Archive for July, 2008

Written by Forest on July 29th, 2008
I was talking with a great Blogger named Jane ( She blogs at Pet Rescuer Central, Jericho Monster and Margie and Edna’s Basement ). We were talking about her lovely Dog Boo (you can see her in the picture below) finally coming home after being in foster care for 8 ...
Written by Forest on July 29th, 2008
(PlI thought I would write this quick post as I am often listing free offers here on this blog (and have a big free offer post coming up later today). Many people worry about giving away their details to so many companies and many times the curator of the lists cannot ...
Written by Forest on July 28th, 2008
Great news this morning... Jeff over at Buzz My Blog informed me that Frugal Zeitgeist has won the Weekly Buzz competition. I got 500 entrecard points and a link on his great blog for a whole month. If you are feeling bored Please do swing by the article "Be a Tightwad" and leave ...
Written by Forest on July 26th, 2008
One of my regular readers and blogging friends sent me this snappy little article out of the kindness of his heart! Shaners doesn't beat around the bush and this article is no exception with 20 quick firing thrifty and frugal tips for us tightwads! Shaners can be found blogging at ...
Written by Forest on July 26th, 2008
Many gas companies offer prepaid gas cards and you can easily buy them from your regular gas station or online. In fact the sale of gasoline cards has been growing a huge amount in recent years as the price of gas has rocketed and people have seen the sense in ...
Written by Forest on July 25th, 2008
I finally bowed into going to see Batman, The Dark Knight on IMAX at full price, a whopping $14.95!!!! It's ironic really considering that I wrote a post about seeing The Dark Knight for cheap, just the other day. The movie was unbelievably awesome and Heath Ledger ironically lived up to everything ...
Written by Forest on July 24th, 2008
Being single is possibly one of the quickest way to kill any attempts at living frugally. Going out and meeting people and going on dates can cost a hell of a lot of money and it may be the case that you have to budget yourself very rigidly to afford ...
Written by Forest on July 22nd, 2008
You may think that my frugal thinking has gone a little far but hear me out.... The traditional tampon is a very expensive "necessity" that women around the globe sometimes have to struggle with in order to buy on a monthly basis. A box of tampons and a pack of liners ...
Written by Forest on July 19th, 2008
Batman, The Dark Knight is finally released and gracing our cinema screens. Reviews are phenomenal and I know that I HAVE to see it. This is looking like Heath Ledgers crowning glory and sadly he left us before he could attempt to better it! RIP HEATH... Cinema prices are pretty high these ...
Written by Forest on July 19th, 2008
Welcome to the second week of "Tight Tips”, a weekly guest post by a good friend Duncan Wilson of mine www.duncwilson.co.uk A £2.50 paper cup of coffee. A packet of 10p crisps. Another packet of 10p crisps. A £1.80 newspaper. A single pack of chewing gum. A bottle ...