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Volume Six, Number 27, February 8, 2007
Kayoz is my 12 week old Pitbull. I got him when he was 3 weeks old. He likes to sleep. He is one of the best dogs i could ever have. He is the most loving animal I have ever seen. By Wendell from Pine Hall N.C.
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I went through an elegant bar in search of a restaurant where we were having a business dinner. When I saw a bowl of matches, I scooped up a few. They are hard to find nowadays, as fewer folks smoke, so I always pick up a couple of boxes and matchbooks where they are, to light candles and the pilot lights on my gas stove! (I can never get the striking match thing that my husband likes, to work!) Still have some from my last elegant party. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf16130972.tip.html We've received a few complaints about problems with the new format of the newsletters. One person has Vista and cannot read the html format but a few others are having similar problems running XP. If anyone has any ideas what might be happening, and how people can correct the problem, please post below. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf18567703.tip.html For a frugal Valentine gift to your honey, make a favorite meal that they enjoy. Then have their favorite movies ready (I get them at the library or rent them). Or any movie that is special to the both of you--like the movie you saw on your first date together. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf30697383.tip.html I bought a cheap address book which I keep at my computer in it I put e-mail addresses, log-in names, e-pal names, addresses, birthdays, and anniversaries. I put e-pals names in ink and all addresses in pencil. Names rarely change but addresses do. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf41885635.tip.html Cut the tip of the chili then roll in your hands with the cut tip facing downwards and you will find that all the seeds will just fall out. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf63011835.tip.html Safeguarding Personal Information Always keep your personal information stored in a safe deposit box. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf73152593.tip.html Tips from our readers on reusing plastic grocery bags. Post your own below. Use In Car Store empty grocery sacks, rolled into empty cardboard paper towel rolls. Great for the car. We always keep a couple of rolls in the trunk. Great disposable trash bags. By Sean C Diaper Clean Up We use the bags for dirty diapers when we're out and about. Also good if you're over at a friend or relative's house, for keeping smell and mess to a minimum. By Row Packing Material Plastic grocery bags act as a protective cushion when packing dishes or breakables. By Di Garden Shoes I tie them around my shoes to protect them when I'm out in my garden, especially after it rains and my garden is muddy. By dixie35481 Cat Litter And Pet Waste We have an automated litter box with disposable plastic bins which hold waste. The bins are quite expensive so we stretch the use time a little longer by lining the bins with plastic grocery bags. Each night as we go to empty the litter, we lift out the grocery bag and the waste bin stays clean. Inserting those grocery bags every day helps keep odors out of the plastic waste bin and it last much longer. By wheelbarrow_1 Donate I hang one on a hook in my pantry. As I accumulate more bags I stuff them into the hanging bag until it is full. I tie the two handles together and immediately toss the full bag into the trunk of my car. Then whenever I happen to go to the Salvation Army resale store, or am just driving by, I drop off however many bags have accumulated in my trunk. They are always out of bags and eagerly accept them! This way I don't ever have to make a special trip to recycle the bags. They are "with" me whenever I remember to donate them! By Grandma Margie I load newspapers in them to take to our local veterinarian, who uses the papers to line the animal cages. By darween Give old plastic grocery bags to your local animal clinic. Ours always appreciates having a bag to put medicines and food in that clients come in to get. Bryan Cut And Crochet I take them and cut them into 1 inch strips, slip knot them together, and crochet a bag out of them. It ends up being 2 ply and lasting a really long time. And most grocery stores; like Winco; will give a discount on your groceries if you bring your own bags; Winco's is 6 cents per bag you use. It may not be much of a saving but it does add up. By Sally Braid Strips Together Braid strips of them for everything, they never wear out, it seems! Hold up or train plant tendrils, lash a soap bar end or two in a worn nylon knee high near your garden hose, make a new pet collar with the buckle from the old one attached, fasten loops of the braid to a beam or rafter in a shed from which implements and tools can be hung, summer chairs can be strapped. Braids have endless uses and are strong and free. The kids are great at making them, and the color combinations are intriguing! Good rainy day projects. By Cate Paint Clean Up Use to store wet paint brush if you are not finished with painting or use to thrown paint brush away if it is no longer usable. By Melody from White City, Oregon Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf740430.tip.html Designer Names at Thrift Shops It pays to keep up with designer names to a degree - I noticed a major label on a purse at a thrift shop, found out it was leather, and got it for $1.49. Looking it up on the net later I found that it's probably worth $100!!! (And it adds a fillip to my professional wardrobe.) Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf76485288.tip.html My Frugal Life - A Notebook for Gifts It is December 29th, and that means I am starting my planning for next Christmas and birthdays. It's almost a new year, and I can try new ideas! I have a notebook that I keep just for Christmas. Tomorrow is the day I write down my 2007 Christmas list. I just put the names of my loved ones. I fill in the gifts as I get them/make them. I try to think of things people can really use. For 2006, I knitted bath mitts, made scented soap, and made bath salts. The thrift store provided designer baskets for around $1.00 each, and I stuck the baskets in a blue dry cleaning bag and tied it at the top with a really nice (recycled) bow. The containers for the bath salts also came from the thrift store. Some were shaped like Christmas trees, and some were like old-fashioned wire bale canning jars. I wrapped the soap in a double layer of bright tissue. Then I used some Easter grass to pad the inside of the basket and tucked everything in as neatly as possible and tied it up with a bow. Gifts for 10 adults came to a total of about $20.00, or $2.00 per basket. So far this year, I'm making Christmas wreath ornaments out of a jigsaw puzzle. It cost .50 at the thrift store and has two pieces missing, but that won't matter a bit. I got the fun out of putting it together. Now I'll spray paint it gold. Then I can take it apart and glue the pieces in a wreath shape. We went to the craft store and bought the supplies: one can of bright gold spray paint, one bottle of some pink glitter glue, and one bottle of white acrylic paint. The pink is to make little "holly berries on the wreath, and the white is to make little dots on the holly berries for a highlight. I have some ribbon that will look nice as a bow at the top, and some string I saved from feed sacks to make hanging strings. I spent $10.00, but I'll get to use the leftover supplies on other projects, too. These ornaments will be for my friends. Now I just have family to plan for. For the rest of the year, I'll keep my eyes open for nice bargains. For example, Office Depot put out a coupon for a free ten-pack of CD/DVD ROMs, one per customer. I printed a coupon for me and one for my hubby. Haven't decided if those will be for us to use (we already have a pretty good supply) or to sell at my yard sale next spring, or to give as a gift. Lots of stores offer full purchase-price rebates on different goods, and those are good to take advantage of. Our granddaughter will be going off to college in the fall, and I'd love to send a big box of supplies with her to help with her studies and munching. Sometimes I gather blossoms and dry them to make potpourri. Just a few drops of essential oil makes it wonderful. In Martha Stewart's gardening book, she says that's what she gives her friends at her annual Christmas party. If it's good enough for Martha, it's good enough for me. Anyway, my little notebook keeps me organized and on top of things. Now if I could just send the cards on time... Coreenhart from Rupert, ID Do you have a frugal story to share with the ThriftyFun community? 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