My wool coat needs a good drycleaning, badly. I'm starting a new, full-time job soon as a sales rep for a privately owned company, which  requires semi-professional dress. Last time I checked, loads of fur from the boyperson's kitties does not conform with a professional look. I could go to Gold Star Cleaners and drop $10 or $15 to have the coat ( Read more... )

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Hi, I'm new to this community, but not new to cheap living and saving my money. I'm gonna post a couple of suggestions here for cheap living and post my request for what I'm looking for help with. Sorry for any repeats.

What works for me:I've recently discovered a hand-crank washing machine, which can be purchased for $43-45, requires no hookups ( Read more... )

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I'm doing laundry right now, and I've recently just discovered that I have a sweater that is a hand wash only garment.

*sigh*

Does anyone have any suggestions on how I should do this? I've never had to hand wash anything before.....

I was wondering why all my pants seem to wear out and form these fluff balls where they rub together when I walk. Is this because they're cheap pants because the more spendy pants that I bought did this really quickly too.