Your Cheapskates CLub Newsletter 04:23
In This Newsletter
1. Cath's Corner
2. From the Tip Store - Lunchtime Stockpile Saves Money and Sanity; School Kids Lunch and Mid-Morning Snacks - Easy on the Wallet and on Your Time; Packing School Lunches for Three
3. Share Your Tips -
4. Join the Cheapskates Club
5. On the Menu - Brownie Cake
6. The $300 a Month Food Challenge - Filling Frugal Lunchboxes
7. The Weekly MOO Challenge - MOO Tzatziki
8. Cheapskates Buzz
9. The Cheapskates Club Show
10. The Handmade Christmas Challenge
11. Frequently Asked Questions
12. Contact Details
1. Cath's Corner
Hello Cheapskaters,
Happy Australia Day everyone!
When I woke this morning the sky was a blue-grey, there was a little summer fog lingering in the trees and the bush looked so pretty. It made my heart sing, and it made me so grateful to live in Australia, to be Australian.
Our country has its problems, but when I look around me, it's still a fantastic place to live, with wonderful, amazing, strong in mind and body, resilient Australians doing what we do best - tackling the issues and getting on with the job, with humour and determination. Nothing keeps Australians, and Australia down.
Much like Cheapskaters. We see the problem, we find a solution and we work it to pay down that debt, get rid of that mortgage, build up savings, create and emergency fund - whatever we need to do to live life debt free, cashed up and laughing we do, with humour and determination.
That makes my heart sing too, and makes me so grateful for our wonderful community of Cheapskaters.
So, again, happy Australia Day and Happy Cheapskating,
PS: Love our site? We love referrals! Send a note to your favourite newspapers, magazines, radio stations, TV stations, friends and relatives, and tell them about us!
Happy Cheapskating,
Cath
2. From The Tip Store
Lunchtime Stockpile Saves Money and Sanity
I pack lunches every morning for three teenagers and my husband. More often than not, I would get started and discover that the chips and snacks intended for lunches had already been eaten. So I started packing “starter” lunch bags. On my grocery shopping day I buy enough chips, drink boxes and snacks for two weeks' worth of lunches. I line all my brown paper bags up on the counter and drop a drink box, chip bag and snack into each bag. I put one week of lunch bags in a box in my pantry and the second week’s bags on a shelf in another cupboard. To pack a lunch, I pull out the number of bags I need and add fruit and a sandwich to each. This has saved me a lot of time, money and frustration. My costs go down because the food is actually eaten for lunches as it was intended, and I am saved the frustration of madly looking in the fridge for lunch ingredients or the expense of giving everyone money to buy lunch.
Contributed by Sally-Jane
School Kids Lunch and Mid-Morning Snacks - Easy on the Wallet and on Your Time
Left over roast meat is great in sandwiches or rolls and is really good for keeping the kids going. When my kids were at school I'd make all their sandwiches with various meat and cheese and label them and freeze them separately. I'd ask the kids the night before to get whatever sandwich they wanted out of the freezer and place in the fridge. Then in the morning I'd add fresh salad vegetables to the sandwich. With tomatoes I would thinly slice them and place it on a paper napkin and then blot them to get out most of the moisture so the sandwiches didn't go soggy. You can slice a few and put them in a container, with a paper napkin on the bottom of the container. They can last for 2-3 days. For a change try - wraps with falafel and hummus, chicken drumsticks and salad, cheese twists (they're easy to make yourself). For snack time I'd make savoury or sweet muffins, pumpkin scones, cakes and biscuits. Freezing what I could and adding them to their lunch bag for morning tea. Fresh fruit, cheese, celery sticks with cream cheese, carrot sticks, cherry tomatoes and dried fruit and nuts, yoghurt were all favourites. In summer try packing a fruit salad of melon, pineapple and berries with yoghurt for dipping (with ice blocks to keep it cool). I'd usually package individual serves and store whatever I could ahead of time to make it easier for that mad morning rush and to make sure they had plenty of variety.
Contributed by Apryl
Packing School Lunches for Three
I have three, fussy, hungry boys. I want to pack school lunches quickly, efficiently and cheaply that the kids will eat! These methods work for me.
I use my freezer to form the base of my lunchbox packing. I make scrolls: pizza or vegemite and cheese - one scroll does one child for lunch. One child likes bread with butter and sliced cheese on the side. I cut up a French stick, butter it, and place in a freezer bag so I can take out each portion as I need it. Another child likes cheese rolls - another one which is easy to make, wrap, and freeze.
