Your Cheapskates Club Newsletter 42:19
In This Newsletter
1. Cath's Corner
2. From the Tip Store - Tips for Easy Travelling; Making Recipes Go Further; This Dry Idea Eases a Rash
3. Share Your Tips
4. Own Your Christmas Challenge
5. On the Menu - MOO Fruit Mince
6. The $300 a Month Food Challenge - The Pantry Challenge
7. Cheapskates Buzz - Cheapskaters are talking in the Forum and on Cath's blog
8. The Cheapskates Club Show
9. Ask A Question - Have a question? Ask it here
10. Join the Cheapskates Club
11. Frequently Asked Questions
12. Contact Details
1. Cath's Corner
Hello Cheapskaters,
A very quick and short note from me. There almost wasn't a newsletter this week, I had a teen tiny mishap yesterday, and wasn't very well.
I was busy, and one of the many things I was doing, was making up a triple batch of Miracle Spray.
Long story short, I learned that drinking dissolved washing soda (it wasn't on purpose - I thought it was a glass of water, it's clear) makes you rather sick. And that the people at Poisons Information are very good at what they do.
Anyway, the newsletter is finished, and going out on time so I'm a happy Cheapskate.
See you all on You Tube tonight.
Happy Cheapskating,
Cath
2. From The Tip Store
Tips for Easy Travelling
Carry a decent reusable water bottle (make sure it’s empty when you go through security checks at airports); most airports and train stations have places you can refill them.
Also take a plastic plate and knife for picnic style lunches. Buying bread and cheese and fruit from local markets or shops will save a lot rather than having to pay for cafe lunches.
Carry a small first aid kit with Bandaids, Panadol etc. and include charcoal tablets for upset tummies.
A blow up neck pillow.
Compare prices between taking budget airlines and trains but look at where the airports they fly to/from are situated as it is often a long way from the destination and this can add to your costs.
Pack as lightly as you can with mix/match outfits i.e. tops and bottoms that can be swapped to create different looks.
Look at Airbnb for accommodation.
Contributed by Bridgette Gopal
Making Recipes Go Further
Like many Cheapskaters, I like to do bulk cook ups and store meal sized portions in the freezer.
There are a few things I do to ensure variety and value for money from each recipe.
1. I always lay out an extra container or two when dishing up. So if the recipe serves 4, I'll put out 5 or 6 containers. I make up the extra volume with vegetables such as frozen beans or peas etc.
2. I vary the 'sides'. This could be rice, mashed potato, noodles, quinoa, cous cous etc and different vegetables. Carrots, zucchini and beans or pumpkin, broccoli and peas and so forth.
3. When making something like a tuna or salmon bake, in the one casserole dish I mix half the creamy sauce with macaroni or risoni and the other half with rice. Sprinkle with breadcrumbs and grated cheese and bake.
This gives me variety and squeezes and extra meal or two from each recipe.
Contributed by Delaney Avenel
This Dry Idea Eases a Rash
I used to suffer from nasty rashes and sweating under my breasts and belly (having a saggy belly). I can’t remember how or who told me this tip but it is a great one . Get the Dry Idea deodorant and spray where the rash is; it helps to dry it up. I have been using this for a couple of years now and it works better than any medications than I have used in the past .I have also recommended it to other people and they have had the same results.
Contributed by Jan C.
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. Own Your Christmas Challenge
This is the third week of the Christmas Countdown. By now you are getting into the swing of it, and getting control of all things Christmas.
If you've made it to Week 3, you are determined to own your Christmas. Turn that determination into commitment and take the Christmas Pledge. I found it a few years ago and it reminds me every year just what is important at this time of year. You'll find the pledge here.
https://www.cheapskatesclub.net/the-christmas-pledge.html
This week is also the week to finalize travel plans (if you are travelling), and to work out where you'll be celebrating and with whom. It's also the week to make any restaurant reservations for dinners, parties etc. if you haven't already. Wait any longer and your favourite restaurant may be booked out.
Continue your card writing and gift buying. Wrap, label and put away as you buy each gift. Isn't it a great feeling to have that chore under control?
As you buy and wrap your gifts, keep the receipts. I use a big envelope to store them. Keeping receipts is a good thing, in case a return is necessary. I write on the back of each receipt who it was bought for and slip it into the envelope. Easy!
