So, this is a first for me. Honestly, Heinz ketchup is about as common a product as any in the Hunt refrigerator. So why on earth would I even think of making it myself? If you haven’t read this in the news, brace yourself. The U.S. is experiencing a ketchup shortage. Not kidding. Ketchup! And…
You’ll Want to Make a Batch of This DIY Upholstery Cleaner
While we have lots of DIY cleaner recipes in our “Everyday Cheapskate” arsenal, a reliable upholstery cleaner was missing. Now, we can check it off the list with this new handy, effective DIY recipe for homemade upholstery cleaner. You’ll need: Fels-Naptha laundry bar soap, borax, and boiling water (the former two are available in most…
Are High-Efficiency Washers Worth It?
It’s time once again to reach into the mailbag to answer a question from my dear readers. It’s kinda my favorite day, which should give you an idea of how much I love to hear from you. While I cannot respond personally to all of your messages and letters, know that I read every one,…
Your Money Temperament and Why It Matters
Whether you’re aware of it or not, you have a money temperament. Everyone does. It’s the way you naturally think about money, behave with money or react to money. To loosely assess your money temperament, and to have a little fun with it, consider the following scenario and choose the response that’s closest to what…
Clever and Frugal Uses for Baking Soda
Sodium bicarbonate, commonly known as baking soda or bicarbonate of soda, is an alkaline compound that, when combined with acid, produces harmless but useful carbon dioxide gas. When used to bake biscuits or cake, the small bubbles of carbon dioxide gas become trapped in batter, causing it to inflate, or rise. Baking soda is well…
Use Your Tax Refund to Make Your Life Better
Discovering that you’ll be getting a tax refund is certainly not the worst news you’ve had in your life. In fact, it’s easy to see a tax refund as some kind of gift from the universe. You might even be feeling kind of proud of your forced savings account, to which you knowingly contribute every…
Must-Follow Steps When You’re Out of a Job
These days, it’s practically inevitable that you or someone close to you will face a period of unemployment. Consider these practical tips while dealing with the financial and emotional toll of leaving one job and searching for another. Don’t Take It Personally Losing a job can cause shame, humiliation, and embarrassment. You may feel depressed…
Feeling Rich and Living It Up
Dear Mary: My husband and I have been out of debt for approximately five years. It’s great. The problem is we now seem to spend a lot of money needlessly just because we can. We have so much money over and above our living expenses that it is easy to be reckless. We keep just…
Simple Strategies to Improve Your Credit Score
A credit score is a three-digit number between 300 and 850 generated by a mathematical algorithm (a mostly secret formula) based on information in your credit report, compared to information on tens of millions of other people. Like it or not, the resulting number is said to be a highly accurate prediction of how likely…
How to Make Homemade Dry Shampoo
Do you ever notice how your hair hurts when you haven’t washed it in a few days? Hey, washing and styling can be so time-consuming! It’s not just you; greasy hair pain is a thing. There’s a legit reason for this, having to do with oils that your scalp produces naturally accumulating around the hair…
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