For a snack, I make, slice and freeze banana cake (because it is so quick, easy and contains fruit!). Sometimes I make chocolate chip biscuits as they make in bulk and freeze easily.
With a stocked freezer, I can give lunch (roll or scroll) plus one piece of cake (or biscuit) and I pack this the night before with some dried mango or sultanas, cheese cubes, sliced carrot or cucumbers and a yoghurt.
In the morning, I slice up an apple - green are the best because they don't go brown - but even red (Gala) are fine. Lunchboxes are done in a few minutes!
It might seem like a lot of work to make scrolls etc. - but I make in bulk so it is only once every 3 weeks that I need to cook and everything runs out at different rates so really it's about once a week that I need to refill the freezer.
Georgina
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If you want to beat the battle of the bills, and live life debt free, cashed up and laughing, you need the Cheapskates Club.
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5. On The Menu
Brownie Cake
1. Cath's Corner
2. From the Tip Store - Lunchtime Stockpile Saves Money and Sanity; School Kids Lunch and Mid-Morning Snacks - Easy on the Wallet and on Your Time; Packing School Lunches for Three
3. Share Your Tips -
4. Join the Cheapskates Club
5. On the Menu - Brownie Cake
6. The $300 a Month Food Challenge - Filling Frugal Lunchboxes
7. The Weekly MOO Challenge - MOO Tzatziki
8. Cheapskates Buzz
9. The Cheapskates Club Show
10. The Handmade Christmas Challenge
11. Frequently Asked Questions
12. Contact Details
1. Cath's Corner
Hello Cheapskaters,
Happy Australia Day everyone!
When I woke this morning the sky was a blue-grey, there was a little summer fog lingering in the trees and the bush looked so pretty. It made my heart sing, and it made me so grateful to live in Australia, to be Australian.
Our country has its problems, but when I look around me, it's still a fantastic place to live, with wonderful, amazing, strong in mind and body, resilient Australians doing what we do best - tackling the issues and getting on with the job, with humour and determination. Nothing keeps Australians, and Australia down.
Much like Cheapskaters. We see the problem, we find a solution and we work it to pay down that debt, get rid of that mortgage, build up savings, create and emergency fund - whatever we need to do to live life debt free, cashed up and laughing we do, with humour and determination.
That makes my heart sing too, and makes me so grateful for our wonderful community of Cheapskaters.
So, again, happy Australia Day and Happy Cheapskating,
PS: Love our site? We love referrals! Send a note to your favourite newspapers, magazines, radio stations, TV stations, friends and relatives, and tell them about us!
Happy Cheapskating,
Cath
2. From The Tip Store
Lunchtime Stockpile Saves Money and Sanity
I pack lunches every morning for three teenagers and my husband. More often than not, I would get started and discover that the chips and snacks intended for lunches had already been eaten. So I started packing “starter” lunch bags. On my grocery shopping day I buy enough chips, drink boxes and snacks for two weeks' worth of lunches. I line all my brown paper bags up on the counter and drop a drink box, chip bag and snack into each bag. I put one week of lunch bags in a box in my pantry and the second week’s bags on a shelf in another cupboard. To pack a lunch, I pull out the number of bags I need and add fruit and a sandwich to each. This has saved me a lot of time, money and frustration. My costs go down because the food is actually eaten for lunches as it was intended, and I am saved the frustration of madly looking in the fridge for lunch ingredients or the expense of giving everyone money to buy lunch.
Contributed by Sally-Jane
School Kids Lunch and Mid-Morning Snacks - Easy on the Wallet and on Your Time
Left over roast meat is great in sandwiches or rolls and is really good for keeping the kids going. When my kids were at school I'd make all their sandwiches with various meat and cheese and label them and freeze them separately. I'd ask the kids the night before to get whatever sandwich they wanted out of the freezer and place in the fridge. Then in the morning I'd add fresh salad vegetables to the sandwich. With tomatoes I would thinly slice them and place it on a paper napkin and then blot them to get out most of the moisture so the sandwiches didn't go soggy. You can slice a few and put them in a container, with a paper napkin on the bottom of the container. They can last for 2-3 days. For a change try - wraps with falafel and hummus, chicken drumsticks and salad, cheese twists (they're easy to make yourself). For snack time I'd make savoury or sweet muffins, pumpkin scones, cakes and biscuits. Freezing what I could and adding them to their lunch bag for morning tea. Fresh fruit, cheese, celery sticks with cream cheese, carrot sticks, cherry tomatoes and dried fruit and nuts, yoghurt were all favourites. In summer try packing a fruit salad of melon, pineapple and berries with yoghurt for dipping (with ice blocks to keep it cool). I'd usually package individual serves and store whatever I could ahead of time to make it easier for that mad morning rush and to make sure they had plenty of variety.
