I'd like to bring up a topic that was discussed in the first Tightwad Gazette book: how our frugal choices affect the environment. This came into my head this morning as I was hanging up some laundry on the line, and it occurred to me that most of the things I do to save money also benefit the environment...

[quote user="karenteacher"] Be very careful about the exchange rates - especially on credit cards, if you take any; the additional fee - it ws 3% on my card - for the currency conversion can build up fast. [/quote] To my knowledge, Capital One is the only 'major' credit card purveyor...

I recently switched my children from disposable diapers to cloth diapers. I needed a bucket to put the soiled diapers into, with a baking soda/water solution until there was enough for a full wash load. I phoned my local bakery to ask if they had a bucket I could have. To my suprise, the baker had over...

When I made tea in my lovely new (secondhand English redware) teapot, I thought about the waste of teabags it was saving. Instead of a bag, tag and string going into landfill, I top the pot up with cold water and tip it onto the garden. A slight waste of water to preheat the pot. I usually use instant...