Electricity | The Frugal Housewife

My Electric Shock

January 20, 2010 By The Frugal Housewife 9 Comments

ShareI got quite a shock when I pulled up my electric bill on the computer this month. This month our electric bill was $306. Yep, you read that right — $306. Our electric bill normally runs around $125 a month. After I recovered from nearly fainting and hyperventilating, I quickly started trying to figure [...]

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Frugal Tip Saturday — Waste Not, Want Not

May 16, 2009 By The Frugal Housewife 6 Comments

ShareOne way to save money is to stop wasting so much. One area my family noticed that we are wasting in is not turning the thermostat up when we leave the house. Usually we keep the thermostat on 75 degrees when we are at home. At night we turn it up to 77 degrees. It’s [...]

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Filed Under: Frugal Cooking, Frugal Tips Tagged With: cut back, electricity, frugal money saving tips, Money, save money by turning thermostat up, saving money, thermostat, Tips

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The Frugal Housewife is owned and written by JT Locke. JT is a "frugal" wife and mother of two grown children. She lives, shops and works in San Angelo, TX.

Currently working as the office manager for a small telecommunications corporation, JT understands budgeting and the stress of trying to "balance" the budget.

JT loves searching for and getting a "good" deal. She shares her tips for getting good deals, using coupons, and other money saving tips in her writings on The Frugal Housewife.