Click here to find your Week 3 tasks.
The tasks are outlined here in greater detail
You can get the Own Your Christmas planners here too.
If you'd like the weekly tasks and round-up, you can join the Own Your Christmas challenge here
5. The Living The Cheapskates Way Budget & Lifestyle Planner
It's not often I change a decision once it's made, but there have been so many requests for the 2020 Living the Cheapskates Way Budget and Lifestyle Planner that I've reversed the decision to not print anymore.
We have just 20 planners left, and once they are gone, that's it. They will be sent late November 2019, just in time for Christmas giving and in plenty of time to get them started for the new year.
The planner has everything you need to keep you organised as you live the Cheapskates way - debt free, cashed up and laughing!
It has:
Hard cover (so it lasts the year)
Planner pages: 210 x 148mm (A5)
2020 yearly calendar
2020 Australian public holidays page
2020 Goals
2020 Monthly Overview
2020 Annual Budget
Savings Tracker shows you at a glance just how much you are saving
Debt Tracker gives you a visual of that disappearing debt
Bills Log so you'll never miss paying a bill
Emergency Fund Challenge will get your EF started quickly
Monthly Tabs so everything is easy to find
Monthly Goals
Monthly Planner Overview
Weekly Planner for details
Weekly Budget Tracker so you'll be able to stay on budget all the time
Weekly meal planning pages so you can ditch the last minute drive-thru or takeaway
Monthly & Weekly Shopping lists
Monthly Fridge, Pantry & Freezer Inventory will help you with meal planning and shopping
Recipe Tracker so you can find those recipes when you need them
Pantry Basics List with space to add the extra basics you need to keep on hand
Birthday Log to track the who and when
Gift Tracker to track the gifts you have for the whos and whens, and where they're stashed
Christmas Gift List to keep your Christmas shopping and wrapping under control
Renewals Tracker so you'll never miss a renewal again
Notes pages to jot down your thoughts and great ideas
Clear plastic coil binding - bounces back if it gets squashed!
Everything you need in the one convenient, handbag sized, hardcover (so it lasts the full year) planner.
Click here to find out more order your copy.
6. On The Menu
MOO Fruit MinceA couple of weeks ago, Joyofquilting and I were talking about fruit mince, and fruit mince pies and tarts. I love fruit mince pies, but not bought ones - they must be homemade. I think bought fruit mince pies taste funny, and leave a thick, greasy feeling in the mouth.
So, like I do around this time every year, I made the fruit mince for our Christmas mince pies this week. I make fruit mince, and I do it the easy way, using my food processor and my slow cooker. It's so easy and so good I haven't bought a mince tart or a jar of fruit mince in about seven years!
If you like mince tarts, try making your own fruit mince. You won't regret it at all.
Slow Cooker Fruit Mince
Ingredients:
500g apples, cored and cut into small dice (no need to peel)
250g shredded suet*
1kg mixed fruit
250g glace peel, finely chopped
350g dark brown sugar
grated zest and juice of 2 oranges
grated zest and juice of 2 lemons
50g slivered almonds
4 tsp mixed ground spice
½ tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
150ml brandy
Method:
Combine everything except the brandy in a 6 litre slow cooker. Cook on low for 8 - 10 hours until fruit is very soft. Don't worry if the mixture seems to be very runny and swimming in fat - it should look like that. It's the suet. Sit the crock of mincemeat on the sink with a tea towel over it to cool completely. As the fruit mince cools the suet will coat the fruit and it will thicken. Pour in the brandy and stir. Spoon the mincemeat into hot sterilised jars and seal. As the mincemeat cools it will form a layer of fat on top - this is fine, it is supposed to do this. The fat will help to preserve the mincemeat. Mincemeat prepared this way will keep in a cool, dark cupboard indefinitely but I guarantee you won't need to worry about keeping it that long.
*Suet - you will need to get real suet from your local butcher. He may need to order it in for you, there's not much call for suet these days. Don't use the packet stuff you get at the supermarket, it is not the same thing and contains flour which will ruin your fruit mince. If your butcher can't help you, ask at a cake shop or bakery - they may even have some they will sell you.
