About Lisa Nelsen-Woods
I use my thrifty ways to live big on a little budget. I put myself through college and the only debt my family currently has is our mortgage! I also blog about green living, decorating, and DIY on my personal blog Condo Blues. I have a one eyed dog named Blitzkrieg. He likes carrots.Website: http://condo-blues.blogspot.com
Posts by Lisa Nelsen-Woods
Four Ways to Save Money for Summer Vacation
By Lisa Nelsen-Woods on March 24, 2011
I consider a summer vacation my reward for surviving yet another gloomy winter and rainy spring. Constantly daydreaming about where we may go for summer fun is my incentive to skip the little extras and put that money in a special savings account we have {read more}
By Lisa Nelsen-Woods on March 24, 2011
7 Unusual Ways to Save Money
By Lisa Nelsen-Woods on January 18, 2011
January is what I like to call Frugal Season. After the spend, spend, spending during the December holidays everyone is trying to save, save, save come January. Most people realize that you can save a significant amount of money if you use reusable products {read more}
By Lisa Nelsen-Woods on January 18, 2011
Five Frugal Thanksgiving Tips
By Lisa Nelsen-Woods on November 15, 2010
Footing the entire bill for a Thanksgiving can be expensive but it doesn’t have to be. If your goal is to have a magazine perfect Thanksgiving meal, with a little planning you can easily do it on a budget.
1. Fly on Thanksgiving Day. If you need to {read more}
By Lisa Nelsen-Woods on November 15, 2010
Eat Your Halloween Pumpkin!
By Lisa Nelsen-Woods on October 13, 2010
I save money by making sure everything that comes into my home does double duty. That includes our Halloween pumpkins! My husband likes to carve a pumpkin using a pumpkin carving kit we bought on super duper mega sale after Halloween.
Small pumpkins {read more}
By Lisa Nelsen-Woods on October 13, 2010
Taking Gardener’s Vegetables: Frugal Living or Freeloading?
By Lisa Nelsen-Woods on September 10, 2010
Planting a garden is an expensive way to save money and feed your family fresh vegetables for less. You can stretch your dollar even more if you can or freeze your extra food to eat later in the year. However, there usually comes a time in every backyard {read more}
By Lisa Nelsen-Woods on September 10, 2010
Five Tips to Make School Shoes Last the Entire School Year
By Lisa Nelsen-Woods on August 24, 2010
I am a big believer in you get what you pay for when it comes to buying school shoes. Growing little feet need a good supportive shoe and sometimes that costs extra
money. It will cost you even more money if those shoes wear out before the school year {read more}
By Lisa Nelsen-Woods on August 24, 2010
Christmas Shopping in July Saves Time and Money
By Lisa Nelsen-Woods on July 22, 2010
Christmas shopping for gifts all year long saves time and money in the long run even though it seems like I’m rushing the holidays a bit.
Why Shop for Christmas in July?
I have a large family and a short amount of time when it comes to Christmas shopping {read more}
By Lisa Nelsen-Woods on July 22, 2010
Fourth of July Red, White, and Blue Cookies
By Lisa Nelsen-Woods on June 24, 2010
Rainbow cupcakes, rainbow cookies, even rainbow pancakes yes, pancakes, are all the rage these days. I used the same technique to make red, white, and blue cookies for a 4th of July picnic.
Fourth of July Cookies
Why spend extra money to buy them when {read more}
By Lisa Nelsen-Woods on June 24, 2010
Five Steps for Documenting Tax Deductible Charitable Donations
By Lisa Nelsen-Woods on January 1, 2010
I have several friends who as part of their holiday celebration ask their children to go through their old toys and clothes and donate them to charity. I think this is a great way to teach our kids to think of others early in life.
However, many of those {read more}
By Lisa Nelsen-Woods on January 1, 2010
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