sandhillsis on November 11th, 2009

Some of the best money spending advice I’ve ever got was from a former boss, the dad to the children I was a nanny for. He was a frugal sort of guy. (I wrote a little about them here in the context of a great waffle recipe). Anyway. They seemed to be great money managers [...]

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sandhillsis on September 22nd, 2009

  (Thanks to Blog PicApp for sharing this photo wiht me!) I’m a simple gal but, I still like a good hair cut. I’ve cut all the hair at my house for years, including my own. A perk from having dropped out of beauty school. My brother Jay, used to sing “Beauty School Drop Out” [...]

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sandhillsis on September 2nd, 2009

I took a plunge this week that I’ve been wanting to take for a while now. I made my own laundry detergent. *gasp* I know, but what do you expect from someone who prides herself on frugality? I want to do everything I can to save our hard earned money. When you boil all the [...]

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