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Getting Free Gift Wrap

Whether you are wrapping presents for a birthday party or for the holidays, gift wrap can be expensive. Why spend as much on the wrap as you do on the present? There are some strategies that you can use to get some absolutely free gift wrap. Put that extra money toward buying more gifts, or just save it. Take a look at the following ways to get free gift wrap. Around the holidays, most department stores will offer free gift wrapping with a purchase. You just have to head over to customer service. There may be some long lines, so … Continue reading →

Gift Wrapping Service

With Christmas soon approaching, what better time could there be to start your own gift-wrapping service from home? What a fun and creative way to make a little extra cash. Sure, you’re not exactly going to get rich doing it, but it might be an opportunity to help increase your holiday shopping funds. Hit those early bird sales and stock up on discounted wrapping paper, boxes, tissue paper, gift bags, ribbon, bows, nametags, decorative items, and tape. If you make a go of it, you can start stocking up on all these items during those after holiday sales to get … Continue reading →

Winter Packages That Won’t Bust Your Budget

Our city’s Christmas parade takes place on Thursday. This Thursday. As in a mere two weeks after Halloween and more than a month before Santa makes his trip around the world delivering presents to good little boys and girls. Consequently, I am not at all surprised to see an onslaught of advertisements for Christmas-themed travel packages. The bundled accommodations and activities are a cost-effective way to enjoy holiday festivities with your family. Some popular choices being offered for winter 2012 include: West Virginia: White Sulphur Springs is home to the stunning Greenbrier Resort which is featuring a winter package dubbed … Continue reading →

Making the Most of Holiday Travel

If you are planning to hit the highway to visit grandma this holiday weekend, expect a lot of company. According to AAA, you’ll be joined by nearly 92 million other Americans traveling more than 50 miles away from home for Christmas or New Year’s. For those taking to the skies in the next couple of days, you’ll be joined by more than 5 million fellow passengers, according to AAA. If you think that’s a lot of people to be sharing elbow space with, consider that the number reflects a 9.7% decline from a year ago. AAA says this year’s air … Continue reading →

Another Seasonal Home Based Business Idea

This holiday season, if you are one of many home-based professionals who expects his or her work load to decrease, you may wonder whether there any short-term things that you can do to make a little extra money. Of course, you may relish the reduction in work because it frees you up to spend more time with family or do holiday projects, household projects, and all of those other things that you have wanted to do but have not been able to fit into your schedule. The great thing about choosing to offer a seasonal service such as baking (which … Continue reading →

In Excess

Christmas Eve has been and gone in Australia. This Christmas Eve was a bit different to previous years. We didn’t go the carols service as we normally do on Christmas Eve. This year we just spent the time at home doing those last minute cooking jobs and wrapping presents one of the things that usually is left till around midnight Christmas Eve. This year we had been told about Christmas lights in the neighborhood, so we decided to take a walk. Our little dog thought it was a hugely exciting event, as we never normally go walking at night. So … Continue reading →

After Christmas Green Living

The stockings have been hung. The carols have been sung. The Christmas tree has been decorated and admired, and the presents have been opened. What you do with all of it in the days after the holiday can make and impact on the Earth. Here are some tips for after Christmas green living. Non LED Christmas Lights You purchased all new eco-friendly LED lights. But now what do you do with the old ones. Throwing them away is not a good idea. Recycling these lights properly is the way to go. There are two services that will do this for … Continue reading →

Spelling Family Home for Sale

If you happen to have $150 million lying around (come on, check those sofa cushions!), you can purchase a really lovely Los Angeles home. Aaron Spelling, known for such television hits as “Charlie’s Angels,” “Dynasty,” and “Beverly Hills 90210,” died in 2006 from a stroke at the age of 83. His widow Candy has now decided to put their lusciously extravagant house up for sale. She allowed her Wheaten Terrier Madison pick out the real estate agent for the job by seeing how the dog reacted. The job finally went to Sally Forster Jones, an agent for Coldwell Banker Previews … Continue reading →

Frugal Month in Review: November 2008

November to be is the beginning of two things. The holiday season starts with Thanksgiving, and then there is winter. Despite the fact that winter doesn’t officially start until next month, the fall seems to give way to the winter in November anyway. We had a day of snow already. Here is looking ahead to December and the end of the year! November 1st Frugal Month in Review: October 2008 “Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.” – George Eliot. November 2 … Continue reading →

Where to Get Your Party On During Mardi Gras

As I mentioned in a previous blog we’re just wrapping up Christmas celebrations at our home (round three of gift opening took place on Sunday—the Epiphany or Three Kings Day) and now another big celebration is just around the corner. Mardi Gras (a.k.a. Carnival) is less than a month away and if you plan to party like a college coed at the world’s hottest Fat Tuesday blowouts then you’d better make your travel plans now. Tickets to the best parties in New Orleans, Rio de Janeiro and Trinidad are going fast. The festivities peak on February 5th and lucky for … Continue reading →