Frugality, Slowing Down

See Your Life And Save Money

A few weeks ago, two huge trees were removed from the property directly behind our house.  The trees were massive oaks, 100+ years old.  Unfortunately, both were diseased and had to come down. After the trees were felled, I noticed something.  Right next to both trees, “hidden” in plain sight, were four smaller trees – all ready to leaf-out for…

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Family, Frugality, Saving Money

Save Money When Eating Out

My wife and I have 3 kids.  We prefer to feed them home-cooked meals, but there are times when it’s fun and/or convenient to eat out.  Here are a few ways that we have learned to save money when eating out – with kids! Budget for eating out. This is critical.  Folks often underestimate how much they are going to…

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Coupons, Frugality, Saving Money

Printable Coupons For August 2012

For several years I have been using a printable grocery price book to track the prices of groceries.  Coupling the price book with coupons – especially free printable coupons – I manage to save quite a bit of money on groceries each month. Now, No Credit Needed is able to offer free, printable coupons, right here on the site! Pretty…

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