What I Like......

These new Mabelline lipsticks are awesome...

Love these.....

Good smelling stuff...

Smells so good....

This is a great economical skin cream.....

A great mask...

and a very good hair spray.


I Wish You Love,
Joyce

Be Frugal & Save

One dollar flip flops from the Dollar Store!

Okay ladies and gents, I don't know about you, but when I go the the grocery store I talk to a lot of people who are just like me, trying to pick and choose what they buy nowadays. I usually am looking for what's on sale and what's in season, and plan my meals around that. I check the weekly ads for the two grocery stores in my area which are Winn Dixie and Publix. Lately Publix is where I go since they have better deals that suit me. Publix has an "essentials list" of savings which includes milk for $2.89, eggs $.99, bread $.99, and a few other items that change weekly. And every week they have new "Buy one get one free" items . I buy only if it's worth it, you should be careful. I only buy what we like and will eat. I don't buy it just because it's on sale.

When the canned vegetables, condiments, bacon, hotdogs, juices, cleaning products, frozen foods, medicines, shampoos & conditioners, peanut butter, jellies, dairy foods, breads, are "Buy one get one free", I stock up.

Winn Dixie always has "Buy one get one free" in their meat, poultry, seafood section. I really don't find it a deal for me because the price per pound is usually high. If it's meat or poultry you need to check the price per pound, and buy when it's on sale.

I will not pay $5.99 for a half gallon of ice cream, I wait until it goes on sale and I get 2 half gallons for $6.00. Watch out for the smaller 1.75 quart size of ice cream they they want you to think is a half gallon.

I make cookies instead of buying them already made, unless it's buy one/get one free, and it has to be a good amount of cookies like Oreo's. Homemade cakes are less expensive, or you can buy cake mixes when they are buy one/get one free. I have been saving money by making jello and pudding. We add whipped topping and it's so good. The kids just love it.

I also have the vegetable guys all over the neighborhood where I get garlic, tomatoes, green peppers, onions, jalapenos, watermelons, zucchini, and eggplant very cheap. Of course if you grow your own it's even better.

I buy laundry detergent when it's on sale. I use a half a cup per load, and it lasts longer. Same with the fabric softener. I do like certain brands so I try to get them on sale and use less.

I also go to the "Dollar Store" where I only buy Made in the USA, and where everything in the store is $1.

The dollar stores get new items in every week. I have learned to take some items and leave some items. Not everything is good, just because it's a dollar. But there are a lot of items you can find if you check every week and you can save a lot of money.

So ladies, just shop around and you can find good deals. Check the adds before you go. Take your calculator. Be frugal and save!!!!

These are some of the items that I find at the dollar store for just one dollar!

Two bars for a dollar.

Four for a dollar.

I don't know why, I just wanted you to know. I didn't mean for this post to be soooo long, sorry:)

I Wish You Love and Super Savings!!!!

Joyce

Homemade Hand Sanitizer & Everyday Tips

Couldn't find any hand sanitizer over the weekend. All the stores were out. So I'm thinking I can just add some alcohol to hand cream in a squirt bottle and use that. Anyway I started looking for recipes online and found a few.

This is one I found:

1 cup aloe vera gel

1 tsp rubbing alcohol

2 tsp vegetable glycerin

8-10 drops tea tree essential oil or lavender essential oil


Then I found this one:

1/2 cup aloe vera gel

6 drops of tea tree oil

1 drop of lavender

1 capsule of natural vitamin E


Then this one:

Begin with 1 cup of aloe vera gel and add a teaspoon of rubbing alcohol.

Next, mix in 2 teaspoons of vegetable glycerin.

Finally, add about 9 drops of tea tree essential oil OR lavender essential oil.


I'm still wondering why I couldn't just add alcohol to some my little squeeze bottles of lotion. I may try that. I'll let you know if it works or not. I have used alcohol for many years to wipe down my kitchen counter, bathroom counters and toilet seats. I just take my ice pick and make a hole in the cap and squirt on counters and sinks and on mirrors too. It works really well.

Mainly they are saying that washing your hands with soap and water is the best thing to do!!!!!!!

While I was looking for a recipe for homemade hand sanitizer, I received an email with these everyday tips from a friend of mine.

Eliminate ear mites. All it takes is a few drops of Wesson Corn Oil in your cat's ear... Massage it in, then clean with a cotton ball. Repeat daily for 3 days. The oil soothes the cat's skin, smothers the mites, and accelerates healing.

