Comments for Budget Hippies

Comment on No “Specialty” Food for Poor People by sandrar

sandrar — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:49:34 +0000

Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. Cheers! Sandra. R.

Comment on Burt’s Bees – How Should We React? by anediblewoman

anediblewoman — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:16:01 +0000

Oh no, I just wrote a blog about Burt’s Bee and thought I would remain a fan.

Comment on No “Specialty” Food for Poor People by Jenni

Jenni — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:44:40 +0000

Brandon, it seems that you are one of the several people who failed to read this article closely enough to discern its actual message. My complaint has nothing to do with demanding MORE; no, then I would simply join the myriad of people who want food stamp amounts to increase. All I am saying is that there is no logical reason for health food stores to be ineligible for food stamps. Feel free to explain to me why you think such stores should be ineligible, as I have yet to hear a good argument.

Comment on No “Specialty” Food for Poor People by Brandon

Brandon — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:04:34 +0000

I can’t help but marvel at what a glorious country we live in when people with no real tax liability actually have such a sense of entitlement that they complain about the quality of free food. Salute the flag every morning, folks, because there are so many places in our world where you would have starved by now.

Comment on No “Specialty” Food for Poor People by Random T.

Random T. — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:23:17 +0000

Hey, cool tips. Perhaps I’ll buy a bottle of beer to that man from that forum who told me to go to your site

Comment on medicine cabinet… update by Janet

Janet — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 04:01:57 +0000

I will take the Irish Spring soap off your hands! LOL

Seriously take it all to a food pantry folks waiting around them often have nothing and would jump at the chance to have any of these items I know!

Comment on Want healthy, “green” fast food? Head straight to Burgerville! by Jessy

Jessy — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:38:29 +0000

I grew up on eating Burgerville with all the kids in old neighborhood. During my childhood, Burgerville’s food was exactly like McDonalds and Wendys with hamburgers. It’s wonderful with Burgerville decided to minimize their franchise to be in the local business associations. Their hamburgers are noticeably tastier than regular fast food burgers.

Comment on About Us by Makeshift Mama

Makeshift Mama — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:04:55 +0000

Thanks for your note, Tracy. Unfortunately, the strategies that you describe here are not consistent with the purpose and focus of this site. We could not in good conscience encourage our readers to go on a shopping spree for new, pre-packaged items that are not manufactured with the earth or our delicate human bodies in mind.

To all of you that have expressed interest in linking from our site, thank you. We are not accepting solicitations for links at this time, either in trade or for monetary reimbursement. If at any point this changes, we will either publicly announce it on our site, including criteria for such sites, or we will individually pursue sites that we believe reflect our values. At no time will we ever agree to link to a site that is not in keeping with our mission here at Budget Hippies.

Thank you all and Happy Holidays.

Comment on About Us by Lindsay

Lindsay — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:11:28 +0000

Hi,

I noticed your posts about saving money and wanted to send this along for possible story consideration on Holiday strategic shopping that conquers budgets with bulk shopping and “buddy bonding”…

There will be a great deal of “making a list and checking it twice” to maximize budgets this Holiday season, and one strategy is in “buddy shopping” – it’s all about the “power of two” for cost-effective and strategic warehouse club shopping for the Holidays. We work with BJ’s Wholesale Club and shoppers can save while taking advantage of the benefits of bulk and multi-pack savings. In addition to their own coupons, BJ’s accepts manufacturer’s coupons – the only warehouse club that does – that allows for multiple coupons to be redeemed on multi-packs of “individual for sale” packaged items. An example would be: BJ’s sells a 2 pack of mouth wash that is normally sold and packaged as individual items in other major retail stores; you could use up to two coupons on this type of packaging in addition to many other items – and then split the cost and items in half between shopping partners – for even more savings.

Items great for divvying up include paper goods, toiletries, produce, meats, candy, cookie and muffin variety packs, juices, soda, bottled water, soap and cleaners…just to name a few. By splitting big packages, Holiday shoppers are also spending less per item than if purchased at a local grocery store (more than 30 percent over supermarket prices).

Besides savings on money, time and gas, shopping partners can finish off the “savings experience” with their own kitchen-side “packaging party,” to divy up the purchases and then settle back knowing they’ve checked off their lists with the best savings possible.

Thanks for your consideration,

Tracy Tilson
561-998-1995

Comment on disinfecting cleaners by Stephanie T.

Stephanie T. — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:09:24 +0000

I’ve used borax in my front loader, thou, I’m no expert and not really sure how to “properly” use it.
gSarah has a great disinfecting cleaning spray recipe I like.

As follows:

¼ cup distilled white vinegar
¼ cup lemon juice
2 tbsp castile soap
1 tbsp TTO
4-6 drops any EO you like (as usual, I use grapefruit.)
Water
24 oz spray bottle

This one works great in the bathroom, too! If you want to use it on mirrors, glass tops, etc. leave out the soap to avoid streaking. For crusties, sprinkle with Baking Soda first

Let me also admit that I keep bleach around in small quantities. Sometimes, it’s just necessary, imho.