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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. To get us started on [...]

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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

I have to admit, I know nothing about fashion. I don’t read the magazines. I don’t know what the “it” colors or fabrics are. I’m a comfort and warmth girl. Most of the time I manage to leave the house looking like an adult chose my clothes (although a rumpled adult) … on the days [...]

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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 [...]

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You’re Not Frugal Enough ~ And You’re Killing The Planet!

I read a LOT of blogs about frugality.   Even more than the blogs, I read the comments on frugality blogs.  What I have learned from these comments is this: No matter how much you improve your habits… no matter how great the information you share… no matter how many changes you make to reduce your [...]

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