I ran across a great article from Dumb Little Man on how to use the everyday things we use and found a neat way to get dents out of your vehicle. This is ironic since someone dinged my brand new van (to me anyway) in the parking garage at work last week. I was so […]
Many of you know that I was a full-time teacher prior to having children. Cutting out one person’s entire income was an act of faith and determination, which left me pulling out all of my thrifty devices. Here is a list of the top things that I have done to cut out expenses.
1) Cut back […]
I thought you might like to check out some other great blog carnivals. Here are some of my favorites.
Carnival of WAHM and WAHD’s - this is an old one but very interesting
Carnival of Debt Free Living
Carnival of Debt Reduction 129
Carnival of Living Cheaply
Carnival of Family Life
Travel of a Shoestring
Hope you enjoy them. I did.
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I have told you before about my curtain dilemma? I wanted blackout curtains and couldn’t believe how expensive they were. So I talked my girlfriend in to making her curtains. We found the material at Wal-Mart and also some great black out liners to add to the pattern. I loved how dark they made Turkey […]
Dawn over at Frugal for Life found a great article from Woman’s Day Magazine on 17 ways to spend less money. Dawn did a great job of lending her 2 cents to how to spend less money. I thought I would give you my 2 cents so that you would now have 4 cents […]
With our busy lives, it seems more and more of our money is going towards eating out. In fact, I read recently that 40% of food money is spent on eating out. Here are some tips to help lower the amount you spend.
1. Go out for lunch instead of dinner. Lunch prices are usually much lower.
2. Check […]
Kate over at Babylune offers us her Christmas list. I thought it was a great idea. So I thought I would let you in on some really good ideas for Thrifty Mommy worthy gifts. Here we go.
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For this week’s Frugal Friday, I am giving you an additional 25 ways to save money. I am adding these to the other lists. Now we’re up to 75 ways to save money (or not spend it). I hope these ideas will help you to keep more of your money.
Numbers 1-25: Top 25 Ways I […]
Just how frugal are you? What are you willing to buy used and use again? I got to thinking about it and thought I would come up with my list of things that I would buy used and won’t buy used. So here we go.
I would buy used:
clothes
shoes
luggage
bedding
tools
yard decorations
lawn mowers
dishes
pictures and decorations for the home
electronics
cell […]
Do you realize that there are only a few months until Christmas? Have you started your Christmas shopping?
My mom taught me almost everything I know about being frugal. We shopped the clearance racks together, I watched her use coupons and compare price per unit, and I saw her shop all year for Christmas presents.
I used to […]
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