b5media.com

Advertise with us

Enjoying this blog? Check out the rest of the Lifestyles Channel Subscribe to this Feed

Simply Thrifty

Archive for April 2008

April 21st, 2008

Giveaway: Couponizer

The Couponizer is an amazing organizational system for anyone who collects coupons. If you spend your shopping mornings going through your big old coupon envelope or sorting through your purse at the checkout line, you’ll want this handy tool.
The Couponizer is a small blinder filled with pockets all of your coupons. Each pocket is […]

By Deborah Ng -- 428 comments

April 20th, 2008

Sunday Morning Thrifty Links - April 20, 2008

 

Buy From Art.com

Good morning frugal friends. So much going on in the world of cheapness and frugality. Hope you’re taking some time out to have some fun too!
Don’t forget, Simply Thrifty’s most prolific commentator for April gets an Amazon gift certificate so go ahead and comment - even if I didn’t post one day.
Here’s […]

By Deborah Ng -- 8 comments

April 19th, 2008

Customer Service Tip: How to Really Speak to a Supervisor

Buy at AllPosters.com
Any regular reader of The Consumerist knows there are really no supervisors standing around waiting for angry customer calls. If you’re not getting proper customer care and ask to speak to a supervisor, your call can be turned over to anyone from Joe in the cube next door to the pizza […]

By Deborah Ng -- 5 comments

April 17th, 2008

A Tale of Two Estimates

Buy at AllPosters.com
If you’re a regular visitor of Simply Thrifty, you’re probably following the sad saga of our DIY fence project. Thins are moving along…slowly.
One of the hold ups involves a few trees growing around the fence we’re to replace. Before we install a new fence we have to remove the trees and […]

By Deborah Ng -- 11 comments

April 16th, 2008

Does Anyone Care About Customer Service Anymore?

The other day I was thrilled when my husband agreed to hire someone to take care of the trees growing around our fence, specifically the trees growing against the fence. I called several. Some I left a message with and some offered to come by and give me a quote. Not one of them […]

By Deborah Ng -- 8 comments

April 14th, 2008

DIY Fence Project Update: Those Darn Trees

Every time we try and get some work done on this fence project, something else pops up. Take the case of the trees. The trees growing around the fence were small when we moved here about six years ago. In our naivete, city folk that we were, we thought he trees would give us a […]

By Deborah Ng -- 8 comments

April 13th, 2008

Sunday Morning Thrifty Links

Good morning, thrifty friends. What a week it’s been! This fence project is keeping us busy - well keeping my husband busy. I’m keeping my son busy so my husband can get more done. I’ll get you a video update on that during the week. Meanwhile…
Here’s what I’m reading this weekend:

At Keeping the Castle, Maricar […]

By Deborah Ng -- 10 comments

April 10th, 2008

More Proof Life’s Good Things Don’t Cost a Dime

I’m working from my back deck today. It’s 70 degrees and though it’s supposed to rain later, currently there’s not a cloud in the sky. In about five minutes I’m going to pick my son up from his class, come home and we’ll share a snack on our outside table. Then I’ll work a […]

By Deborah Ng -- 8 comments

April 9th, 2008

DIY Fence Project Update

As you know, we’re taking on the monumental task of replacing our backyard fence. Rather than give you regular written updates, I felt you would get a better sense of what needs to be done with my first ever Simply Thrifty video blog post.
As you can see, the fence is in major disrepair. The […]

By Deborah Ng -- 12 comments

April 7th, 2008

Win a $25 Amazon Gift Certificate from Simply Thrifty

I’ve been remiss. I know you’re all out there because I see the numbers, but I haven’t been very diligent about encouraging discussion. My favorite part of blogging is building up a community and discussing my favorite topics with those who visit my blogs. I have lots of visitors, but comments….not so much.
All that ends […]

By Deborah Ng -- 36 comments