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• DIY: You too can iron your own shirts

  Posted May 22 2008, 10:12 PM by Karen Datko
  Filed under: Extreme savings, Saving, Clothing, Karen Datko
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  Ron at The Wisdom Journal has recently written some in-depth posts about weighty topics, like often-overlooked disability insurance and the oft-ignored benefits of higher gas prices. So we were caught off guard by his equally thorough post (including photos) about how to iron a shirt.

  "Yikes! Did he say ironing?" Ron writes, anticipating readers' reaction. But when taking shirts to the cleaners costs more than $3 each, you can save $65 or more a month by doing it yourself.   Read More...

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• Essential reading for expectant mothers

  Posted Jan 09 2008, 03:37 PM by Karen Datko
  Filed under: Extreme savings, Spending, Saving, Clothing

  The best part of Baby Cheapskate's excellent post for mothers-to-be is get stuff for free. If you didn't know, that's synonymous with "baby shower." Don't hesitate to tell guests to bring things you can use. "A case of diapers (or five) may not be as cute as a tiny pink dress, buy you'll be glad later to have the diapers," Angie writes. She provides seven money-saving tips for getting baby necessities at the lowest cost, and lots of links to help you do that.   Read More...

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• Lowly no longer: 13 productive uses for dryer lint

  Posted Jan 07 2008, 01:34 PM by Karen Datko
  Filed under: Extreme savings, Saving, Clothing

  Just think of the waste: All these years you've been throwing away dryer lint when you could have been putting it to perfectly good use. Who woulda thunk it? In a post that ranks right up there with Leah Ingram's about things you didn't know you could compost (human hair is among them), Stephanie at Stop the Ride offers "13 ways to use dryer lint." Make that lint work for you as a fire starter in the fireplace, as lint paper and lint papier-mâché. Give it to critters for nesting material.   Read More...

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• Clothespin brigade: Fight for the right to hang your wash

  Posted Dec 27 2007, 03:46 PM by Karen Datko
  Filed under: Extreme savings, Saving, Clothing, Simple Dollar
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  We'd file this under the tag "good grief" if we had one. Did you know that some people aren't allowed to hang their wash outside on a clothesline? That's right. Many condo associations and other property value-preoccupied folks have banned this energy-saving practice. Apparently some people think it's a little "too Beverly Hillbillyish," says Betsy Teutsch at Money Changes Things. She lets us know that Project Laundry List is there to help.   Read More...

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