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The Pennywise Family: Living Great Despite the Layoff
http://www.pennywisefamily.blogspot.com
This is a blog about how one family of four gets a layoff and *then* gets out of debt. We follow the Dave Ramsey plan, and have created many realistic techniques for cutting costs, without cutting the cable.
Recent Posts
Day 16: Freecycle and Pay it Forward
I needed some really big containers for laundry-detergent storage and found someone giving some away via Freecycle (they previously held cola syrup for a manufacturing plant).I was looking for some old empty spools and found a costume designer who wa...
The Big News
OK, as promised, there's big news to be shared here. That's why our 30 days of "frugal August" were held up a little bit. I stopped putting up the posts, but will resume and get us all caught up.Pennywise Family is getting a makeover. (A BIG ONE!).Pe...
Day 15: Buy it Used
I buy what I can used. I don’t usually buy used shoes. I never buy used socks or underwear. I seldom buy used computers. Other than that, it’s all fair game.I have a good relationship with a little children’s consignment shop down the street—...
Just when they thought they lost it all...
A guest post by Julie Barclay. Take a moment. Think about the past nine months and how the economic downturn has changed your life. What have you had to give up? What were the changes, the goodbyes and the endings? A year ago Holly and Craig Hunt...
Day 14: Source a new vendor
If your household was a manufacturing plant, you’d be “sourcing” to the nth degree. This means finding the best vendor for your supplies, but most especially for your keystone supplies. In my businesses, I need toner and paper—but most especi...
Sugar Shortage On Its Way
I saw this today on WalletPop (via Twitter) and wanted to pass it along. I'll be stocking up so I've got some sugar for canning and baking this fall/winter but also keeping an eye on sugar substitutes like honey, molasses and corn syrup. (Tip: Molass...
