Category: household
Quotes About Being Broke
| November 9, 2012 | Posted by thecheapskatemom under frugalphilosophy, home, household, lifestyle |
Sometimes, no matter how hard we work or how many pennies we've pinched, we're still left with a defecit. We shop at Wal Mart almost exclusively – I make our own baby wipes, our laundry detergent and even our bread… I haven't gotten my hair cut in well over a year. My husband cuts his own!! Even with running a defecit, we are blessed and lucky to have the lives… more
Our DIY Sushi Making Night Adventure
| August 28, 2012 | Posted by thecheapskatemom under entertainment, fall, food, fun, home, household, kitchen |
by Hannah Walton aka The Cheapskate Mom Making Our Own Sushi : Climbing My Culinary Mount Everest Hi folks! As you may already know, my hubbie and I don't go out to eat. EVER. We can't afford to right now. Of all the things we miss – we've really been craving sushi. We were talking about this with a friend who has cooked professionally recently – and he said… more
Cheap Glass Top Stove Cleaner
| August 15, 2012 | Posted by thecheapskatemom under cleaning, diy, ecofriendlykitchen, environment, home, household, kitchen |
by Hannah Walton aka The Cheapskate Mom Glass Stove Top Cleaner That's Cheap & Non-Toxic ! When we moved into our new apartment way back when – I was so happy to finally have a modern, stylish and flat glass top stove. It gleamed – it really made our kitchen stand out and made me feel like we were coming up in the world (I know – it's the little… more
Coffee Scrub Recipe
| August 10, 2012 | Posted by thecheapskatemom under beautydiy, beautytips, christmas gift, crafts, diy, gifts, home, household, kitchencrafts, repurpose |
by Hannah Walton aka The Cheapskate Mom Got a Starbucks cup? Got Coffee? Got Salt? Got oil (almond, jojoba, baby, whatever)? You've got a luxurious coffee salt scrub you can make! Inspired by my coffee lotion and Starbucks lotion dispenser project, today I made a coffee salt scrub and packaged it in a Starbucks cup. It was ridiculously easy and apparently coffee is good for waking up cellulite and… more
Cheap Cookbook Stand
| August 8, 2012 | Posted by thecheapskatemom under food, home, household, kitchen, kitchencrafts |
by Hannah Walton aka The Cheapskate Mom Cheap Homemade Cookbook Stand from a Clothing Hanger Since I've just gotten back into cooking after a lot of frozen meal eating during my son's early months, I've found myself wanting to have a place to put cookbooks. Cookbook stands are kind of expensive – at least $15.00 for a flimsy one (I know because I paid 15.00 for a stand that fell… more
Cheap and Healthy Ovaltine Breakfast Shake
| August 5, 2012 | Posted by thecheapskatemom under food, home, household, kitchen |
by Hannah Walton aka The Cheapskate Mom My husband and I are trying to lose the pregnancy weight – and one way we are doing it is by making cheap but healthy breakfast shakes with chocolate ovaltine and bananas. Ovaltine is super healthy as it has lots of added vitamins – it's also super tasty! It's like a milkshake without the guilt…. I buy a container of Chocolate Ovaltine… more
Foaming Soap: Cheap & DIY
| July 7, 2012 | Posted by thecheapskatemom under beauty, beautydiy, beautytips, home, household |
by Hannah Walton aka The Cheapskate Mom Making Hand Soap is Easy Did you know you can make foaming hand soap using liquid hand soap? You can even make your own liquid hand soap. I know it's not the most exciting article – but the cost of hand soap adds up fast – and by making foaming soap or even liquid soap – you can have the luxury of… more
