Please help me overcome my aversion to staying in hostels. [more inside]
posted on Jul 21, 2008 - 34 answers

We love lasagna. But my white sauce mixes with my red sauce and it all ends up looking pink. [more inside]
posted on Jun 29, 2008 - 33 answers

My husband and I are going on a road trip this weekend and have plenty of places and things to do during daylight hours. It's just the two of us (yay, no kids!) and we'll no doubt chat all day during the drives, hikes, sightseeing. We need something to do between checking in and going to sleep. I'd like an activity that's cheap, and involves the both of us. [more inside]
posted on Jun 4, 2008 - 17 answers

I can make apple muffins, banana muffins, and carrot muffins. So what else can I muffinise (oh, did I just invent a verb there)? [more inside]
posted on Jun 2, 2008 - 32 answers

What's a good whole bean coffee I can buy in bulk online on a college student budget? [more inside]
posted on Jun 1, 2008 - 18 answers

Recommendations for French Cooking courses in London or Paris? [more inside]
posted on May 26, 2008 - 2 answers

Best practices on home canning? [more inside]
posted on May 8, 2008 - 17 answers

A big problem and a small problem with my home made ice cream ... [more inside]
posted on Apr 22, 2008 - 25 answers

Can I do laundry with just ammonia alone? [more inside]
posted on Jan 29, 2008 - 18 answers

Why do my banana muffins go so mouldy so quickly? [more inside]
posted on Dec 14, 2007 - 14 answers

What parts of your cooking do you strictly DIY? I'm looking for more ways to incorporate "doing it myself" into my cooking. [more inside]
posted on Nov 9, 2007 - 79 answers

Refilling contact lens solution bottles with contact lens solution? [more inside]
posted on Apr 3, 2007 - 20 answers

I love Aquafina bottled water. There's something in it that makes it taste much different than other bottled waters. Still, it gets expensive. What's in it that makes it taste so nice and can I make my own at home? [more inside]
posted on Feb 21, 2007 - 31 answers

Poor college student filter: I'm getting married, and have very little money. [more inside]
posted on Jan 5, 2007 - 38 answers

Is making your own soaps/lotions/oils/candles/etc. worth the time and trouble? [more inside]
posted on Oct 14, 2006 - 14 answers

How do I get a reliable car for not much money? [more inside]
posted on Oct 13, 2006 - 24 answers

Can I correct my vision by wearing sign reversed contact lenses? [more inside]
posted on Sep 11, 2006 - 19 answers

So we're going to the Oregon coast camping for a week. [more inside]
posted on Aug 6, 2006 - 8 answers

Why does my tomato sauce taste so much better the day after? [more inside]
posted on Jul 17, 2006 - 13 answers

I have an old pc. Celeron 600mhz processor, 376mb ram. The ram is maxed out (I believe) and the overhead of microsoft's anti-spyware combined with AVG antivrus, along with XP sp2, have slowed the machine to a crawl. Is there a way to speed things up that is compatible with quicken 2004 and will leave me protected from net nasties? I thank you, hive-mind. [more inside]
posted on Dec 20, 2005 - 23 answers

Too many pens, not enough pen caps. I gradually acquire disposable pens that are missing their caps. Is there something that can commonly be used as a cap for these de-crowned writing sticks? I've tried small balloons--too awkward. Corks? Does someone sell universal pen caps? Just one of life's small annoyances and I'm wondering if there is an elegant, material solution, short of tossing them.
posted on Oct 19, 2005 - 14 answers

What is the cheapest you could live and still maintain a fairly normal lifestyle?
posted on Oct 11, 2004 - 31 answers

I need some ideas for Frugal Christmas decorations. We're quite strapped this year (due to unexpectedly having to move when our landlord sold our rental house out from under us), and buying a tree would mean cutting into the meager budget for the children's presents. We're forgoing presents for ourselves or anyone else, or at least delaying them until the new year when our financial situation will be better. I have lights, ornaments, garland and such from years past, but what can I do with them with no tree to put them on? Does anyone know how I could cheaply make some sort of a tree-like thing for hanging the ornaments on? Or some sort of way to display them? I only want something 3 or 4 feet high that I could put in my bay window.
posted on Dec 10, 2003 - 30 answers