Fun and Frugal Class

Is your family on a budget? Maybe you want to save for a special trip or purchase. Learning frugal tips and tricks will help you save money in a heartbeat. This unique class blends the best frugal ideas online and offline. First, you will learn where to go and how to find the best online savings, coupons, free shipping, free samples, and more. We’ll help you protect your private information and save money safely using the Internet.  One of us recently spent two nights at a nice hotel with a water park (one night regular rate is $208), had 3 meals out, spent an evening bowling and spent a total of $213.  Find out how you can do this.

Then, we’ll move offline to help you save money and time in your daily routine when we cover bulk buying tips, bulk cooking and freezer meals, homemade cleaning supplies and other simple tactics perfect for any budget. You will receive a handout and will have plenty of time to ask questions of a couple professional tightwads, swap ideas, and leave with plenty of resources to get started saving today!

When:  Monday, April 26th

Where:  Vivid Image

897 Hwy 15 South, Hutchinson, MN  55350

Time:  6:30-8:30

Pre-Register by e-mailing:  info@tidytightwads.com

Cost:  $20 per person

Cleaning for a Reason

We are proud to announce our affiliation with the Cleaning For A Reason foundation, the non-profit providing free, professional housecleaning services to women undergoing treatment for cancer.

We contribute time and money to this organization providing free cleaning services to women during this time of need.  If you would like to learn more about this practical,  heartfelt help for women, please visit www.cleaningforareason.org or ask for more information on how you or a loved one can get involved.

Old Stuff Day

Old Stuff Day is a day not to do the same old stuff.  Rather, it’s a time to recognize the boring nature of your daily routine, and make some exciting changes.  Find a  new and different activity, projector hobby.  Attend an event or do something, anything, different.  You will be glad that you did!

Home Office tips

~Make it a rule to always refile things. You can establish a special place for current projects, but otherwise put everything away.

~Put loose papers in file folders right away. Only touch that paper once!

~If you’re concerned about remembering where you are going to put some notes you’ll need for an upcoming project, note the location in your planner on the day or month the project is due.

~Use your planner.  It will eliminate scraps of paper with notes on them.

~Set aside time daily or for sure weekly for doing paperwork.  You need to pencil in “creative time.”

~Use the clock if you are procrastinating about something.  Tell yourself, “Just 15 minutes.”

Make it efficient….

when you’re organizing, have on hand a trash can, a pen, file folders, labels and other desk organizational aids.  Clear the space you want to organize (the desk surface, one of the drawers, etc.)  Then make a big pile of all the paper.

Evaluate each item, categorize it and put it away (in the desk drawer, in a file, in one of the desk organizers, etc.) throwing out as much as possible.

Even when you are feeling overwhelmed, just keep sorting and categorizing.  If you devote the necessary time, your desk can be cleared.

Enlist the help of a professional organizer if need be……..in a matter of a couple hours you go from feeling overwhelmed to feeling free of clutter.

What do you do when your desk is a disaster?

Address your desk problems in blocks of time.  You may be able to straighten out the clutter in a few hours, or you may need a weekend.  Sometimes it’s better to devote a couple of hours a day to the job until you’re done.

Wanting more hours in your day?

Did you know that the average person loses 1 HOUR a day to disorganization?  That’s more than 2 weeks each year!

Giving Teens Space,,,

Now that I have a Tween myself at home and a Teen exchange student, I realize that they need some space.  Most teens want to be organized.  They want to accomplish a lot.  They just don’t know how to do it all.   Sort items into categories.  Group similar items.  Purge to reduce the quantity.  Keep only what you really use and love, and get rid of the rest.  Assign a home for items.  Decide on a shelf, drawer, bin or section of the closet for each category.  Don’t think of it as much as putting things away as much as setting up for the next use, so it’s there when you need it.

A good deal on Gold N’ Plump chicken…

Gold’N Plump: Buy one family pack, get one free-you will need a coupon from their (Cashwise)  ad for $5.98.

On the outside of each package is a coupon for .75/1 ($1.50 off)  plus I had a printable coupon from goldnplump.com for .75/1  ($1.50 off).  I got 2 family pack chicken legs  for $2.98.

I brought them home and made a “buffalo wing” sauce, marinated and froze them.

Just like a wing, but more meat and not as fatty as the wings are…………..and you still get your Buffalo wing fix………….for cheap!!

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