This fruit mince can be used straight away, but it gets better with age, which is why I like to make it now. By mid-November when we are starting to get into the Christmas mood it's ready to use.
Next week we wil be eating:
Sunday: Roast Beef
Monday: Fish, gems, coleslaw
Tuesday: Pasta Carbonara, salad
Wednesday: Chicken schnitzel, mash, gravy, greens
Thursday: Pizza
Friday: Stuffed Potatoes
Saturday: Hamburgers
There are over 1,700 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
7. The $300 A Month Food Challenge
The Pantry Challenge Week 2
How are you going with the pantry challenge?
I'll fess up and say we've done OK, except for one night (Sunday) when I was so tired and ill that we ended up with pizza. And not just ordinary pizza, this pizza comes from an independent pizza restaurant and it is so good I even enjoyed it. And I don't like pizza as a rule.
Other than that, we've eaten from the pantry and freezer and pretty much stuck to the meal plan. Next week will be interesting, cheese is getting low, we're out of cream (I thawed the last of the cream I bought from NQR a while back), and the fresh veggies are getting low.
I bought a lettuce today, at Coles of all places, as it was cheaper than at my greengrocer. The tomatoes weren't though, double the price, so I skipped on them. I can't wait until the tomatoes in the garden are producing - roll on summer and the warm weather.
Doing a pantry challenge is a good excuse to clean and tidy. As you use things up and space becomes available, get a dishcloth and give the shelf a wipe over, then put everything back neatly.
Miracle Spray is great for cleaning the shelves, and if you have some bay leaves, put a couple at the back of each shelf. They help repel pantry moths that cause weevils, I figure it's better to be safe than tossing food and washing everything in the pantry.
As you put things back, keep like with like, it makes finding things so much easier.
One of my little foibles is to have all the tins in rows, with the labels to the front. My darling sons come along and turn a tin so the label is to the front, just to tease me. Bless their little cotton socks, they haven't quite realised that if I can't find the ingredients, I can't cook ;)
This week should be OK too, and as I empty canisters and find shelf space I'll be cleaning and tidying - and adding to the shopping list so when it's time to restock, I'll know exactly what to get.
Not shopping will add around $30 to buy baking supplies.
The $300 a Month Food Challenge Forum
The Post that Started it All
8. Cheapskates Buzz
From The Article Archive
3 Great Reasons To Grow Your Own Salad
Fast Party Food Cheapskates Style
Minimising Your Laundry Costs
This Week's Hot Forum Topics
Playing the Half Price Game to Win - Week 42:18
What's In Your Food Stockpile ?
My Retirement Garden
9. The Cheapskates Club Show
Join Cath and Hannah live Tuesdays and Thursdays on You Tube at 7.30pm AEDT every Tuesday and Thursday and see how we are living debt free, cashed up and laughing - and find out how you can too!
Show Schedule
Tuesday : Around the Kitchen Table - join Cath and Hannah for a cuppa and a chat around the kitchen table as they talk about living the Cheapskates way.
Thursday : Cheapskates in the Kitchen - want to know how to cook delicious, healthy and cheap meals? Watch Cath and Hannah as they create cheapskates style cuisine and share their favourite recipes.
Coming Up
Thursday 17th October : Turning biscuit recipes into tray bake
10. Ask A Question
We have lots of resources to help you as you live the Cheapskates way but if you didn't find the answer to your question in our extensive archives please just drop me a note with your question.
I read and answer all questions, either in an email to you, in my weekly newsletter, the monthly Journal or by creating blog posts and other resources to help you (and other Cheapskaters).
Ask Your Question
11. Join The Cheapskates Club
For just $30 a year, you can join the Cheapskates Club and get exclusive access to the Cheapskate Journal, the monthly e-journal that shows you how to cut the costs of everyday living and still have fun.
Joining the Cheapskates Club gives you 24/7 access to the Members Centre with 1000's of money saving tips and articles.
Click here to join the Cheapskates Club today!
12. 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?
As per the terms of sbucription, your renewal will be processed on the due date. Renewal notices are not sent. You can find your membership expiry date on your profile page (membership are active for one year from the date of joining/renewing).
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 signed up to receive our Free Newsletter at our Cheapskates Club Web site or are a Platinum Cheapskates Club member.
