New TFH Page

TFH Kitchen

It's always been a dream of mine to take The Frugal Housewife to a different format -- one where all subjects would have a different format and look and one where they could basically be stand alone sites. We've taken the first step to doing that with the launch of The Frugal Housewife's Kitchen.  It has a new template and a new look.  Pretty … [Read more...]

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My Hubby Told Me Not To Cook!!!

dishes

Picture by perceptian design For the past three weeks, I've been searching, adapting,  and cooking a new dish every day. Last Wednesday, my hubby asked me to stop cooking for a while.  Now I could have taken it wrong but I didn't.  He qualified it by saying that he'd like to eat a few lighter meals such as sandwiches or salads.  This lasted … [Read more...]

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Frugal Quote of the Day #1

Frugality without creativity is deprivation. Amy Dacyczyn … [Read more...]

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Top 5 Family Changes For 2009

2008 is almost over and if you are like millions of others you are probably making “New Year’s Resolutions.”    My family is no different except that we don’t call them “resolutions.”  We call them changes. To us, changes sounds a little more down to earth than a “Resolution.”  They are basically the same, but it just seems a … [Read more...]

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Tis the Season for Coupon Savings!!!

Chicken and Seafood Pages by Ninjapoodles on Flickr.com

Coupons! Coupons! Coupons! Most people that live a frugal lifestyle use coupons. Using a combination of the sales circulars and coupons you can get many items for free and save quite a bit of money on other items. It requires a bit of work but there are some things that can be done to make couponing easier. 1. Find the coupons. … [Read more...]

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Tips for Winterizing your Car

Winter Brightness by Grant MacDonald

The picture of the snow is beautiful. Down here in West Texas, we don't have snow in the winter like that in the picture. In the last week or so, we've had some temperatures at night in the upper 20s. My husband started thinking about winterizing our cars. It made me start thinking... What do you do to winterize a car? So I asked him. His … [Read more...]

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Anti-Bling Thing Going On!!!

Shopping mall by shelhamer5 @ Flickr.com

  It's been a few weeks since I've read anything about frugality. Call it a self imposed sabitical. Today, my sabitical ended. Occasionally, when I want to see what the world is saying about frugality, I'll type the word "frugality" into Google and see what happens. Usually I'll just close it out. There are usually over 100,000 responses. Today … [Read more...]

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