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23 Frugal or Homemade Christmas and Hanukkah Ideas

This is officially my favorite time of year!!!!!  I love the baking and the family time and the carols!  I love the sappy movies and even sappier commercials on TV.  I love the excitement of the children.  The holidays mean family to me… and this year will be no different.
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Frugal Thanksgiving: Make Due or Don’t Make It At All

It’s going to happen.  You know it is.  You’re going to be up to your elbows in cooking dinner tomorrow and realize you forgot that key ingredient to a dish on your menu.  Ut oh!  Time to send someone on  a mad dash to the corner store, Wal-Mart, or whatever is open on Thanksgiving day.  [...]

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Frugal Fashion Friday ~ Sinfully Fashionable

This edition of Frugal Fashion Friday was written by my friend Sara Colvin.  When she offered to write this article for me, I was ecstatic.  Sara is not only gorgeous, but talented.  Her home sewn Halloween costume was EPIC.  I’m convinced she could make a burlap sack look stylish.  Thanks for the article Sara!  I’m [...]

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Frugal Women Aren’t Normal

That’s right.  I said it.  We’re just plain weird.
Frugal women just don’t view gift giving the same way the rest of the world does… much to the confusion of our men.  Don’t get me wrong.  Frugal women enjoy nice things.  We like to dress up, look good, and feel appreciated and cared for.  We just [...]

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Life handed me rotten apples!

Lessons learned from a bag of rotting apples:
I’m a very goal oriented person.  I LOVE having a list of goals.  I make lists.  LOTS and LOTS of lists.  Lists of  things I’d like to do… places I’d like to go…  even 1, 3, and 5 year plans.  As a matter of fact, I get SO [...]

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