Tag: savings
Money-Making For Teens: Ideas To Start Your Own Business
Are you a teenager looking to make a few dollars during summer holiday? Are you a parent who’s desperate for your teens to find an outlet for their boredom? Here are a few ideas for services that teenagers can offer, even if they are still too young to qualify for ‘official’ employment positions. 1. [...]
6 Tips for Eliminating Food Waste
You might be amazed at how much food your family throws away each week, even if you are diligent about trying to save leftovers and cook appropriate portion sizes. Whether it’s a couple of spoonfuls of vegetables leftover in a dinner pot or a few pieces of leftover breakfast coffee cake that no one ate, [...]
How to Save Money at the Airport
If you’ve planned any trips or vacations for your family lately, you know that airfare and travelling costs have gone up significantly in the past few years. On top of buying plane tickets and figuring out other travel details, you are also faced with escalating prices at the airport with baggage fees, high food prices, and expensive [...]
Is Buying in Bulk for You?
Buying products in bulk can be extremely beneficial for your wallet as you often get more for your money with bulk buys. It can also be a great time-saver as you won’t be running to the store every day to pick up the ingredient or household product you forgot to buy during your last shopping [...]
Cure Common Ills Without Spending a Fortune
Feeling under the weather? If so, you might like to try some of the following tricks to cure common ills. Rather than buying commercial remedies, which can be expensive, these home remedies use ingredients that you’ll find in the kitchen – and allow you to stay within a budget. Remember that any serious or lingering [...]
The Basics of Giving Haircuts From Home
While you may not consider yourself a beautician, giving basic haircuts from home can actually be quite manageable. You can save a substantial amount of money by skipping out on pricy salons, especially if you have several children who need haircuts. While there is no substitute for practical experience, these tips can be helpful if [...]
Car Savings: Don’t Let Your Car Guzzle Your Budget (And Your Gas!)
As a full-time mum, keeping your car in good repair is a must for running the kids around, doing errands, or getting to work safely. It will inevitably represent an expense category in your budget, but there are ways to keep those costs down with the right maintenance and care. Here are just a few [...]
5 Reasons the Library Should Become Your Family’s New Best Friend
These days it seems that the benefits of the local library are often forgotten in our fast-paced world of ever-expanding media. Not too long ago the library was a staple for most children, but these days kids are texting on their cell phones, getting online, or playing video games, and their desire to sit [...]
Fancy Dress on a Budget – Ideas for Adults and Kids
Costume parties, theme days at your child’s school and seasonal events all call for fancy dress outfits, which can be a nightmare if you are on a budget. The problem is that mass produced costumes are generally quite pricey, at around $30 for the cheapest, and quality can be relatively low then. Apart from that [...]
Pinch Pennies With Homemade Laundry Room Products
Doing laundry is an inevitable chore and expense around your household, but there are ways to cut the costs on laundry basics by making these store-bought products yourself. Not only will you save money in the long run by going homemade, but you will cut down on the amount of harmful chemicals in your home [...]
