http://thefrugalhousewife.com The Frugal Housewife offers frugal living tips on meal planning, money management, home decorating, decorating for the holidays, and family time. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:47:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thefrugalhousewife.com/2011/10/18/5-areas-to-lower-your-household-budget/ http://thefrugalhousewife.com/2011/10/18/5-areas-to-lower-your-household-budget/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:54:48 +0000 The Frugal Housewife http://thefrugalhousewife.com/?p=6151 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; }     As the Chief Financial Officer for our household, I am constantly looking for ways to cut our budget and save money.  There are many areas that I’ve been looking at recently – food, rent, electricity, water, and auto insurance. The food bill has been cut through the use of coupons.  Both the Frugal [...]]]> http://thefrugalhousewife.com/2011/10/18/5-areas-to-lower-your-household-budget/feed/ 0 http://thefrugalhousewife.com/2011/10/15/fruit-yogurt-smoothie/ http://thefrugalhousewife.com/2011/10/15/fruit-yogurt-smoothie/#comments Sat, 15 Oct 2011 19:55:01 +0000 The Frugal Housewife http://thefrugalhousewife.com/?p=6095 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Do you have an abundance of yogurt coupons that you think that you will not ever use?  Here’s an idea!  Use the coupons and purchase some yogurt and make a Fruit Yogurt Smoothie!  Here’s the recipe for how I made ours!  I used Peach Fiber One Yogurt and Low Fat Milk.  The Frugal Hubby liked [...]]]> http://thefrugalhousewife.com/2011/10/15/fruit-yogurt-smoothie/feed/ 0 http://thefrugalhousewife.com/2011/09/18/twitter-and-qwitter/ http://thefrugalhousewife.com/2011/09/18/twitter-and-qwitter/#comments Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:21:57 +0000 The Frugal Housewife http://thefrugalhousewife.com/?p=5901 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Social media is a very important tool in building the readership of a blog.  The Frugal Housewife uses both Facebook and Twitter.  Facebook was easy to learn, but it took me a while to get used to Twitter.   How do you write with only 140 characters?  I tried using it like a text message [...]]]> http://thefrugalhousewife.com/2011/09/18/twitter-and-qwitter/feed/ 0 http://thefrugalhousewife.com/2011/07/13/59-50-in-coupons-in-the-august-all-you-magazine/ http://thefrugalhousewife.com/2011/07/13/59-50-in-coupons-in-the-august-all-you-magazine/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 23:17:08 +0000 The Frugal Housewife http://thefrugalhousewife.com/?p=5408 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } The new issue of All You will be hitting the news stands at Walmart next Friday, July 22, 2011!  There are $59.50 in coupons and the coupons you’ll find inside are listed below!    Be sure to check out the All You article Save Money On Groceries By Making Pricey Items Last Longer — Easy [...]]]> http://thefrugalhousewife.com/2011/07/13/59-50-in-coupons-in-the-august-all-you-magazine/feed/ 0 http://thefrugalhousewife.com/2011/06/20/save-money-with-deals-and-coupons-from-mycoupons-com/ http://thefrugalhousewife.com/2011/06/20/save-money-with-deals-and-coupons-from-mycoupons-com/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:47:49 +0000 The Frugal Housewife http://thefrugalhousewife.com/?p=5179 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } The Frugal Housewife loves to shout out about AWESOME sites that provide AWESOME deals to readers!  This site is one that we found a long time ago on the Internet when the Internet was young and so were we! Started in 1995, MyCoupons.com is the oldest and very first coupon site on the Internet. MyCoupons.com [...]]]> http://thefrugalhousewife.com/2011/06/20/save-money-with-deals-and-coupons-from-mycoupons-com/feed/ 1 http://thefrugalhousewife.com/2011/06/10/sign-up-now-for-5-in-free-kelloggs-coupons/ http://thefrugalhousewife.com/2011/06/10/sign-up-now-for-5-in-free-kelloggs-coupons/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:45:17 +0000 The Frugal Housewife http://thefrugalhousewife.com/?p=5150 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Couponing has become a big business!  No longer do you have to wait for the coupons to come out in the Sunday paper.  You can find them everywhere on the Internet. One place I like to look for coupons is on the manufacturer’s websites. About a month ago I signed up at Kellogg’s website for [...]]]> http://thefrugalhousewife.com/2011/06/10/sign-up-now-for-5-in-free-kelloggs-coupons/feed/ 0