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Free Education Sites ~ Don't Pay For College

The Internet is full of free learning tools - from online videos, to wikibooks, to PDF documents. 

1. Khan Academy
2. Goodwill is providing free education
3. Listen to thousands of lectures from the world’s top scholars at Academic Earth
4. 10 Sites to Learn Something New in 10 Minutes a Day
5. Free Yale University Courses
6. Instructables
7. MERLOT
8. How Stuff Works
9. eHow
10. Learn to Speed Read

Free Food = The Easiest Way to Become Frugal

• Start your own garden
• Barter with neighbors who have large gardens
• Take up hunting/fishing
• Work at a hall that hosts weddings and funerals - or get friendly with someone who does – take home salads, leftover chicken, etc.
• Go to the grocery store and take advantage of free food demonstrations since they usually give samples

Why pay for things you can get for free?

Matches, toothpicks, napkins, straws, and calendars are my favs. We got this today from our local health food store.

 

How 2 Get FREE BEER

Join Secret Hopper. You will then receive an email such as the one below:

If you plan to visit a brewery in the next week, we'd love to send $5 your way to help fund your craft beer adventures. However, it must meet the following criteria:

 

1. It can't be your favorite brewery or a place you've already Secret Hopped.

 

2. You must provide a picture of your receipt/bank statement.

 

3. You must use your clever detective skills to provide us with the email address of the brewery owner and/or tasting room manager. We already have plenty of generic addresses. Your hard "work" can help us grow and send you out on more official Secret Hops.

 

If you can make this happen, feel free to submit a report about that experience.

Free FICO Score

 

The Fair Issac Corporation created the FICO score, and they are the folks that run myFICO.com. In fact, myFICO.com is the only place you can go to get your official credit score.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheapo Food Dehydrator

Your car in the summertime! Put food in front dash or the rear deck when the sun is out. Leave window cracked to let moisture out.Just another example of using things in creative ways so you can save money!

 

 

Cheapo Fix Its

Paper Clips
Use as a hook  - drapery, pegboard
Use as cotter pin to hold lawnmower wheels
Use to replace a broken or lost door hinge pin
Use as a zipper pull

Fishing Line
Kite string
Toilet flapper chain
Sew into screen door hole

Safety Pins
To fasten new upholstery onto existing cushions
Replaces missing eyeglass screws (the ones that back out at the arm hinge)

Baking Soda
Toothpaste
Pour one cup into clogged drain; follow with one-cup vinegar, flush with hot water

Clear scotch tape
Use to replace the plastic tip on shoelaces

 

Save money by doing it yourself (free resources)

Here are some really nice video sites to teach you basic repair, woodworking, landscaping, and craft making. Best of all, they are free and do not require registration to watch anything!

Instructables  |  DIY Network  |  Expert Village  |  Electronics