Did Your Homemade Laundry Detergent Work Well For You?

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My current 4 week frugal challenge is to make your own laundry detergent and give it a try. (for more than just one or two loads)  The cost to buy the base ingredients is around $10, but you will be able to make 7 or 8 batches of detergent from them. The laundry bar will cost about $1 and if you choose to use your favorite brand name (premade) detergent you’ll need about 1/4  of a 32 load bottle. You’ve got my personal recipe {Read More}

Video Tutorial – Make Your Own Tide – 4 Week Frugal Challenge

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I hope you made it to the store last week to pick up borax, washing soda, baking soda and a laundry soap bar.  Today I’ve got a video to show you step by step how I make my detergent.  Please forgive my appearance, I was feeling a bit bummy yesterday <iframe width=”648″ height=”486″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/hiBAE3pJ268?rel=0″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe> It took 45 mins to make the detergent, and less than 10 mins to add the scenting/bluing and bottle it.  Keep in mind I {Read More}

Make & Use Your Homemade Laundry Detergent – 4 Week Frugal Challenge

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It’s time for a new frugal challenge.  For the next 4 weeks I want to challenge you to make and use your own laundry detergent.  I am a Tide girl, and I now make my own- so there’s proof that it’s good quality stuff!  You can make the equivalent of 300 oz of detergent in about an hour’s time for less than $2!  The cost to make this size batch like Tide is about $5.50 (compared to $40 to buy {Read More}

Always Be Looking Ahead for Future Needs – 4 Week Frugal Challenge

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The goal blocks I showed you last week have been the most help to me in this challenge so far. I leave them sitting right by my computer monitor and my rice jar that’s also to help me make my goals a priority.  But just like my house, it’s so easy to take a look at my goals and say “everything looks ok, I think I’ll take a break”.  Trust me, it gets me every time. Before I know it {Read More}

Goal Blocks – Visual & Manipulative Tool – 4 Week Frugal Challenge

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Last Tuesday I shared with you my personal goals. The past two weeks I’ve accomplished a lot around the house, on my blogs and personally.  Now, don’t get me wrong- I’ve had my bad days where I didn’t do too much, but overall I feel like I’ve done pretty good for me.  I’ve also had plenty of time for playing games, visiting with friends and watching TV. Partly it’s because I’ve been more determined than ever before to do better.  {Read More}

Goal Setting and 15 Minute Priorities – 4 Week Frugal Challenge

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Last week I challenged you to set some goals and devote at least 15-20 minutes daily towards those goals.  Like the rice jar, if you wait until the end of the day, you’ll give up because it’s too hard to fit it in.  But if you devote time to working on your goals early in the day you’ll find you still have plenty of time for all the other things you want to accomplish. You may be wondering why I {Read More}

4 Week Frugal Challenge – 15 Minute Priorities

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I run out of time every day, don’t you?  Actually I don’t really run out of time, I just don’t prioritize my time. See what I mean here:  The first 4 week challenge of 2013 is to set goals – whether it’s to make more effort to save money, to tackle some projects or to spend more time with your family- and to spend 15-20 minutes a day to make those goals a priority.  You’ll be surprised at how much {Read More}

Homemade Tide Laundry Detergent for $.03 Per Load or Less!

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Homemade Tide

Everyone knows I love my Tide laundry detergent.  I thought I was doing pretty good to get a 50 oz jug for around $2, but now I’ve come up with a way to make 3x that amount for around $2! I started with this recipe for laundry detergent from Pary Moppins’ friend.  I decided to half the recipe because I didn’t want the extra detergent sitting around for years.  Here’s what you’ll need: 1/2 bar Fels Naptha or Zote laundry {Read More}

Juice from Canned Fruits – Using What You’ve Already Paid For

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A couple of months ago my best friend and fellow frugie asked me what I did with the juice from canned fruits.  “Um, well, sometimes I drink it.  I’m trying to do better about not wasting it.”  She chuckled and told me that she’d had the idea to freeze the juice to make juice pops for her kids.  Genius!  Once we cleared enough room in the freezer for my mold, I did the same.  Little One and Turkey absolutely love {Read More}

Get Creative – If It’s Broken, Fix It Instead of Replace It

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We are big believers in coming up with creative solutions and making do instead of spending more money on something that doesn’t really enhance your life. We really try to pick and choose the things that will impact our lives and set aside the desires to be “perfect” like everyone else. There are times that we succumb to our perceived peer pressure, but most of the time we are successful at keeping our eyes on the goal- to be debt {Read More}