Contributed by Apryl
Packing School Lunches for Three
I have three, fussy, hungry boys. I want to pack school lunches quickly, efficiently and cheaply that the kids will eat! These methods work for me.
I use my freezer to form the base of my lunchbox packing. I make scrolls: pizza or vegemite and cheese - one scroll does one child for lunch. One child likes bread with butter and sliced cheese on the side. I cut up a French stick, butter it, and place in a freezer bag so I can take out each portion as I need it. Another child likes cheese rolls - another one which is easy to make, wrap, and freeze.
For a snack, I make, slice and freeze banana cake (because it is so quick, easy and contains fruit!). Sometimes I make chocolate chip biscuits as they make in bulk and freeze easily.
With a stocked freezer, I can give lunch (roll or scroll) plus one piece of cake (or biscuit) and I pack this the night before with some dried mango or sultanas, cheese cubes, sliced carrot or cucumbers and a yoghurt.
In the morning, I slice up an apple - green are the best because they don't go brown - but even red (Gala) are fine. Lunchboxes are done in a few minutes!
It might seem like a lot of work to make scrolls etc. - but I make in bulk so it is only once every 3 weeks that I need to cook and everything runs out at different rates so really it's about once a week that I need to refill the freezer.
Georgina
There are more than 12,000 great tips in the Tip Store
Add a Tip
3. Share Your Tips
The Cheapskate's Club website is thousands of pages of money saving hints, tips and ideas. There are over 12,000 tips to save you money, time and energy; 1,600 budget and family friendly recipes, hundreds of printable tip sheets and ebooks.
Let's get together and make the Cheapskates Club Australia's largest online hint, tip and idea library. Share your favourite money saving, time saving or energy saving hint and be in the running to win a one-year membership to The Cheapskate Club.
Share your favourite hint or tip that saves money, time and energy and be in the running to win a one-year subscription to The Cheapskate Journal.
Remember, you have to be in it to win it!
Share Your Tip
4. Not a Cheapskates Club Member?
What are you waiting for!
Cheapskates Club members enjoy full access to the Cheapskates Club, 24/7. They enjoy all the recipes in the Recipe File, all the tips in the Tip Store, all the Tip Sheets and Ebooks and Tools and Guides, all the articles in the Article Archive, the exclusive Member forum and so much more, and all for just $20 a year. That's under $2 a month!
If you want to beat the battle of the bills, and live life debt free, cashed up and laughing, you need the Cheapskates Club.
For just $20 you can join and get exclusive access to the Cheapskate Club Member's Centre.
That's unlimited, 24/7 access to EVERYTHING in the Member's Centre!
Click here to join the Cheapskates Club today!
5. On The Menu
Brownie Cake
I've been making this cake since I was 13 and it's still one of my favourites. It is a quick and easy one bowl loaf cake that smells wonderful while it's cooking and tastes even better. The combination of nuts, dried fruit (and you can use any combination you like, not just commercial mixed fruit) and aromatic spices makes it taste even better than it smells. Brownie cake is a moist loaf, and lasts well if wrapped in plastic wrap and stored in the fridge.
It's great in lunchboxes, or for morning or afternoon tea, but it also makes great cup cakes. Spoon the batter into cup cake papers or pans and bake for 20 - 25 minutes, until a knife inserted in the centre comes out clean.
Brownie Cake
Ingredients:
2 heaped cups SR flour
1tsp mixed spice
½ tsp cinnamon
2 tbsp butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup milk
1 cup mixed fruit and nuts
Method:
Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Grease and line a loaf tin. Sift together flour, spice and cinnamon. Rub in butter and add sugar. Mix with milk. Add fruit and nuts. Pour into greased loaf tin and bake 1 hour or until a knife inserted in the centre comes out clean.
From the Cheapskates Club Cakes and Muffins Recipe File
Next week we will be eating:
Sunday: Roast Chicken
Monday: Kransky & potato bake, veggies
Tuesday: Fettucine Alfredo, salad
Wednesday: Rissoles & salad
Thursday: MOO Pizza
Friday: Quick Rice Patties, salad
Saturday: Haystacks
There are over 1,800 budget and family friendly recipes in the Cheapskates Club Recipe File, all contributed by your fellow Cheapskates, so you know they're good.
