Floating Candles or Flowers or Flower Candles

A beautiful centerpiece can be created with a beautiful bowl, some water, and floating flowers or candles or flower candles. If they're floating flower candles, they're beautiful even if you don't light them. And they never die.

Caffeinate Your Candles

If you have unscented pillar candles, you can place them on a plate covered with coffee beans or ground coffee. As the candle heats up, the scent of the coffee will linger and fragrance the air.

Don't Ice a Burn

If you burn yourself, it's natural to want to relieve it with an opposite effect by icing it but the two extreme in temperatures is a shock to your system and really bad for you. Don't do it! If you burn yourself and it's not an emergency, run it under cold water until the burning sensation subsides. Lightly tap it dry and moisturize it with ointment.

Cheap Oatmeal

Pre-packaged, pre-flavored oatmeals are convenient but overpriced. You can do that yourself by preparing ahead of time. I like to keep a stash of dried fruits such as raisins, strawberries, apricots, and cherries nearby. I fill a bowl with oatmeal and my choice of fruits. Then I add already boiled water. Or I dump the oatmeal and my choice of fruit in a 2-quart saucepan with milk and bring it to a simmer until it's ready.

Breakfast Smoothie

Don't have time to prepare eggs your style with a side of sausages and bacon? Try a quick, filling, and easy to make breakfast like a smoothie. You can even use frozen fruit which can serve as ice, but it's gentler on the blender. You can add regular milk, soy milk, rice milk, Kefir milk, or yogurt.

Add Sparkle to Your Juice

Instead of buying soda which is unhealthy, personalize and create your own bubbly effect by adding sparkling water to your juice of choice. It can be orange, grape, lemonade, whatever you'd like!

Buy Concentrate

If you shop in family-oriented neighborhoods, you're more likely to find large concentrate cans for super cheap. Just add water and sugar. Make a huge batch in a pitcher. You can even freeze them and turn them into popsicles :)