Here are some tips I didn’t have room for in my columns at Garden and Hearth.
If you’re looking for a cheap way to store and organize your shoes, go to your local liquor store and ask for the boxes the wine bottles are shipped in. They have readymade dividers, handy for storing out of season shoes. Or if you place the box on its side you can use it as a shoe organizer in your closet. Best thing is they’re free!
Also, I found out about this place while I was watching a recent episode of ‘Globe Trekker’ on the Travel Channel. There’s a business in Scottsboro, Alabama called the Unclaimed Baggage Center www.unclaimedbaggage.com It sells stuff that’s been somehow lost by the airlines, or items that for one reason or another people have failed to claim at the baggage carousel. I visited the Web site and noticed you don’t even have to live near the store to pick up a bargain or two because they have an online store.
Anyone read Consumer Reports? They have a new publication out called ShopSmart, it’s a quarterly publication and sells for $5.99. http://www.shopsmartmag.org/. Looks like lots of interesting stuff and best of all no ads.
And if you like pasta or want to sample lots of pasta sauces, the Olive Garden www.olivegarden.com has its annual ‘never ending pasta bowl’ for just $7.95
Be sure to visit-
www.gardenandhearth.com/EatingWellonaBudget.htm and www.gardenandhearth.com/Bargain-Shopping.htm.