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January 2015
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From Cath's Desk
Hello Cheapskaters, For the 14th year in a row I'd like to wish you a very happy and prosperous new year. I also want to welcome all the new Cheapskates Club members..... read more..... |
Cheapskates Tip Store
Freezer Meal Planner Approximate $ Savings: $100 I have a freezer full of ready meals and ingredients but haven't found an inventory..... read more..... |
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Feature Article
Taming the Grocery Budget Part 1 According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics Australian households spent an average of $254.20 a week on groceries, or $13,218.40 a year. That's a lot..... read more..... |
Getting Everything from Your Old Fridge
Don't dispose of your old frig when it's no longer working. Here is a list of parts of it which can be reused : The body of the fridge turned on its side, makes a great self-watering..... read more..... |
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Perpetual Pickle Juice
Approximate $ Savings: $2.00 to $5.00 per jar I save the liquid from my jars of pickles when they are empty. Then I buy or use cucumbers..... read more..... |
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Articles
Create Your Own Homegrown Citrus Garden In our backyard you'll find lemons, limes, orange, grapefruit and mandarin trees. Yes, we love citrus. We love oranges to eat and for cakes and marmalade..... read more..... |
Organizing Power Cords
Approximate $ Savings: $50c Use the Clips from loaves of bread etc. And write which power cord is eg: TV, DVD player, Surround Sound..... read more..... |
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What To Do With Outgrown Clothes
Kids grow fast, often moving up a couple of sizes in just one year. If you have two or more children of the same sex close enough together you can often get away with passing good..... read more..... |
Kill Fungus and Mildew for Good
Take 1 part Hydrogen Peroxide and 2 parts water. Put in a clean empty spray bottle and..... read more..... |
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Made with Love Not $
I have four grandchildren aged 13, 12, 10 and 10. Like many children they have the latest in electronics and are 'privileged' as they rarely go without anything. Their experience of giving..... read more..... |
Avoid Spending Good Money on Bad Avocados
If you pop the stem end of an avocado and see that it is brown underneath - it is over-ripe.... read more..... |
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Dear Cath
Cath answers two questions this month, both relating to grocery budgets: one on how to manage the high cost of fruit and vegetables and the other a meal plan and tips for a family of four to stick to the $300 a Month Food Challenge. read more..... |
Who Hates Chopping Onions?
I don't! Store your onions in the freezer. When you need one next, just zap it in the microwave for..... read more..... |
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Tip Sheet
Best Outrageous All-Natural Citrus Planting Trick Okay, you've got all the step-by-step instructions and tips for planting and growing citrus fruits from seed to tree. But do you want to do something a..... read more..... |
Pack Lunch and Save Big
Last year's lunch box probably just needs a good cleaning (and maybe a new name label and a few new stickers) to be school ready. This year, vow to stop spending top dollar on..... read more..... |
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Menu Planner
Fill in the meals you plan to eat for the week, fortnight or month and put the plan somewhere prominent: stick it to the front of the fridge with a magnet, blu-tack it to the.... read more..... |
Track the Back-to-School Sales
During the weeks leading up to the first day of school, I start checking all the sale brochures from Target, Kmart, Big W..... read more..... |
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Spread Out Your Back-to-School Purchases
I have four kids going back to school. Over the Christmas holidays, I try to buy things I know they will need—pencils, glue, rulers, paper, binders etc..... read more..... |
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Quotes of Note
Life isn’t about getting and having, it’s about giving and being. ~~Kevin Kruse~~ read more..... |
Get Next Year's School Supplies This Summer
The back-to-school sales are on right now. Notebooks, packs of paper, pens, highlighters, Textas, folders, pencil cases, backpacks and so on are ridiculously cheap after the new..... read more..... |