Add A Recipe
Recipe File Index
6. The $300 a Month Food Challenge
Filling Frugal Lunchboxes
With school about to start for the new year, I'm sure parents all around the country are groaning at the thought of filling lunchboxes.
We want our children to have a tasty lunch, but it has to fit within our budget and the school healthy lunchbox guidelines. If you stick to the list that some schools provide for lunches you'll go broke.
So think about what your children eat for lunch at home. Can you pack that type of lunch? You may need to invest in an ice brick or two, or just freeze water in bottles.
My best advice is to keep school lunches, and brain/snack food (if your school has that) simple and don't over-pack. And don't buy those very expensive "treats" for lunchboxes.
Sandwiches, rolls, wraps or crackers, pita bread, rice crackers. Cheese slices or cubes. Veggie sticks (carrot, celery, cucumber, capsicum). Small containers of dip or yoghurt. Fruit chunks (apple, orange, mandarin, pineapple all work well).
We all know it's usually cheaper to buy a bigger container of yoghurt and decant it. But take it to the next level and MOO your yoghurt (it's easy - here's how to MOO the best yoghurt you'll ever taste) and if you use soy yoghurt, here's how you can MOO that too
Pop some popcorn Bake a batch of Lunchbox Cookies (a batch costs $6.59 to make at least 100 biscuits). Waste Not, Want Not Muffins are tasty and cheap too.
Limit tuckshop or canteen. Get a copy of the menu/price list and MOO the items your children would like. Sausage rolls, cheese and veggie rolls, burgers can all be done at home. Mini pizzas can be made at home using an English muffin, tomato sauce, a sprinkle of herbs and some grated cheese. Grill to melt the cheese, wrap in foil and pack in an insulated lunchbox; it will still be hot at lunchtime. Or use a scone sliced into three to make mini pizzas. Pinwheels are easy to make, inexpensive and pack well.
If you're worried Junior will be starving, have a snack ready for after school. Use what comes home in the lunchboxes as a guide and ask why whatever didn't get eaten. Don’t assume it was because they didn't like it or weren't hungry - it could be that they just wanted to go play after eating time was up.
You can fill a lunchbox with healthy, tasty, appealing food without going broke.
The $300 a Month Food Challenge Forum
The Post that Started it All
7. The Weekly MOO Challenge
MOO Tzatziki
I MOOed a double batch tzatziki on Friday, some to take to a function on Saturday, and some for us to enjoy over the weekend and during the week. Yes, during the week - MOO tzatziki will keep for up to 5 days, covered in the fridge.
Here's my recipe:
1 cup Greek yoghurt
1 large cucumber, grated
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 clove garlic, crushed
Pinch of salt
Method:
Use the small grater to grate the cucumber or put it through your food processor. Put it in a bowl, sprinkle with salt, about 1 teaspoon, and let it sit for 15 minutes. This will draw the water out of the cucumber. Don't be tempted to skip this step, or the next. You want as much moisture as possible out of the cucumber so it doesn't make the dip watery and horrible. After the 15 minutes, tip into a colander and rinse. Then pick up a handful and squeeze as much water as possible out of the cucumber. If you have one, a cheesecloth makes this easier - just tip it all into the cheesecloth, and twist to squeeze the water out. Put the cucumber, yoghurt, garlic and lemon juice in a bowl and stir to mix. Taste - if it needs salt, add a pinch and taste again. If it needs more lemon juice, add another teaspoon - not too much, you don't want to make it watery. Chill and enjoy.
This cost me almost nothing, as I mentioned, the only bought ingredient was the pinch of salt. So perhaps 1 cent? It was worth the 20 minutes (only five of those was actually hands on, most of it was waiting time) to MOO this delicious and refreshing dip.
Cost: 30 cents
Saving: $3
Get in on the fun and discussions here.
8. Cheapskates BuzzFrom The Article Archive
Is it Worth the Time to Pack Lunches?
40 Quick Healthy Snacks you can Pack in a Lunchbox
Simple Tips Make Packing Lunches Easier
This Week's Hot Forum Topics
Need a Little Inspiration to Grow Food?
Week 3: Where does it all go? Keeping Track of Your Money
Asking the Hard Questions - Lesson 1
9. The Cheapskates Club Show
Join Cath and Hannah live Tuesdays and Thursdays on You Tube at 7.30pm AET
Latest Shows
It's great in lunchboxes, or for morning or afternoon tea, but it also makes great cup cakes. Spoon the batter into cup cake papers or pans and bake for 20 - 25 minutes, until a knife inserted in the centre comes out clean.
