Evernote

Over the years, I have accumulated a huge amount of notes, recipes, crafts, tips, and ideas. It’s getting to the point of ridiculousness, as it’s getting difficult to keep up with my collections. This disorganized chaos is all about to change, because of Evernote. For those of you who haven’t used this time-saving tool, Evernote is free service that lets you sync all your ideas, web clippings, notes, scanned documents and stickies (and whatever else you want to keep and remember), on their server. Once captured, your notes are instantly search-able, even your handwritten scribbles. To keep all your notes synced, there are several options for a wide range of devices.

HeyCosmo

It would be nice if I had my own personal assistant. Someone to run my errands and do my bidding. But until I can justify that kind of expense, I am grateful for online tools like HeyCosmo. Like Sandy, HeyCosmo will help to replace some of the functionality of a real live assistant. By signing up for a free account, You will no longer have to go through the Yellow Pages, and call business after business, to get your questions answered. Now, all you have to do is have HeyCosmo Concierge contact businesses in your area, and ask the questions for you. For example, if you need a to make a restaurant reservation, and you want to know if your chosen venue can seat your party of three, Concierge will call each restaurant you have selected, and post the results after the call(s) is completed. You can also have the results sent your email. I’ve tried it, and it works!

mygazines.com

Ok, this one is too cool not to share. Free issues of popular magazines on your computer whenever you want to look at them.

shopping time!

I’ve added many more freebies to the Freebie Tracker. Check out the list below, and click here to get the updated file. Have fun sample shopping!

Free Exercise DVD & elastic bands

Downy Total Care - Free sample

Working Mother Magazine

Two $5 Coupons from Kmart

Aearo E-A-R- earplug samples

Earplug sample from DSE Healthcare

Senseo Coffee Pods

Industrial Strength Hand Cleaner sample

Scoop Floral fragrance sample

Oatmeal Crisp sample from Walmart

Healthy To Go drink samples

Free T-shirt and mag subscription from Alpha G33k

Free Box of Cherrios and 6 $1 coupons

Free Hollywood Beauty Package

Gillette Shampoo sample

Fisher Price Geotrax DVD - free (for youngsters)

Free Travel Mug (need Business name)

Fisher Price Planet Heros DVD - free (for youngsters)

Free plastic travel pouch/bag from Trip Advisor

Free Borghese Samples

photo credit: Free Music Zilla

Do you remember the days when you used to wait for your favorite song to come on the radio so you could record it on your tape deck? Now, it’s all about mp3s and the ability to carry your entire music collection in the palm of your hand. Just because times have changed, doesn’t mean your frugal ways have to.

Photo credit: Mozilla.org

Signing up for freebies can be tiresome. Having to enter the same information time after time may cause you to procrastinate and lose out on some really great freebies. I’ve certainly missed out on my fair share, until discovering a neat little Firefox extension called

say no to spam

Signing up for freebies can be fun, but the resulting spam is anything but. To stop spam in it’s tracks, sign up for a free spam protection service from spamgourmet.com.

Use your internet connection to replace cable

Getting rid of your cable bill is probably not what AT&T meant when they slapped this billboard up, but if you have high speed internet, there really is no need to keep throwing extra cash away on cable. I’ve been without cable now (by choice) for six months. And as an avid TV watcher for years, I don’t miss it one bit. Come to think about it, I never really had all that much time to watch what I was paying for.

photo credit: goodmagazine.com

We all love flipping through the colorful, glossy pages of magazines, but subscription costs can really stack up. Instead of paying for a print magazine subscription with your hard-earned money, you can now pocket those savings thanks to a powerful tool called an RSS feed reader.

If you’re anything like me, cookbooks are a necessity in your home library. Perhaps, like me, your imagination draws a blank when it comes to cooking. Or, maybe you occasionally need a little inspiration in the kitchen. This inspiration, however, does not come without a price tag. The cost of all those cookbooks, adds up over the years. Until now.