Being frugal doesn’t mean you have to spend hours each week clipping coupons, searching for sales, and cooking everything from scratch. In fact, there are three simple steps you can take that will get you more bang for your buck and leave more money in your wallet. I have a confession. I am not a […]
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Preschoolers and Frugal Vacations: Why Tourist Attractions are Not a Good Idea
Last week was my one and only week of vacation from work. It was so nice to have an entire week to myself. In the beginning of the week I worked a lot on my online stuff, I got the house *super* clean, and then towards then end of the week I headed out for […]
Frugal Vacations: Where Do You Go?
Vacation has been on mind a lot lately. This is probably due to the fact that I am due a one week vacation at work and my boss wants me to take it before August. I am ready for a break anyway, so this suits me just fine. So on June 17th I will […]
How to Keep Your Kids Well Dressed on a Tight Budget
As parents we all want our kids to feel like they fit in, and face it – looks are an aspect of fitting in. I have always loved buying my girls cute clothes and dressing them to the T, but I hate spending money on clothes they will outgrow in a few short months I […]
A Single Mom’s Grocery List: What I Buy
My grocery bill vary rarely exceeds $250 a month. Sometimes it’s even less, which is a good thing because I don’t have a lot of extra money to spend. Granted I am not feeding teenagers. It’s just myself and my two little ones ages two and four, but I still think for the three of […]