Category: Money saving tips

What are swagbucks and why should I join?

I have been asked several times, “What are Swagbucks and why should I join?” Swagbucks are my favorite way to earn free gift cards and prizes.  Did you know it only takes 450 Swagbucks to earn a $5 Amazon gift card? And I LOVE Amazon–you can get almost anything there. You can also get a …

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Get your bargains now!

Now is the time to stock up on things you use year-round. Grape juice, matza ball soup, gefilte fish, and other traditionally Jewish foods are on sale, often a really good sale NOW. This kind of sale really happens twice a year: before Rosh Hashanah and before Pesach (although sometimes “Jewish food” goes on sale …

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Want a free pumpkin cookbook?

Here is a free e-cookbook with pumpkin recipes. It’s formatted for Kindle, but you can download it to your PC or iphone just as easily. If you are looking for some pumpkin recipes for the upcoming chagim and fall season, here’s a free source! (Note that most of these use canned pumpkin, but you can …

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A place for paper goods (for Sukkot or any time!)

How much do you use disposable tableware? How about around this time of year? Normally, we don’t use much disposable tableware. With a lot of guests, or over a long yom tov, or when it’s around the chagim (these and Pesach), we use them. We buy the nice plastic ones like the photo above. However …

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My #1 organizing tip

…is to have a book for your household! Whatever you call it (control journal, homemaker handbook, shalom bayit book, family manager notebook), this is a crucial book for keeping your household running smoothly. I call this my shalom bayit book (SBB). Shalom bayit is Hebrew for peace in the house – which is what we …

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Food challenge!

We have been blessed with food. Lots of food! Add that to the fact that I tend to stock stuff away and then have a harder time using it, and you’ll see why I need to challenge myself several times a year to use what we have. OK, not only what we have. We still …

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Leftover bread?

As a regular challah maker, I have extra sometimes and need to find creative ways to use it. If I just have a little left, I crumble it up into a bag that is stored in the freezer until I have enough to make french toast casserole. Some other things I have done or heard …

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I don’t pay for razors or toothpaste anymore…

I get them for free! No, not the infamous 5-finger discount, but just watching sales and using coupons wisely. I’m not an extreme couponer. I actually saw a special on that recently, and I was shocked. People spend 40 or more hours couponing each week. They have stockpiles of things that will last them years, …

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Quenching thirst in a world-friendly way

Recently, I bought the 5 oldest people in our family their own water bottle (I got these). Each person has their own color, and we fill them as necessary and leave them on the kitchen table all day. I wash them at least once a week in a sani wash. This has been a very …

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Pantry inventory, raid, and planning!

I find it amazing that with shelves of food, I still find that I need to shop to make meals! I do  tend to buy what is on sale, and buy in bulk if it’s a good sale, so that builds up my stores. But since sales are on a 12 week cycle, sometimes I …

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