Saving Everyday
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Gas, food, coffee, accommodations, entertainment, and parking add up quickly, not to mention unforeseen expenses like things you may have forgotten from home. If you know this in advance, you can pack less, knowing you’ll be able to do laundry, especially if you have young children who go through a LOT of clothes!
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
DECEMBER 20, 2012
The costs of feeding, clothing, and housing a family have nearly doubled over the last decade. Discount travel sites like Expedia, Orbitz, Hotels.com, and Kayak offer their customers a lot of deals on hotels, airline tickets, and even tickets to destination attractions—sometimes they will offer package deals that can seem too good to be true.
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Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JULY 9, 2012
Here are some of the things we did to curb our spending: Gas up before entering the park. Gas was at least 40 cents a gallon higher in the park than outside the boundaries. If you drive, you will most likely have to buy some gas in the park, but it is a safe bet that getting it elsewhere will be cheaper! Visit the lodges by day.
For the Mommas
JANUARY 20, 2016
You may have gotten your first card in college, before you had any salary at all but just in time for that upcoming spring break trip: clothes, gas money, hotel…and then, one month later… BOOM! You need gas. But clothes you can’t afford? That magical card of freedom. A splurge vacation?
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
OCTOBER 31, 2012
She charged up credit cards to buy food and clothing. Her gas is turned off, she heats water in the kitchen to shower, and dries her clothes on the line. Wear as many of your clothes as you can (especially in cool weather). Eventually the inheritance ran out. She ignored collectors and now the card company is suing.
The Frugal Girl
MARCH 4, 2024
My mom cut coupons and sewed her own clothes and mine, as well. Between camping and hoteling it over the years, we’ve managed to check off a LOT of items on our bucket list – including camping in every one of the 48 contiguous United States. He diligently maintained our car and our house, doing all the work himself. I ran the numbers.
The Frugal Girl
JANUARY 22, 2024
Makeup, nail polish, and clothes. I haven’t worn makeup in about twenty years or so, I can’t remember the last time I painted my nails, and I detest shopping for clothes. But I had to SHOP for clothes. Cloth diapering. What’s one thing you aren’t remotely tempted to splurge on?
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