The last post I wrote made me think I should pass on another gem we’ve found during our quest to rid our house of the extra “stuff.”  We (and by we, I mean my fiancé) tend to accumulate electronics in various stages of functionality.  Since the beginning of this effort, we have disposed – in one way or another – of eight CRT televisions and monitors.  This was a huge relief to me.  Even more of a relief is how easy this was!

We discovered Goodwill in the process.  One of the TVs – a small one that was fully functional – we donated to Goodwill.  It was as easy as handing it to them at the door.  We sold two more on Craigslist.  And one other (broken) TV we sold on eBay.

And finally, we recycled four TVs and monitors.  I was prepared to shell out some money for this, knowing from a previous job that electronic recycling facilities, even county-run efforts like your local household hazardous waste facility, have to charge to break even.  But a little research revealed that Best Buy will now accept almost ANY electronics for recycling!  Even better, they charge $10 for CRTs but then help you out by giving you a $10 gift card to the store.  That’s the best we’re going to get for an environmentally friendly disposal of these dinosaurs!  Other items, like cell phones, printers, cables & such are all accepted free of charge at Best Buy.  I hope this encourages you to recycle rather than trash those unwanted, outdated electronics.

By the way – you don’t need to search out the household hazardous waste facility to dispose of your burned out CFL lightbulbs, either.  Home Depot accepts those free of charge.

This is a how-we-save post but also a how-we-get-rid-of-crap post

My fiancé was a mechanic for years and still does a decent amount of work on cars.  He decided to clean out the garage and managed to get together a large pile of scrap metal in the process: broken lamps, old filing cabinets, lots of car (and moped!) parts, and an old toolbox.  He took all this to the local metal recycling business and earned $28.70 – and cleaned out the garage in the process!

For us it can be hard to get in clean-out mode, but as others have mentioned on this blog before, it can be easier than you think to earn some money from “stuff” that is no longer valuable to you.  We have been in full-on eBay mode as well, posting broken televisions, cameras, etc. to generate some spare change.

I hope the scrap metal tip will be useful to some of you.  I would never have thought of it myself.  Good luck cleaning your house & hopefully making some money in the process!

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$5 Halo Products coupon:

I noticed on The Thrifty Mama’s blog that you can go HERE and sign up to get a $5 Halo Products coupon.

And free/cheap Chef Michael’s pet food at Target (9/13-19):

The Money Saving Mom listed some great pet food deals at Target this week:

Chef Michael’s canned dog food  $0.80 each
Buy 4 and use one Buy Two, Get Two Free coupons
Then stack with two Buy One, Get One free Target coupons
Get four free cans after the coupons!

Chef Michael’s Dry Dog Food  $4.49 each
Use $3/1 coupon in the 8/23 RedPlum insert
Stack with $1.50/1 Target coupon here
Free after coupons

Chef Michael’s Canine Creations Dog Food (cans)  $0.89 each
Buy 2 and the use B1G1 coupon in 8/23 RedPlum insert
Stack with B1G1 Target coupon here
Free after coupons

Chef Michael’s dog food (24 oz.)  $4.27 each
Use $2.50/1 coupon
Stack with $1.50/1 Target coupon
Only $0.27 per bag after coupons

Hope these help out those of you lucky enough to have a furry friend!

this is just a quick post to share a link that is awesome -

http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/about/

this guy knows his stuff. it’s definitely a useful read.

cheers!

I always looked at shoes as a fashion choice until I started living with AK and now I see the utilitarian side of things!  As we are always looking to do things the best we can for the least money, I thought I’d share this site that has GREAT deals on shoes (& more).  There are some really good brands – Privo is a favorite for cute, comfy flats – and all are deeply discounted.

This site doesn’t have free shipping & returns (for that, check out www.onlineshoes.com, which also has great deals – I got my Sanita Profs there for $44) but the prices kind of seal the deal.

Here’s my favorite guys & girls shoes under $20:

women: the “Spot” by Privo, $13.80 down from $64

men: “Tracker Walker” by Propet, $20.13 down from $40