Right after Zander was born I had a column in the weekly newspaper on post. It was fun to write but after Adam deployed, it got to be too much for me to keep up with, so I had to stop. In any case, the name of my column was Mom's Good Cents. I like the title, so that's what this newsletter (aka, a weekly email I send out to my family on how to save some cold hard cash!) is going to be called.
Here goes!
Mom's Good Cents
Welcome to this week's edition of Mom's Good Cents. I'm not quite the money saving Guru that my grandmother is, but I'm on the path. Last week, I gave y'all some recipes for homemade cleaners. I had tried all of them and use them exclusively except for the fabric softener. I have come across some more info. in regards to the fabric softener situation. Tiffany has become my guinea pig for this expirement. She has now tried adding 1/2 cup of vinegar in the rinse cycle of her wash and then put some hair conditioner directly on a washcloth to toss in the dryer. She said it seems to be working as well as the recipe she previously tried but the upside is that it leaves her clothes smelling like the hair conditioner, which she loves! But here is another quirky tip I've found online. I hear that a ball of foil, the size of a tennis ball, will also act as a fabric softener. I've heard from several online sources that it does indeed work. I'm still waiting to give it a shot! Tiffany is using it and says it seems to be working!
My next good tip is about magazines. Did y'all know that you can sometimes get a free magazine subscription? I know it sounds crazy, but it is inded true. I recently received a free 2 year subscription to Parents Magazine from Value Mags and I signed up today to receive a free subscription to Woman's Day from Free Biz Mags. I haven't received my issues from FreeBizMags yet, because, well, I just signed up for them. I heard about these two sites from other sites...I'll talk about them now.
I visit Freebie sites. The one I visit most often is Sweet Free Stuff and one that I just found this week is Free Product Samples. I also use Start Sampling. It is at sweetfreestuff that I found the free 2 year subscription to Parents and then after signing up, I received an update from FreeBizMags regarding the Woman's Day subscription. Also, WalMart has samples listed on their website as well and I receive samples from them often.
Ok, there are my tips for this week!
Love and vinegar,
Nicole
Here goes!
Mom's Good Cents
Welcome to this week's edition of Mom's Good Cents. I'm not quite the money saving Guru that my grandmother is, but I'm on the path. Last week, I gave y'all some recipes for homemade cleaners. I had tried all of them and use them exclusively except for the fabric softener. I have come across some more info. in regards to the fabric softener situation. Tiffany has become my guinea pig for this expirement. She has now tried adding 1/2 cup of vinegar in the rinse cycle of her wash and then put some hair conditioner directly on a washcloth to toss in the dryer. She said it seems to be working as well as the recipe she previously tried but the upside is that it leaves her clothes smelling like the hair conditioner, which she loves! But here is another quirky tip I've found online. I hear that a ball of foil, the size of a tennis ball, will also act as a fabric softener. I've heard from several online sources that it does indeed work. I'm still waiting to give it a shot! Tiffany is using it and says it seems to be working!
My next good tip is about magazines. Did y'all know that you can sometimes get a free magazine subscription? I know it sounds crazy, but it is inded true. I recently received a free 2 year subscription to Parents Magazine from Value Mags and I signed up today to receive a free subscription to Woman's Day from Free Biz Mags. I haven't received my issues from FreeBizMags yet, because, well, I just signed up for them. I heard about these two sites from other sites...I'll talk about them now.
I visit Freebie sites. The one I visit most often is Sweet Free Stuff and one that I just found this week is Free Product Samples. I also use Start Sampling. It is at sweetfreestuff that I found the free 2 year subscription to Parents and then after signing up, I received an update from FreeBizMags regarding the Woman's Day subscription. Also, WalMart has samples listed on their website as well and I receive samples from them often.
Ok, there are my tips for this week!
Love and vinegar,
Nicole
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