Penny Pincher Journal

Dehydrated Grapes Become Delicious Homemade Raisins! What To Do With Old Grapes... Yesterday it came to my attention that some grapes...

I am excited to learn that one of my blog posts has been selected as one of 128 competitors in the Rockstar Rumble tournament to determine ...

If your household budget is like mine, you know that food is a major expense.  Food is an expense you can easily cut through planning and ...

Looking For Bargains At The Pawn Shop The other day, my son and I took my wife to the fabric store.  After a few minutes, my son and I...

But You Can Get Water at Home for Almost Free! An article on Fortune.com a few days ago announced that Americans are now drinking more bot...

How much electricity- and money- does it waste to leave the TV on?  Too much! Kill-A-Watt! As a young child during the energy cris...

Sorry for the false alarm, but I decided to return the car stereo I bought to upgrade my older car.  How did such a great plan fail? Car...

I Avoided a Fleecing at Sport Clips! As you may know, I went 8 years without paying for a haricut at a barbershop.  I bought a $25 p...

Today I came home to find the doors to the solarium open after dark on a cold day.  That isn't how you use a solarium.  You are suppose...

If you read my last post, you'll know what the following cryptic statement means: I'm going with Option 1. I Am Not Buying A ...

Cheapcycle (Cheap Bicycle): Biking For Almost Free Break Away with a Cheap Bike Image Source: Dr. Penny Pincher The other day, I had ...

You Can't Return That! Some Stores Make Returns Difficult! Image Source: Dr. Penny PIncher Yesterday after school, my teenage son...

Cereal Is Too Expensive- Make Your Own! I have complained here on my blog about how expensive cereal is compared with the cost of the ...

Free Water vs $2 Coffee, Guess Which Wins? Sometimes a picture really is worth a thousand words.  Let's start with the picture.  Can y...

Get Out of Late Fees! No More Late Fees! So you have been hit by a late fee- what can you do to avoid paying it?  Surprisingly, yo...

Why I Wear Shoes with Duct Tape The other day my wife wanted me to wait in the car while she went in the store.  "Is it the shoes, or...

"Most people drink bad coffee, and pay too much for it.  I'm not sure which is worse..."   Dr. Penny Pincher Me and My G...