Here are some of the fun but frugal blog posts I’ve seen this week:

ABC Frugality: Decorating for Pennies Part II. She’s got some great tips that work for rental housing.
Wise Bread: 5 Quick Fixes to Salvage a Good Meal. I’ve done that leftover bread trick many times.
Make it From Scratch: A little girl’s headband. This [...]

Thanksgiving is one of those occasions when one could feel like you have no alternative to spending money. If you’re going to travel, you’re traveling on an insanely busy weekend. If you’re hosting the dinner or overnight guests, you have to plan for a bigger grocery bill.
But do not spend more money than you need [...]

If you write a letter to, or get a visit from Santa Claus, telling him what you want for Christmas, that list probably focuses on fun and frivolous things.
My standing patter for the Santa visits is “I want a new Barbie doll.” Now, of course, everyone who knows me gets the joke. I really do [...]

FlyLady has a housekeeping system that you can participate in for very little cost.
While the FlyLady team aims at helping you stay organized, the program is a very good fit for frugal families. All you need to do is get a binder so you can download, print off and keep handy the checklists and household [...]

The Backyard Gardener has Halloween safety tips at his post Halloween is coming, including this one that’s a good fit with frugal landscaping efforts:
Is the sidewalk area well lit? I know Halloween is about the dark and spooky but a little light will go a long way to keep the trick or treaters safe. If [...]

Are you disappointed in even the so-called “sale prices” for fall decor?
I understand. I was tired of my old fall orange blossom wreath and it had seen better days, so I got rid of it a couple of weeks ago thinking I could find a nice replacement as the season goes on.
I haven’t been impressed [...]

This notice is in today’s edition of The Monroe Evening News:
The Flat Rock Beautification Commission will hold a perennial exchange from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday Oct. 10 in the parking lot of the municipal building, 25500 Gibraltar Rd., Flat Rock, Mich.
Visitors are encouraged to dig up and divide those plants that need to be [...]

Local readers in Monroe County, Mich.: be sure to check the pages of The Monroe Evening News to see what the furnace clean and check specials are. Several such ads have been running in the paper in the past few days, and I don’t want to leave anyone out.
Most of those deals expire at the [...]

You probably have a collection of something. We have collections of favorite things, and we use some of them to decorate our home.
On my kitchen window sill, you’ll see an arrangement of blue pottery items. This started about five years ago when we moved to our current home.
Since the kitchen colors are blue and white, [...]

Sara Noel at Frugal Village has tips on the many uses for vinegar for her column today.
I do use vinegar as a dishwasher rinse and to clean out my coffee pot and iced tea pot.