Accidentally Frugal: Snow

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Monday, December 22, 2008

We're snowed in here in western Oregon. It's really pretty!

Our sky was all orange tonight so it made for some really pretty pictures.

More snow...

This one is blurry but I really liked the artsy style of it.

Conserve water
Drive less by limiting and combining trips
Convert to all CFLs
Hang clothes to dry
Grow a vegetable garden
Hold a HUGE yard sale this summer
Investigate installing low e window film to help insulate our house w/o replacing the windows
Eat vegetarian more often
Limit processed food purchases - healthier and cheaper
Make coffee at home
Insulate the living room crawl space
Cover windows with plastic for winter
Sew thick curtains for winter
Install woodstove insert (natural gas prices are rising!)
Reuse items that I usually would toss
Sew
Shop with coupons
Spend less at Christmas by making gifts
Stop eating out - except date night
Turn off lights in empty rooms
Watch less TV (saves power)
Unplug items we are not using
Insulate the waterheater
Investigate installing a tankless waterheater
Buy foods with less packaging - bulk items are great
Use less air conditioning
Give our old clothes new life by turning them into new things... www.craftster.org