Found out a nifty thing last night. Granted, this is only useful if you have health insurance (which not many do), but if you do have it it's possible that you may get reimbursement or discounts on things other than doctor visits. For example my plan provides discounts on trips to certain health stores (like Vitamin Cottage), gym stores, yoga and ( Read more... )

Check out the $50 Mail-In Rebate Offer on Household Essentials from Amazon. Especially for those of you with kids at home, this is an easy way to save on diapers ... you know you'll use them!

Make your own air conditioner!

x-posted from msretro

~just had to share.....

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I found this out by accident. Sadly my own hair is not yet long enough for me to be able to do this, but if you have long hair that you're going to get cut, as in 10 inches or more that's going to be cut off, you can not only donate it to Locks of Love but apparently there are salons that will give you a free and/or discounted haircut if you go to ( Read more... )

Now that summer heat is hitting some of us, I thought it might be a good idea to do a thread dedicated to ways to keep cool while still keeping the energy bill down.

Obviously the big one is the AC. If you have one, great, but it can be an energy hog. So what are ways to avoid using it?

( Some things I've done )

Edit: Further cleaning has turned up more stuff. Yay?

Once again, free for the commenting. First comment, first claimed.

( Books )

I'm just looking to get rid of this stuff. First comment, first served.

Previously viewed rental copies of Seven and PCU on VHS.

Pencil boards of Tamahome (Fushigi Yuugi) and Mitsukake (Fushigi Yuugi) and one that has hiragana and katakana on it with romanji pronunciation.

Power Rangers videos (all in at least watchable condition ( Read more... )

Battery XTender

Disposable alkaline batteries are not perceived by most people to be rechargeable, and that's how the manufacturers like it. Until digital pulse-technology chargers came out a few years ago, it was NOT an option for most people. Alkaline battery walls are very thin, and the heat generated by simple brute-force recharging frequently ( Read more... )

Hello, frugal fans!

Since I do everything thebratqueen commands, behold: I post here the stuff I'm giving away, no strings.

• Dune Movie (Alan Smithee cut)/Dune Miniseries/Children of Dune Miniseries - VHS - EP - 3 tapes
  
• Angel: the Series Season 5 - VHS - SP (11 tapes, recorded from max-quality tivo copies)
  
• Glossy candid of Amber Benson that came packaged with ( Read more... )

I have no idea why I'm in such a philosophical mood today, but there we are and I appreciate y'all indulging me =)

Anyway, there were some good practical suggestions to my last post and some good questions too. The questions got me to thinking about the idea of coming in under budget vs. maintaining a savings, and my thoughts got way too geeky so ( Read more... )