Brownie Cake
Ingredients:
2 heaped cups SR flour
1tsp mixed spice
½ tsp cinnamon
2 tbsp butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup milk
1 cup mixed fruit and nuts
Method:
Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Grease and line a loaf tin. Sift together flour, spice and cinnamon. Rub in butter and add sugar. Mix with milk. Add fruit and nuts. Pour into greased loaf tin and bake 1 hour or until a knife inserted in the centre comes out clean.
From the Cheapskates Club Cakes and Muffins Recipe File
Next week we will be eating:
Sunday: Roast Chicken
Monday: Kransky & potato bake, veggies
Tuesday: Fettucine Alfredo, salad
Wednesday: Rissoles & salad
Thursday: MOO Pizza
Friday: Quick Rice Patties, salad
Saturday: Haystacks
There are over 1,800 budget and family friendly recipes in the Cheapskates Club Recipe File, all contributed by your fellow Cheapskates, so you know they're good.
Add A Recipe
Recipe File Index
6. The $300 a Month Food Challenge
Filling Frugal Lunchboxes
With school about to start for the new year, I'm sure parents all around the country are groaning at the thought of filling lunchboxes.
We want our children to have a tasty lunch, but it has to fit within our budget and the school healthy lunchbox guidelines. If you stick to the list that some schools provide for lunches you'll go broke.
So think about what your children eat for lunch at home. Can you pack that type of lunch? You may need to invest in an ice brick or two, or just freeze water in bottles.
My best advice is to keep school lunches, and brain/snack food (if your school has that) simple and don't over-pack. And don't buy those very expensive "treats" for lunchboxes.
Sandwiches, rolls, wraps or crackers, pita bread, rice crackers. Cheese slices or cubes. Veggie sticks (carrot, celery, cucumber, capsicum). Small containers of dip or yoghurt. Fruit chunks (apple, orange, mandarin, pineapple all work well).
We all know it's usually cheaper to buy a bigger container of yoghurt and decant it. But take it to the next level and MOO your yoghurt (it's easy - here's how to MOO the best yoghurt you'll ever taste) and if you use soy yoghurt, here's how you can MOO that too
Pop some popcorn Bake a batch of Lunchbox Cookies (a batch costs $6.59 to make at least 100 biscuits). Waste Not, Want Not Muffins are tasty and cheap too.
Limit tuckshop or canteen. Get a copy of the menu/price list and MOO the items your children would like. Sausage rolls, cheese and veggie rolls, burgers can all be done at home. Mini pizzas can be made at home using an English muffin, tomato sauce, a sprinkle of herbs and some grated cheese. Grill to melt the cheese, wrap in foil and pack in an insulated lunchbox; it will still be hot at lunchtime. Or use a scone sliced into three to make mini pizzas. Pinwheels are easy to make, inexpensive and pack well.
If you're worried Junior will be starving, have a snack ready for after school. Use what comes home in the lunchboxes as a guide and ask why whatever didn't get eaten. Don’t assume it was because they didn't like it or weren't hungry - it could be that they just wanted to go play after eating time was up.
You can fill a lunchbox with healthy, tasty, appealing food without going broke.
The $300 a Month Food Challenge Forum
The Post that Started it All
7. The Weekly MOO Challenge
MOO Tzatziki
I MOOed a double batch tzatziki on Friday, some to take to a function on Saturday, and some for us to enjoy over the weekend and during the week. Yes, during the week - MOO tzatziki will keep for up to 5 days, covered in the fridge.
Here's my recipe:
1 cup Greek yoghurt
1 large cucumber, grated
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 clove garlic, crushed
Pinch of salt
Method:
Use the small grater to grate the cucumber or put it through your food processor. Put it in a bowl, sprinkle with salt, about 1 teaspoon, and let it sit for 15 minutes. This will draw the water out of the cucumber. Don't be tempted to skip this step, or the next. You want as much moisture as possible out of the cucumber so it doesn't make the dip watery and horrible. After the 15 minutes, tip into a colander and rinse. Then pick up a handful and squeeze as much water as possible out of the cucumber. If you have one, a cheesecloth makes this easier - just tip it all into the cheesecloth, and twist to squeeze the water out. Put the cucumber, yoghurt, garlic and lemon juice in a bowl and stir to mix. Taste - if it needs salt, add a pinch and taste again. If it needs more lemon juice, add another teaspoon - not too much, you don't want to make it watery. Chill and enjoy.
