8 Ways to Stick to a Frugal Holiday Gift Budget
The holiday season is the time of year when even the most frugalous of the frugal have difficulty sticking to budgets. Here are 8 ways to to stick to a frugal holiday gift budget without losing your...
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Frugal Holiday: 8 Frugal Yet Fun Holiday Entertaining Ideas
The holiday season is in full swing, money’s tight but you want to get together with your friends and family. After all that’s what the holidays are all about – good times with the people you love....
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Welcome Frugal Friends
I’m Merlene Paynter. I’m 39 years old. I’m the mother of two teenagers. I’m changing my life. Frugalous is a combination experiment and journal as I change just about every part of my life. I’ve left...
View ArticleRent versus Own
For most of my life I’ve been under the impression that owning a home was always the best option financially. Dozens of personal finance books seem to say the same thing and I bought into it. Hook,...
View ArticleFrugal Dilemma – Should I Buy a New Bed?
One of the challenges of moving from a house to an apartment is room size. The master bedroom in my house is large enough to accommodate my king size bed and other furniture. The bedroom I will have at...
View ArticleThis is Fun (and Frugal)
Just a quick note to tell you all that the Festival of Frugality chose Frugal Dilemma – Should I Buy a New Bed for the 133 Festival of Frugality. There are some great posts in this week’s Festival of...
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Frugal Holiday – Wrap Gifts as you Go to Save Time
If you’re anything like me you’ve likely started, or perhaps even finished, shopping for the holidays. One of things I dislike most is being faced with a mountain of gifts to wrap all at once. It...
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Frugal Kids – Host a Used Skate Exchange
Ice skating on Boston’s Frog Pond Originally uploaded by Paul Keleher Growing up in rural Nova Scotia, Canada I learned to skate almost as early as I learned to walk. Skating was a daily activity on...
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Frugal Holiday: Beautiful Beet Soup
My friend Jenn over at Frugal Upstate is doing a week long mini-series “Thanksgiving – the Frugal Mini-Series” and while I’m Canadian and my Thanksgiving was a few weeks ago I decided to add a...
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Frugal Holiday: Chocolate Carrot Cake
Today is day two of Frugal Upstate’s Thanksgiving Mini Series and today’s topic is desserts. This simple cake is the most requested recipe I’ve ever made. Family and friends rave about it and it’s not...
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