I’ve got new blog header as of this morning. So if you are reading this post on an auto-feed or my facebook fan page, come over to the main blog, Monroe on a Budget, at www.blogsmonroe.com/budget and look at it.

The Monroe Evening News webmaster did this up for me. I liked the photo collage look at  Doug Donnelly’s sports blog, Welcome to the TCC, and asked if I could get something like that. I learned that a photo morph could be done very easily, and all I had to do was supply the pictures!

I went digging through my photo library for images that would illustrate  recurring themes on Monroe on a Budget. These are all pictures that have appeared at some time on this blog. From left to right:

• One of my grocery shopping carts, filled with groceries I got in Monroe, Mich., on sale prices and / or coupons. I’m posting pictures like this at least once a month.
• The ladder and newspapers on the floor show one of my DIY projects. This is from when I painted my daughter’s bedroom in summer 2008. The green paint, by the way, turned out far prettier than I expected.
• A massive pile of coupons. Yes, I’ve been couponing for more than 20 years. Coupons are not not my only money-saving trick, but that’s often what gets people’s attention to this blog.
• The table setting is a deliberate statement about frugality: it’s not all about paper plates and skimping on your family’s comfort level! Sometimes you just have to be resourceful. Example: I built up this collection of pattern dinnerware through several years of birthday and Christmas gifts from my grandmother, aunt and mother-in-law. We really do eat on the pretty dishes everyday, even though the fabric napkins are saved for special occasions.
• The Monroe on a Budget sign is a promotion card my co-workers created for me in March 2009 as I started doing public appearances and speaking engagements about frugal living.