Frugal decides to drop landline!

As we live in what the cellular store calls 

" the dark hole" we have never enjoyed cellphone reception until this year as we invested in a "Network extender"

A box that boosts the cell reception by hooking into DSL/ fast speed Internet. 

No monthly fees and you can find an extender on eBay. We bought one very inexpensively and ended up saying goodbye to our landline and saved about $45 per month. It had been very reliable and texting/ Internet surfing works via wifi on the smartphones. 

Always hated writing the check to the phone co and paying for cell service too.

Frugal farmer is very happy as I'm blogging via wifi on smartphone right now...

"Costco is God!"

Talking about saving big bucks and getting cash back in the end of the year~" Costco is God" as a friend said to us on one of our trips this summer. He referred to the amazing price of a already cooked chicken, (under $5.00) for when unexpected company arrive...

My favorite part is the 4% cash-back on the gas when you use their AMEX and their lattes for $1.00!

My husband's favorite is the hot-dog with a soda -deal, $1.50!

Lunch is always great, the pharmacy cheaper than most places, big packs of things you really need a lot of (paper products, coffee beans, ink....) and Costcos return policy is amazing. Bought a printer there last year and it started to have problems recently. I called Costco, they took it back, no questions asked and gave me cash in hand! With that kind of policy it was worth going back to the electronics department and replace it right away. What did I have to loose?

High quality,consistently but beware, stick to your shopping list and don't get sidetracked. 

Any food that you end up throwing away is the same as throwing dollar bills in the trash- something we frequently have to remind ourselves of when we go to Costco. What doesn't fit in our bellies/fridge/freezer gets to stay on the shelf.

So the big question, is it worth the yearly membership?

We think so. Many options for different memberships makes it work well for any family.

Their services for small businesses are also worth checking out... meanwhile  your very large, delicious cheese pizza for $9.99 is being cooked and ready for pick up in a few minutes...

Did we mention, Costco is God.....