Frugal Friday #2: The Dishwasher
April 6, 2007 by Karen Weideman
Filed under cleaning, energy saving, frugal friday, frugal living, household product, kitchen
Until recently, I have always had a problem with my dishwasher. I’ve never been able to just scrape my dishes and put them in the dishwasher. The dishes just don’t come clean. I moved to a house with a new dishwasher and still had problems. I even bought the expensive products.
According to Consumer Reports, prerinsing your dishes can waste 20 gallons of heated water a day. They suggest switching to an enzyme-based detergent so that you can simply scrape off the big chunks and throw the dishes in the machine. The enzymes get off the stuck on food, so that …read more
$4 Prescriptions at Wal-Mart!!!! Now That’s Cheap!
October 2, 2006 by Karen Weideman
Filed under financial matters, frugal living, health, money saving idea, saving money
Wal-Mart is now taking 291 popularly prescribed generic medicines and charging just $4 each for them!!! Can you believe it? Wal-Mart is going to start this in Tampa and, if it works, Wal-Mart will roll it out around the country in 2007. That goes for Sam’s Club stores, too. Now how could it not work? Four dollars for prescriptions sounds really good to me!!!!
Although it may not seem like it, there is normally a huge mark up on generic drugs. Currently, Costco only marks up their generic prescriptions 14 percent. So, until this new plan of Wal-Mart’s comes your way, you can continue saving money by …read more
Prescription drug price gouging days are over thanks to Costco.
February 24, 2006 by kellys
Filed under frugal living, news
Everyone knows that the internet is full of hogwash and e-rumors. I love finding out whether they are true or false. This time one IS true. Sharon Davis Davis, budget analyst with the Deptartment of Commerce, helps bust this myth and loans credibility to the pharmaceutical world. With all the hype about prescription drugs these days, you can get overwhelmed. Some prescriptions can run you >$100 per month. So what is a girl, or boy, of any age to do? Well, there has been a report done in several cities by different reporters …read more
