Hi Pals

I have not had a chance to share any of my frugal finds with you so I will start right after I share a little about myself. As Joy mentioned earlier I'm a stay at home mom that plans to homeschool and work full time as a travel agent but I have a few other adventures as well. I'm a Homemade Gourmet distributor and I'm rebuilding my employers website (a much needed redesign as you can see). So my schedule is very full and now Joy and I are collaborating on this blog to share how we our saving our pennies.

My penny pinchin' history is not that expansive; however, I am learning daily how to make our paychecks go further. Another thing I am keeping in mind while stretching the paycheck is how we can do this in a more eco-friendly manner. I might be watching too much Planet Green but they have some neat stuff on there.

My first inexpensive, environmentally conscious item I would like to share is Borax, the natural laundry booster, and it's many uses. So we originally started to buy this item in place of OxyClean but soon learned the many uses after researching a better way to clean our glass shower doors and kitchen sink (I now have a white sink again). I can't tell you the amount of time we spent cleaning our shower doors only to be disappointed in the results. I used to wear gloves because my hands would get so stinky and not to mention the harmful chemicals we would breathe in while cleaning the bathroom. You use Borax like you would any other powder cleaning agent by applying it to damp cloth and wipe vigorously to achieve your desired results. You can see the many uses here at their FREE downloadable booklet.