Any frugal person loves to get free samples.

From time to time companies offer free samples of their products. These products can be anything from shampoo and conditioner, pads, heartburn medicine, paper towels, or whatever.

I have found some offerings of these free samples and got them myself. Usually they say it takes 4-6 weeks to get your items but I usually get mine in 2 weeks.

I have added a tool on the side of this blog where you can get free samples.

Now the weather is warming up, yard sale season has begun.

Yard sales are a great way to get rid of extra stuff in your house you don’t need or want anymore and to bring in some extra cash.

The best way to have a yard sale is to team up with a few more families and hold your yard sale together. Bigger yard sales bring in more people. A 5 family yard sale will get more people than a 1 family yard sale. Talk to your friends and family and ask them if and when they are interested in having a yard sale. Then pick the person who lives in the most convenient location traffic wise and hold the yard sale in their yard.

Then you need to place an ad in your local newspaper. Divide the ad by how many families are involved then split the cost of the ad.

Now you can clear out closets, drawers, attics, and basements selling stuff you no longer want. Consider donating the left over items to charity or a needy family.

What if I told you that you could get your girl something for Valentine’s Day that she will love and cherish and it doesn’t cost  single cent. That’s right, absolutely free.

What I’m talking about is a love letter. Straight from the heart. A handwritten love letter written by you for her that spills your heart out.

Most girls will cherish something so personal and keep it forever and would rather have something so romantic like a love letter than any material gift you buy at the store.

Then, there’s the girls who expect some gold and diamonds and won’t be happy unless big bucks are spent on them. Well, I can’t give you any advice there.

Now if you’re thinking about writing a love letter to your man, well, I don’t think like a man so I don’t know if they like this type of stuff or not.

For a guaranteed free Valentine’s Day, just boycott the holiday. I’m one of those who believe that Valentine’s Day is just a corporate holiday so that businesses can rake in the money. You can be romantic any day of the year, not just February 14th. And it feels kind of forced, like you’re expected to act all romantic that day.

I’m not doing a thing on Valentines Day besides working, so I don’t have to worry about spending a cent that day. For me, Valentine’s Day is as significant as Groundhogs Day.

But for those who want to celebrate the day of forced romance on a budget, I can just suggest writing a heartfelt love letter, ordering in your favorite food, and spending a quiet evening at home enjoying each other’s company with a massage.