13. 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
1. Cath's Corner
2. From the Tip Store - Tips for Easy Travelling; Making Recipes Go Further; This Dry Idea Eases a Rash
3. Share Your Tips
4. Own Your Christmas Challenge
5. On the Menu - MOO Fruit Mince
6. The $300 a Month Food Challenge - The Pantry Challenge
7. Cheapskates Buzz - Cheapskaters are talking in the Forum and on Cath's blog
8. The Cheapskates Club Show
9. Ask A Question - Have a question? Ask it here
10. Join the Cheapskates Club
11. Frequently Asked Questions
12. Contact Details
1. Cath's Corner
Hello Cheapskaters,
A very quick and short note from me. There almost wasn't a newsletter this week, I had a teen tiny mishap yesterday, and wasn't very well.
I was busy, and one of the many things I was doing, was making up a triple batch of Miracle Spray.
Long story short, I learned that drinking dissolved washing soda (it wasn't on purpose - I thought it was a glass of water, it's clear) makes you rather sick. And that the people at Poisons Information are very good at what they do.
Anyway, the newsletter is finished, and going out on time so I'm a happy Cheapskate.
See you all on You Tube tonight.
Happy Cheapskating,
Cath
2. From The Tip Store
Tips for Easy Travelling
Carry a decent reusable water bottle (make sure it’s empty when you go through security checks at airports); most airports and train stations have places you can refill them.
Also take a plastic plate and knife for picnic style lunches. Buying bread and cheese and fruit from local markets or shops will save a lot rather than having to pay for cafe lunches.
Carry a small first aid kit with Bandaids, Panadol etc. and include charcoal tablets for upset tummies.
A blow up neck pillow.
Compare prices between taking budget airlines and trains but look at where the airports they fly to/from are situated as it is often a long way from the destination and this can add to your costs.
Pack as lightly as you can with mix/match outfits i.e. tops and bottoms that can be swapped to create different looks.
Look at Airbnb for accommodation.
Contributed by Bridgette Gopal
Making Recipes Go Further
Like many Cheapskaters, I like to do bulk cook ups and store meal sized portions in the freezer.
There are a few things I do to ensure variety and value for money from each recipe.
1. I always lay out an extra container or two when dishing up. So if the recipe serves 4, I'll put out 5 or 6 containers. I make up the extra volume with vegetables such as frozen beans or peas etc.
2. I vary the 'sides'. This could be rice, mashed potato, noodles, quinoa, cous cous etc and different vegetables. Carrots, zucchini and beans or pumpkin, broccoli and peas and so forth.
3. When making something like a tuna or salmon bake, in the one casserole dish I mix half the creamy sauce with macaroni or risoni and the other half with rice. Sprinkle with breadcrumbs and grated cheese and bake.
This gives me variety and squeezes and extra meal or two from each recipe.
Contributed by Delaney Avenel
This Dry Idea Eases a Rash
I used to suffer from nasty rashes and sweating under my breasts and belly (having a saggy belly). I can’t remember how or who told me this tip but it is a great one . Get the Dry Idea deodorant and spray where the rash is; it helps to dry it up. I have been using this for a couple of years now and it works better than any medications than I have used in the past .I have also recommended it to other people and they have had the same results.
Contributed by Jan C.
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. Own Your Christmas Challenge
This is the third week of the Christmas Countdown. By now you are getting into the swing of it, and getting control of all things Christmas.
If you've made it to Week 3, you are determined to own your Christmas. Turn that determination into commitment and take the Christmas Pledge. I found it a few years ago and it reminds me every year just what is important at this time of year. You'll find the pledge here.
https://www.cheapskatesclub.net/the-christmas-pledge.html
This week is also the week to finalize travel plans (if you are travelling), and to work out where you'll be celebrating and with whom. It's also the week to make any restaurant reservations for dinners, parties etc. if you haven't already. Wait any longer and your favourite restaurant may be booked out.
Continue your card writing and gift buying. Wrap, label and put away as you buy each gift. Isn't it a great feeling to have that chore under control?
As you buy and wrap your gifts, keep the receipts. I use a big envelope to store them. Keeping receipts is a good thing, in case a return is necessary. I write on the back of each receipt who it was bought for and slip it into the envelope. Easy!
