You spend roughly 1/3 of your life sleeping, so shouldn’t you do it in a room that contributes to sweet dreams? Spiff up your bedroom with these easy changes.
Today we found some great articles how to shop organic on a budget, 1-minute habits that will improve your day, and ways to make household items last longer.
Ultra-frugal and filled with protein and fiber, beans are a great way to eat well on the cheap. And if you prepare them right, they're darn tasty, too.
So, I can think of a few ways to turn a $1 into a $100 bill in a few minutes.
One would be to back a winning horse that has ridiculous odds. Another is to steal it. You could always ask your kind folks or other relatives for the money. [more]
Are prefabbed homes the wave of the future? Judging from some of the magazines that I receive (Sunset, Metropolitan Home), it sure looks like things are heading in that direction. [more]
I love a bargain. We all do here at Wise Bread. But after a few personal disasters from being cheap, I opened up the topic to some of my fellow Wise Bread bloggers. What did they do to save a buck and how much did it cost them? [more]
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Today we found some great articles how to shop organic on a budget, 1-minute habits that will improve your day, and ways to make household items last longer.
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Turn $1 into $100 in about 2 minutes.
So, I can think of a few ways to turn a $1 into a $100 bill in a few minutes. One would be to back a winning horse that has ridiculous odds. Another is to steal it. You could always ask your kind folks or other relatives for the money. [more]
Prefab Fab - This ain't yer grandma's double-wide
Are prefabbed homes the wave of the future? Judging from some of the magazines that I receive (Sunset, Metropolitan Home), it sure looks like things are heading in that direction. [more]
How to Use Bucket Budgeting to Overhaul Your Finances
Bucket budgeting brings the appeal of the classic envelope system to the modern age.
When Being Frugal Went Wrong – Tales From The Cheap & Nasty
I love a bargain. We all do here at Wise Bread. But after a few personal disasters from being cheap, I opened up the topic to some of my fellow Wise Bread bloggers. What did they do to save a buck and how much did it cost them? [more]
Opting out of the money economy
It's a quirk of mine that I've always found the idea of opting out of the money economy to be interesting.