Kills fleas instantly. Dawn Dish washing Liquid does the trick. Add a few drops to your dog's bath and shampoo the animal thoroughly. Rinse well to avoid skin irritations. Good-bye fleas.

Rainy day cure for dog odor. Next time your dog comes in from the rain, simply wipe down the animal with Bounce or any dryer sheet, instantly making your dog smell springtime fresh.

Did you know that drinking two glasses of Gatorade can relieve headache pain almost immediately-without the unpleasant side effects caused by traditional pain relievers?

Did you know that Colgate Toothpaste makes an excellent salve for burns?

Before you head to the drugstore for a high-priced inhaler filled with mysterious chemicals, try chewing on a couple of curiously strong Altoids peppermints. They'll clear up your stuffed nose.

Achy muscles from a bout of the flu? Mix 1 tablespoon horseradish in 1 cup of olive oil. Let the mixture sit for 30 minutes, then apply it as a massage oil for instant relief for aching muscles.

Sore throat? Just mix 1/4 cup of vinegar with 1/4 cup of honey and take 1 tablespoon six times a day. The vinegar kills the bacteria.

Cure urinary tract infections with Alka-Seltzer. Just dissolve two tablets in a glass of water and drink it at the onset of the symptoms. Alka-Seltzer begins eliminating urinary tract infections almost instantly-even though the product was never been advertised for this use.

Honey remedy for skin blemishes. Cover the blemish with a dab of honey and place a Band-Aid over it. Honey kills the bacteria, keeps the skin sterile, and speeds healing. Works overnight.

Listerine therapy for toenail fungus. Get rid of unsightly toenail fungus by soaking your toes in Listerine Mouthwash. The powerful antiseptic leaves your toenails looking healthy again. Vick's Vapor Rub does it too, put it under the nails.

Easy eyeglass protection. To prevent the screws in eyeglasses from loosening, apply a small drop of Clear Nail Polish to the threads of the screws before tightening them.

Cleaning liquid that doubles as bug killer. If menacing bees, wasps, hornets, or yellow jackets get in your home and you can't find the insecticide, try a spray of Formula 409. Insects drop to the ground instantly.

Smart splinter remover. Just pour a drop of Elmer's Glue-All over the splinter, let dry, and peel the dried glue off the skin. The splinter sticks to the dried glue.

Hunt's Tomato Paste boil cure. Cover the boil with Hunt's Tomato Paste as a compress. The acids from the tomatoes soothe the pain and bring the boil to a head.

Balm for broken blisters. To disinfect a broken blister, dab on a few drops of Listerine, a powerful antiseptic.

Vinegar to heal bruises. Soak a cotton ball in white vinegar and apply it to the bruise for 1 hour. The vinegar reduces the blueness and speeds up the healing process.

Quaker Oats for fast pain relief. It's not for breakfast any more! Mix 2 cups of Quaker Oats and 1 cup of water in a bowl and warm in the microwave for 1 minute, cool slightly, and apply the mixture to your hands for soothing relief from arthritis pain.

I wanted to blog more but Monday is not my favorite day of the week.

Love Ya,
Joyce

Here are a few tips!!!!

*Get yourself one or two these little brushes. They are great for a quick sink clean up, and you can put your favorite liquid cleaner inside.

*Peel a banana from the bottom and you won't have to pick the little "stringy things" off of it.

*Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store. If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster.

*Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil. It will stay fresh much longer and not mold.

*Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating. Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer and better for cooking.

*Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef. It will help pull the grease away from the meat while cooking.

*To really make scrambled eggs or omelets rich add a couple of spoonfuls of sour cream, cream cheese, or heavy cream in and then beat them.

*Add garlic immediately to a recipe if you want a light taste of garlic and at the end of the recipe if your want a stronger taste of garlic.

*Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove, set heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza.

*For easy deviled eggs put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag, seal, mash until they are all broken up, add all other ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg.

*When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less sugar and calories per serving.

*To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them in a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food moist and help it reheat faster.

*To keep away mosquitoes, place a dryer sheet in your pocket.

*Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill it with hot water. Dump out the hot water, but don't dry cup. Next, add your ingredient, such as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out.

*Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's cheaper than shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth.

*To get rid of ants put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it 'home,' can't digest it, so it kills them. It may take a week or so, especially if it rains, but it works and you don't have the worry about pets or small children.

Love,

Mimi:)