Metro Cheapo» Holidays

How to Never Buy Gift Wrapping Supplies Again

Metro Cheapo — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:16:28 +0000

I don’t know about you, but during the springtime I get slammed with gift-giving obligations, which often require gift wrapping supplies. Mothers’ Day, Fathers’ Day, graduations, birthdays, anniversaries, showers, weddings … it’s too much! Special occasions like these sneak up on me every year. The crazy gift-giving could get out-of-control expensive, if I didn’t avoid [...]

Christmas Crap? It’s a Wrap

Metro Cheapo — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:24:04 +0000

Photo: Cohdra/Morguefile.com.

Do you find yourself spending almost as much money on the gift wrap as you do on the gifts this time of year? Unless you thought ahead last Christmas and carefully saved all of the wrapping paper, ribbon and gift tags for reuse this year, you could end up paying more than $10 [...]

Have Yourself a Cheapo Little Christmas

Metro Cheapo — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:43:26 +0000

Voila, our beautiful, reusable and cheap Christmas tree, made entirely of green beer bottles! What better way to celebrate the season of excessive consumption than create a festive Christmas centerpiece with cheap materials (that we would have recycled anyway) and handmade ornaments?

How did we do it? First, we drank two 12-packs of cheap Yuengling beer [...]