This cost me almost nothing, as I mentioned, the only bought ingredient was the pinch of salt. So perhaps 1 cent? It was worth the 20 minutes (only five of those was actually hands on, most of it was waiting time) to MOO this delicious and refreshing dip.
Cost: 30 cents
Saving: $3
Get in on the fun and discussions here.
8. Cheapskates BuzzFrom The Article Archive
Is it Worth the Time to Pack Lunches?
40 Quick Healthy Snacks you can Pack in a Lunchbox
Simple Tips Make Packing Lunches Easier
This Week's Hot Forum Topics
Need a Little Inspiration to Grow Food?
Week 3: Where does it all go? Keeping Track of Your Money
Asking the Hard Questions - Lesson 1
9. The Cheapskates Club Show
Join Cath and Hannah live Tuesdays and Thursdays on You Tube at 7.30pm AET
Latest Shows
Subscribe to our You Tube channel and never miss a show.
10. Handmade Christmas Challenge
Week 3 is over already!
Slow and steady wins the race - or at least gets all your handmade gifts done! Try to work on something every day, even if it's just 10 or 15 minutes, it will make a difference, especially if you have some large projects.
I was able to add two cards to the present box, for special birthdays coming up. They were both made using materials from my stash, I didn’t need to buy anything.
10. Handmade Christmas Challenge
Week 3 is over already!
Slow and steady wins the race - or at least gets all your handmade gifts done! Try to work on something every day, even if it's just 10 or 15 minutes, it will make a difference, especially if you have some large projects.
I was able to add two cards to the present box, for special birthdays coming up. They were both made using materials from my stash, I didn’t need to buy anything.
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I did however buy some fabric, in the form of tea towels. They were 50 cents each on clearance at Kmart (and I checked online last night and they still have some online, not sure about at your local store). Tea towels are so versatile and a great source of fabric. I've already sorted them into piles and stuck a sticky note on each pile so I know what they've been allocated to. Next step will be the sewing. It will be a few minutes here and there as the next two weeks are rather hectic according to my planner. I'm happy to sew for 10 minutes or 20 minutes and get something done, and I know that it won't be long before all those tea towels will be turned into the gifts on my list.
How are you getting on with your handmade Christmas or other handmade gifts?
Don't forget to check in for our Make It Monday show and tell over at Cheapskates Chatter, we'd love to see what you've made.
Handmade Christmas Central
The Handmade Christmas Forum
11. Frequently Asked Questions
How do I change my email address?
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Not a Cheapskates Club member? Then please use the Changing Details form found here to update your email address.
How do I know when my membership should be renewed?
Memberships are active for one year from the date of joining. You will be sent a renewal reminder before your subscription is due to renew. You can also find your membership expiry date on your profile page.
When you login to the Member's Centre just click on your name to go straight to your profile page where you can will find your join date and your expiry date.
What will you do with my email address?
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12. Contact Cheapskates
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Showing you how to live life
debt free, cashed up and laughing!
PO Box 5077 Studfield Vic 3152
Contact Cheapskates
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How are you getting on with your handmade Christmas or other handmade gifts?
Don't forget to check in for our Make It Monday show and tell over at Cheapskates Chatter, we'd love to see what you've made.
Handmade Christmas Central
The Handmade Christmas Forum
11. Frequently Asked Questions
How do I change my email address?
This one is easy. When you login to the Member's Centre just click on your name at the top of the page to go straight to your profile page where you can update your details, change your password and find your subscription details.
Not a Cheapskates Club member? Then please use the Changing Details form found here to update your email address.
How do I know when my membership should be renewed?
Memberships are active for one year from the date of joining. You will be sent a renewal reminder before your subscription is due to renew. You can also find your membership expiry date on your profile page.
When you login to the Member's Centre just click on your name to go straight to your profile page where you can will find your join date and your expiry date.
What will you do with my email address?
We never rent, trade or sell our email list to anyone for any reason whatsoever. You'll never get an unsolicited email from a stranger as a result of joining this list.
How did I get on this list?
The only way you can get onto our newsletter mailing list is to subscribe yourself. You either signed up to receive our Free Newsletter at our Cheapskates Club Web site or are a Platinum Cheapskates Club member.
12. Contact Cheapskates
The Cheapskates Club -
Showing you how to live life
debt free, cashed up and laughing!
PO Box 5077 Studfield Vic 3152
Contact Cheapskates
www.cheapskatesclub.net