in 31 Days to Downsizing without Moving, Frugal living.

Oh my! My closet has been neglected for way too long. I would honestly say, it has not been cleaned in a year. {don’t judge…. }. This is going to be a day 3 and day 4 project I think. I started on it but did not come close to finishing. But let me share

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Tags: Downsizing, Frugal living, purging

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31 Days of Downsizing without moving

Published on 08/17/2012, by A Thrifty Geek in Frugal living.

With the housing market as bad as it is, downsizing might not be an option for you at the moment. It might be better financially for you to remain in the house that you live in. You can still downsize inside your home and make life & finances more manageable. Over the next 31 days,

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Tags: Declutter the home, Downsizing, downsizing your home, Frugal living, saving money in the home

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10 Uses For Fabric Softener Dryer Sheets

Published on 12/13/2011, by A Thrifty Geek in Frugal living.

Can you believe that you can use Dryer Sheets for more than just softening your clothes and keeping the static cling out? I have come across many other uses for dryer sheets this past week and wanted to share them with you. What is great about this little sheet is that most of these ideas

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Tags: Frugal living, saving on household items, uses for dryer sheets

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How to make Artisan Bread

Published on 05/18/2011, by A Thrifty Geek in Frugal living.

Joy at FiveJ’s has a wonderful step by step way to make Artisan Bread. She makes it look so easy and scruptious. I have a bread maker that I love but have always wanted to make bread on my own with out the help of a machine so this looks like a winner to me.

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Ideas for lowering your household cost

Published on 02/02/2011, by A Thrifty Geek in Frugal living.

Lowering your household cost right now sounds really great to me, because our gas bill and electric bill is high. So if there is anything that I can do to help lower the bills, I am all for it. Here are a few suggestions that I have learned over the years. Keep your closet doors

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Tags: budgets, Frugal living, household bills, Lowering bills

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Tightening the belt 2011 Secrets of getting your groceries cheaper

Published on 01/28/2011, by A Thrifty Geek in Frugal living.

Do you know the saying, there is a method to the madness? Well that holds true to buying your groceries and using coupons. There is a methods and if someone is watching you they might think it is a little crazy or mad. When someone sees your grocery cart and they see 5 packs of

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Mueller’s Pasta Meal Planner + Coupons

Published on 02/10/2010, by A Thrifty Geek in Coupons.

Muellers puts out a booklet that helps you meal plan and it is also got coupons in it. I went here to sign up to recieve on and also realized I can print coupons from the site too! Off the site, you can print a coupon that is $1 off any three packages of Whole

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Frugal Family Fun Friday 1.22.10

Published on 01/22/2010, by A Thrifty Geek in Frugal Family Fun.

On my facebook this morning I put, “this is the day that the Lord has made and I will rejoice that it is FRIDAY!” That is so much how I feel. This has been a long week. I really don’t know why except for the fact when the night ends on Saturday, our family will

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Tags: family fun night, frugal family nights, Frugal living, movie night

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