Save Money Refilling Your Swiffer Bottle and Not Buying Pads

This mom loves to save money and shows you a cheap and easy way to refill those expensive wetjet bottle.  I personally don’t know if I would use a rag to mop instead of the disposable pads, but it’s an option if you don’t have any. 

Fresh Homemade Peanut Butter

 Peanut butter has been recalled several times and not because of the peanuts but because of the place the peanut butter was manufactured.  This video shows you a simple five minute way to make peanut butter that your family will love.  She does put some flax seed in hers, but that is optional.   You know your peanut butter is save And YOU WILL SAVE MONEY!

Don’t Buy A Nail Dotting Tool

Use What You Have!

This video is how to save money on your nails by using items you have around the house to make your own nail dotting too.

Want to save money on curtains by making your own?  You don’t need a sewing machine to do it, so watch this video and see how simple it is.  This lady made hers in just a couple of hours.

Plan Your Shopping Trip Before

You Leave The House.

Thrift stores can really help you with your budget, so don’t be afraid to walk in to one and look around.  I have found some really expensive name brand items in thrift stores.  Plus, you can many times find brand new games and toys that have never been opened.

I love this quick way to spruce up the house if unexpected company shows up.  Takes only 3 minutes to make your place look presentable!

This video is amazingly simple and really works.  The key is having about three hours to wait for the cookies to bake.  However, if you are at the beach or somewhere where you have time, it’s a great way to bake cookies.

Having a great snack ready for your baby is very important.  This healthy snack looks very easy to do!

Making Baby food is not that hard and so much better for your baby.  See how this lady does it!

For fast chilli from leftovers be sure and see this great video!  Looks really good.

This video is amazing!  Watch what this guy does with the foam he makes for the carpet!

How to cut cheap meat so it will be tender and make great tasting food!

This Hamburger casserole looks Yummy!  Slow Cooker to the rescue!  I’m giving it a try next week!

These baked potatoes are just like those high-dollar restaurants make!  Got to try em!

This video is really cute.  A poor college student bought a toaster oven at Goodwill and baked some bread in it.  Goes to show that we can do anything we set our minds too!

Knowing when to book your vacation and other great tips will help you save money.  Watch this video for 5 tips on saving money on your vacation.

Want to know the best drugstores to get the best prices at?  Watch this video where many well-known stores were shopped!

This video really tells you how the Dealer is making money off you when you buy a car.  Lots of helpful tips here!

Wow, look at this great toy for children to cool off with!

Learn How To Shop In Your Own Closet and Mix and Match Items For A New Look.

Five Ways To Save Money On Groceries.  These are some of the ways I discuss in my Kindle book “Get Out of The Kitchen“.

Always Have Plenty of Green Onions On Hand for Cooking!

Great Way To Store Lids To Your Pots and Pans!  She does this for less than $3.00.  Watch and Learn!

Do You Want to Work From Home?

There are many men and women who would love to work at home today but don’t really know what they want to do, or even how to get started.  I have had my own business for over two years now and it was the best decision I ever made.  I didn’t start out making enough to pay all my bills but today I can say that I do.  It takes a lot of hard work and dedication, but it’s well worth it.

I wanted to share with people some of the first steps they must take in choosing a home business and what they need to do to get started.  For those of you who only know me here on Upper Hand Depot, you may not know that I own a successful ghostwriting business.   There are so many website owners online that need content for their websites but they hate to write, or just don’t know how.  That is where my business Ghostwriting Center comes to the rescue.  Beside working for clients in seven different countries I also have written five books that are for sale on Amazon for the Kindle.

The latest two of my books are the ones I want to share with you today.  First, for those of you who would like working from home I have written a guide that tells you how to select a business, what to expect, and how to get started marketing yourself.  The other book I would like to share with you is for those of you who already know how to write, but maybe aren’t making as much money as you would like.  It will show you the places I research for content that gets me top dollar per page.

If you don’t own a Kindle, you can still download the books to your computer.  Amazon offers a free Kindle program for your computer that makes it easy to read Kindle books.  Lister below are links to the books.  I hope some of you will get them and I hope you can use the information to make you some money at home.

Working From Home – Should I – Could I – And What Do I Do First 

Writers Research Guide To Bigger Paychecks

After you check out this video below about home business in general, check out the kindle books above to find out what business you might be good at. 

Cloth Wipes Save Money And Help You Go Green

Some Messes Are Worse Than Others!

Before paper towels were invented everyone used cloth wipes for cleaning, cooking, and much more.  But today people have got so used to just ripping off a paper towel that they don’t think about what it’s costing them and our earth’s resources.  Practically nobody uses cloth napkins anymore either, and that is a shame.  I love to go out to eat at a fine restaurant because they always serve you with a cloth napkin.  It just seems more civilized.

I’m going to spill the beans here about one of my husbands faults.  On the weekend he would go in and out of the house and always washed his hands when he came in.  Paper towel after paper towel seemed to get used and left laying on the counter top.  I would find paper towels by his easy chair, by the sink in the bathroom, and in the kitchen.  It was a paper towel nightmare!

And although it was great that he wanted clean hands, it was costing me a fortune in paper towels.  Picking up after him I have gotten used to, but since I started working from home I have tried to live on a budget and papers towels were getting expensive.  My husband not only used lots of towels, he wanted Bounty, not a cheaper brand.

I Found The Solution to Great Cleanup And Saving Money – Cloth Wipes

For years I have at times kept a bag of old rags for cleaning in the garage or anywhere that was so dirty I would want to throw the rags away, and I still do that.  But for in the house I found a solution that works very well and my husband is happy as a clam.  I went to a store we have in Texas called “The Dollar General”.  You probably have something similar in your area.  I found that they had thin washcloths bundled together in packs of 18 rags for $4.00.  I spent $12 and started with 54 washcloths.  You can’t get rags of any kind at this price that I have found previously.

When purchasing the rags I also purchased two cheap colorful buckets (about 9 inches high) and placed them at the end of my kitchen cabinet.  In one bucket I placed the clean folded cloth wipes for easy access.  The other bucket is to throw the dirty cloth wipes in when you are through with them.  This system has worked so well I wish I had thought of it years ago.  I wash about 3 to 4 loads of clothes every week and just empty the bucket of dirty rags into the wash.  These cloth wipes in the kitchen are used in place of paper towels for napkins, spill cleanup, and just drying our hands after washing.

I still keep a couple of rolls of paper towels on hand in case of a grease spill, or to drain fried foods on, but the rest of the time we use the cloth wipes.  I have been doing this for almost 4 months now and love it.  I have saved countless dollars on paper towels and I have helped our earth resources by saving trees.  Paper is of course made out of wood and we only have so much of it on this earth.

This new system works so great I have now gone back and purchased another set of rags just to keep on the bathroom counter top for cleaning up.  I hope you will give this system a try and save some money at your house.  This method may save you less than $100 per year, but if you can save that much on ten or twenty items each year it really adds up.