Click here to find your Week 3 tasks.
The tasks are outlined here in greater detail
You can get the Own Your Christmas planners here too.
If you'd like the weekly tasks and round-up, you can join the Own Your Christmas challenge here
5. The Living The Cheapskates Way Budget & Lifestyle Planner
It's not often I change a decision once it's made, but there have been so many requests for the 2020 Living the Cheapskates Way Budget and Lifestyle Planner that I've reversed the decision to not print anymore.
We have just 20 planners left, and once they are gone, that's it. They will be sent late November 2019, just in time for Christmas giving and in plenty of time to get them started for the new year.
The planner has everything you need to keep you organised as you live the Cheapskates way - debt free, cashed up and laughing!
It has:
Hard cover (so it lasts the year)
Planner pages: 210 x 148mm (A5)
2020 yearly calendar
2020 Australian public holidays page
2020 Goals
2020 Monthly Overview
2020 Annual Budget
Savings Tracker shows you at a glance just how much you are saving
Debt Tracker gives you a visual of that disappearing debt
Bills Log so you'll never miss paying a bill
Emergency Fund Challenge will get your EF started quickly
Monthly Tabs so everything is easy to find
Monthly Goals
Monthly Planner Overview
Weekly Planner for details
Weekly Budget Tracker so you'll be able to stay on budget all the time
Weekly meal planning pages so you can ditch the last minute drive-thru or takeaway
Monthly & Weekly Shopping lists
Monthly Fridge, Pantry & Freezer Inventory will help you with meal planning and shopping
Recipe Tracker so you can find those recipes when you need them
Pantry Basics List with space to add the extra basics you need to keep on hand
Birthday Log to track the who and when
Gift Tracker to track the gifts you have for the whos and whens, and where they're stashed
Christmas Gift List to keep your Christmas shopping and wrapping under control
Renewals Tracker so you'll never miss a renewal again
Notes pages to jot down your thoughts and great ideas
Clear plastic coil binding - bounces back if it gets squashed!
Everything you need in the one convenient, handbag sized, hardcover (so it lasts the full year) planner.
Click here to find out more order your copy.
6. On The Menu
MOO Fruit MinceA couple of weeks ago, Joyofquilting and I were talking about fruit mince, and fruit mince pies and tarts. I love fruit mince pies, but not bought ones - they must be homemade. I think bought fruit mince pies taste funny, and leave a thick, greasy feeling in the mouth.
So, like I do around this time every year, I made the fruit mince for our Christmas mince pies this week. I make fruit mince, and I do it the easy way, using my food processor and my slow cooker. It's so easy and so good I haven't bought a mince tart or a jar of fruit mince in about seven years!
If you like mince tarts, try making your own fruit mince. You won't regret it at all.
Slow Cooker Fruit Mince
Ingredients:
500g apples, cored and cut into small dice (no need to peel)
250g shredded suet*
1kg mixed fruit
250g glace peel, finely chopped
350g dark brown sugar
grated zest and juice of 2 oranges
grated zest and juice of 2 lemons
50g slivered almonds
4 tsp mixed ground spice
½ tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
150ml brandy
Method:
Combine everything except the brandy in a 6 litre slow cooker. Cook on low for 8 - 10 hours until fruit is very soft. Don't worry if the mixture seems to be very runny and swimming in fat - it should look like that. It's the suet. Sit the crock of mincemeat on the sink with a tea towel over it to cool completely. As the fruit mince cools the suet will coat the fruit and it will thicken. Pour in the brandy and stir. Spoon the mincemeat into hot sterilised jars and seal. As the mincemeat cools it will form a layer of fat on top - this is fine, it is supposed to do this. The fat will help to preserve the mincemeat. Mincemeat prepared this way will keep in a cool, dark cupboard indefinitely but I guarantee you won't need to worry about keeping it that long.
*Suet - you will need to get real suet from your local butcher. He may need to order it in for you, there's not much call for suet these days. Don't use the packet stuff you get at the supermarket, it is not the same thing and contains flour which will ruin your fruit mince. If your butcher can't help you, ask at a cake shop or bakery - they may even have some they will sell you.
This fruit mince can be used straight away, but it gets better with age, which is why I like to make it now. By mid-November when we are starting to get into the Christmas mood it's ready to use.
