-
Recent Posts
Archives
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- November 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- October 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
Categories
- "that's not what it was intended for"
- 2014 goals
- Arrow
- Arts & crafts
- baking
- Bible Study
- Bird watching
- birthday
- book report
- Cake Show & Tell
- canning
- container gardening
- cooking
- crafts
- DIY
- Dog walking
- Doll Clothes
- Dumpster Diving
- eat yourself out of house & home
- family
- Five Frugal Things
- found money
- Frugal Fun
- Frugality for Singles
- furniture refinishing
- Gardening
- Grocery report
- Home Improvment
- Household projects
- Jams & Jellies
- line drying
- Mariners Baseball
- Misc.
- Nature Lover
- new year's resolutions
- Oregon Trail Big Day
- Reading List
- recipes
- refashion
- Second Hand Shopping
- Sewing
- single living frugal style
- Spiritual Blessings
- third thursday thrifting report
- thrift store shopping
- thrifty fixes
- thrifty haul
- Trash to Treasure
- Tutorial
- Uncategorized
- upcycle
- virtual Chia Pet Collection
- Volunteer activities
- What is it?
Meta
Tag Archives: free pile
Five Frugal Things
It has been warm enough since mid April to keep the furnace off. Yearly my goal is to turn the furnace off on May 1st. This year I got a BONUS 2 weeks. I stopped to pick up milk and found … Continue reading
Five Frugal Things
Our off season heat wave is over, nonetheless, I hung my laundry to air dry. Some things weren’t dry by night fall so I had to put the towels in the drier to finish. My friends Mark & Jessica are going to … Continue reading
Posted in Five Frugal Things
Tagged air dried laundry, dog sitting, free pile, freecycle, Grease Monkey, oil change, power washing, tool rental
5 Comments
Coon Skin Cap
I mentioned before that I’ve been on the lookout for some frugal (“cheap”) fake fur to use with this 50 cent toy to make a coonskin cap. (I do wish I could figure out how to make links back to … Continue reading
Thrift Store shopping with AFRUGALSPINSTER
I love reading blogs about amazing second hand store finds. I feel like my second hand purchases are far less exciting, but I decided to show off my frugal finds none-the-less. I try to hold myself to only purchasing things … Continue reading
Posted in Arts & crafts, Bird watching, Second Hand Shopping, thrifty fixes, Trash to Treasure, Uncategorized
Tagged back yard bird feeders, canning supplies, Craig's List, donations to Union Gospel Mission, free pile, garden, Goodwill, Homeless shelter, refasioning, second hand stores, spray paint, thrift stores, Value Village
3 Comments
Frugal (make that FREE) Fix
I was photographing a SVdP 99 cent dress I plan to refashion. As I snapped my photos I realized that the cord to my heater was less than inconspicuous, in fact it was distracting. Saturday, in between cake deliveries I stopped … Continue reading
My Sedum Planter
After seeing this in the garden section at my neighborhood produce stand, I was inspired to do something like it for my own yard. For months I looked for a hen figurine. I was a lot like Goldilocks in the 3 … Continue reading
Roadside Rug
Driving home from my friends’ house, I saw this. Of course it was pouring down rain. But I managed to stuff it in the back of my van and get it home. There I could unroll it to see what … Continue reading
afrugalspinster 