Archive for category: MISC

Hair Dryer to Remove Stickers

Hair Dryer to Remove Stickers

1 / January 16, 2012 11:57 pm

Hair Dryer as Sticker Remover – Use a hair dryer to loosen price labels – perfect for thrift store price tags. Source: realsimple.com via Tessa on Pinterest Tweet This Post

5 Uses for Shoe Boxes

5 Uses for Shoe Boxes

123 / August 12, 2010 3:17 pm

I always cringe at getting rid of shoe boxes. Here are some ways to reuse them. 1. School projects. We always used shoe boxes for Valentine’s Day boxes. My daughter’s school uses cereal boxes, though. There are still a myriad [...]

Throw a Summer Party for Less

4 / June 30, 2009 12:01 pm

Host a summer party for less with these ideas from iVillage.com. • Serve frozen drinks in brightly colored plastic hurricane glasses purchased from the dollar store. • Take advantage of free activities in your local park. • Play host to [...]

Sprint Introduces $50 Unlimited Through Boost Mobile

1 / January 16, 2009 3:15 pm

TG Daily: “If you’re like me, then more than likely you don’t see a wireless bill that’s under $100 a month. However, Sprint could be changing that with their new $50 per month unlimited wireless calling plan – via Boost [...]

Penny Prints

0 / October 9, 2008 12:59 pm

From Snapfish.com (regular shipping & handling rates apply): Celebrate fall with special savings. For 3 days only you can get 50 4×6 mail-order prints for only a penny each! * Additional 4×6 prints are just 9¢ each – that’s up [...]

Vote for Me!

Vote for Me!

1 / August 30, 2008 8:47 am

I entered a Zappos contest a few weeks ago and I’m a finalist! I had to take a picture of myself in “mandals” (man sandals) … A poll is located under the video. I’m entry #3. Vote me for me [...]

Forget Powder, Use Lemon!

3 / August 30, 2008 7:27 am

A cheap and green way to care for your skin and avoid unsightly shine is to use lemon instead of prepackaged cosmetics. Planet Green suggests the following one-ingredient recipe: • Before bed, apply straight, fresh lemon juice to your face [...]

ChaCha

13 / August 23, 2008 6:35 pm

Have you heard of ChaCha? It’s an online messaging system, where you can text a message and live guides research and text an answer back to you. Anyone can apply to be a guide (I was recently accepted although I [...]

Mint.com

2 / August 22, 2008 10:39 pm

Thanks to this blog for a preview of a free personal finance software that looks fun and easy to use: Mint.com. Tweet This Post

Cheap Ways to See the Opera

0 / July 4, 2008 8:35 am

Our local independent movie theater is joining a new series of operas being shown around the country in surround sound. For $20 a ticket, this might be the closest I’ll get to seeing a real Italian opera! The showings are [...]