Next week we wil be eating:
Sunday: Roast Beef
Monday: Fish, gems, coleslaw
Tuesday: Pasta Carbonara, salad
Wednesday: Chicken schnitzel, mash, gravy, greens
Thursday: Pizza
Friday: Stuffed Potatoes
Saturday: Hamburgers
There are over 1,700 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
7. The $300 A Month Food Challenge
The Pantry Challenge Week 2
How are you going with the pantry challenge?
I'll fess up and say we've done OK, except for one night (Sunday) when I was so tired and ill that we ended up with pizza. And not just ordinary pizza, this pizza comes from an independent pizza restaurant and it is so good I even enjoyed it. And I don't like pizza as a rule.
Other than that, we've eaten from the pantry and freezer and pretty much stuck to the meal plan. Next week will be interesting, cheese is getting low, we're out of cream (I thawed the last of the cream I bought from NQR a while back), and the fresh veggies are getting low.
I bought a lettuce today, at Coles of all places, as it was cheaper than at my greengrocer. The tomatoes weren't though, double the price, so I skipped on them. I can't wait until the tomatoes in the garden are producing - roll on summer and the warm weather.
Doing a pantry challenge is a good excuse to clean and tidy. As you use things up and space becomes available, get a dishcloth and give the shelf a wipe over, then put everything back neatly.
Miracle Spray is great for cleaning the shelves, and if you have some bay leaves, put a couple at the back of each shelf. They help repel pantry moths that cause weevils, I figure it's better to be safe than tossing food and washing everything in the pantry.
As you put things back, keep like with like, it makes finding things so much easier.
One of my little foibles is to have all the tins in rows, with the labels to the front. My darling sons come along and turn a tin so the label is to the front, just to tease me. Bless their little cotton socks, they haven't quite realised that if I can't find the ingredients, I can't cook ;)
This week should be OK too, and as I empty canisters and find shelf space I'll be cleaning and tidying - and adding to the shopping list so when it's time to restock, I'll know exactly what to get.
Not shopping will add around $30 to buy baking supplies.
The $300 a Month Food Challenge Forum
The Post that Started it All
8. Cheapskates Buzz
From The Article Archive
3 Great Reasons To Grow Your Own Salad
Fast Party Food Cheapskates Style
Minimising Your Laundry Costs
This Week's Hot Forum Topics
Playing the Half Price Game to Win - Week 42:18
What's In Your Food Stockpile ?
My Retirement Garden
9. The Cheapskates Club Show
Join Cath and Hannah live Tuesdays and Thursdays on You Tube at 7.30pm AEDT every Tuesday and Thursday and see how we are living debt free, cashed up and laughing - and find out how you can too!
Show Schedule
Tuesday : Around the Kitchen Table - join Cath and Hannah for a cuppa and a chat around the kitchen table as they talk about living the Cheapskates way.
Thursday : Cheapskates in the Kitchen - want to know how to cook delicious, healthy and cheap meals? Watch Cath and Hannah as they create cheapskates style cuisine and share their favourite recipes.
Coming Up
Thursday 17th October : Turning biscuit recipes into tray bake
10. Ask A Question
We have lots of resources to help you as you live the Cheapskates way but if you didn't find the answer to your question in our extensive archives please just drop me a note with your question.
I read and answer all questions, either in an email to you, in my weekly newsletter, the monthly Journal or by creating blog posts and other resources to help you (and other Cheapskaters).
Ask Your Question
11. Join The Cheapskates Club
For just $30 a year, you can join the Cheapskates Club and get exclusive access to the Cheapskate Journal, the monthly e-journal that shows you how to cut the costs of everyday living and still have fun.
Joining the Cheapskates Club gives you 24/7 access to the Members Centre with 1000's of money saving tips and articles.
Click here to join the Cheapskates Club today!
12. 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?
As per the terms of sbucription, your renewal will be processed on the due date. Renewal notices are not sent. You can find your membership expiry date on your profile page (membership are active for one year from the date of joining/renewing).
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 signed up to receive our Free Newsletter at our Cheapskates Club Web site or are a Platinum Cheapskates Club member.
13. Contact Cheapskates
The Cheapskates Club -
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