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Category Archives: Frugality
We Paid Cash For Our New Car
When Ruby was born, we outgrew our family car. My Toyota Sienna, which has been a wonderful and extremely reliable car, only seated 7. During my pregnancy we started saving for a larger vehicle. Debt is not an option for … Continue reading
How To Host a Swap Meet
A couple of weeks ago I hosted a swap meet. Having heard of the concept for years, I had always wanted to try it. Free stuff! Get rid of clutter! What’s not to love?! But it was after reading Carmen’s … Continue reading
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Inexpensive Vacation Ideas
This is a guest post from The Crunchy Coach blog Six Inexpensive Vacation Ideas In this world of timeshares, resorts, and hotels.com, inexpensive vacation ideas are hard to come by. That is, they are not exactly broadcast by marketers on … Continue reading
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Cheap Summer Fun for Families
After filing our taxes this year, hubby and I got an unpleasant surprise. Turns out, having a “good” year means we now owe our firstborn to Uncle Sam. Our accountant didn’t count on us having our income increase as much … Continue reading
How To Save $50 a Week On Groceries
This summer we’re heading to Tybee Island to vacation as a family. photo credit: Clicksy Yea! The beach! But in order to make that happen, I had to create some extra cash, so I decided to lower my grocery budget … Continue reading
Possum Living
Possum Living is one of those books that, as soon as I heard about it, I HAD to read. Unable to find it in the library system (which would have been true Possum style), I ordered the book from Amazon … Continue reading
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How Not To Spend Too Much at Starbucks
photo credit: CesarCardoso Step One. Buy Starbucks Mocha Powder so you can make mochas at home. Step Two. Find a copycat recipe for those amazing Pumpkin Cream Cheese muffins. Step Three. Buy a like new espresso maker at the consignment … Continue reading
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Top Ten Tuesday: Financial Peace
Today (actually, last night, but the beauty of WordPress is that if you forget to do Top Ten Tuesday until Wednesday, you can backdate the post and noone will be the wiser) was our 3rd week since beginning Dave Ramsey’s … Continue reading
How To Afford Cloth Diapers
Unfortunately, I eliminated my cloth diaper stash after my youngest child potty trained. (She was, after all, going to be my “last baby” right?) Yesterday I got my first batch of cloth diapers in the mail. I’ve enjoyed fondling them … Continue reading
A Simple and Frugal Holiday
photo credit: Rev Stan Well, Halloween is over and the Thanksgiving Holiday just can’t wait to get here. After Thanksgiving, Christmas will creep in sooner than you think and then it’s time to celebrate the New Year. With the holidays … Continue reading
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