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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

Thank you Elon and Tom >> high speed Internet for $20/month

Sharing a connection with my neighbor is saving us over $80 per month. He  offered us the same deal we gave him when we had our shitty Century Link service. Look at these blazing speeds in the south central Rockies:

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

Keep cool with the $8 air conditioner

$3.43 vs. $7.36 >> Save on Corn Tortillas

Buy MASECA Traditional Instant Corn Masa Flour 4 Lb. This will yield 7 pounds of corn tortillas

or

Buy Guerrero White Corn Tortillas, 66.56 Oz, 80 Count

 

Hidden Money Hack >> McDonald’s Senior Discount

Senior citizens can get soft drinks and coffee for 59 cents* by ordering through the McDonald’s app. When you browse the mobile order menu for soft drinks or coffee, select Senior as the size (change the default from medium). You’ll get your drink for 59 cents. *Price may vary by location; shown is the typical price.

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.

 

Space: The Frugal Frontier Part II

Part 1

• Get rid of what you don’t need. Examples are old books, clothes you don’t wear, kitchen items you don’t use, toys your kids don’t play with and so on.
• Buy things that have multiple uses. A head tube can also be wristband, neck gaiter, or a facemask.
• Buy furniture that has built in storage space. A flat topped trunk could serve as a coffee table and also as storage.
• Buy smaller. A compact microwave is what most people only need in the first place.
• Buy foldable furniture like sofa beds and flip down desks. Use foldable cots for company. A card table and folding chairs can serve as extra table space when company comes.
• Buy items that will store compactly such as stackable glasses or chairs that stack.
• When saving things for future use, keep only the small parts. Nuts, bolts, zippers.
• Think square. Square storage items fit more efficiently in a freezer or fridge.
• Think vertical. The space above something can be used for storage. You can put racks in your garage to store items such as a bike or tools.
• Share ownership. Perhaps you could go in with a neighbor or family member.

Freezing Eggs

I'm saving my brown eggs from the farmer's market so I don't have to pay the extra $2.50 for cage free eggs at the supermarket this winter.

 

To freeze  whole eggs, crack the egg and beat until just blended, then freeze individually in a muffin tin. Then pop them out and store in a Ziploc bag once frozen. To use, simply thaw in refrigerator.

Space >> The Frugal Frontier | #sizematters #tinyhomes