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5 Ways to Have Frugal Family Fun!

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If you like this post please Pin It This is a guest post by Kelly Wilson, author of Live Cheap & Free! Strategies to Thrive in Tough Economic Times. You can find her at www.WilsonWrites.com In September, we took our family to an Octoberfest celebration at a locally owned amusement park. We never go anywhere without a coupon, so after a little research, I found a 2-for-1 admission coupon for my husband and me. As the kids didn’t cost as {Read More}

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How Keeping a “Clothing Pantry” Saves a Ton of Cash!

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Clothing storage is the same concept as food storage, only you wear it instead of eat it. I have always bought clothing “off season” for the next year. For instance, at the end of this summer, I bought lots of T-shirts and shorts for my kids for next summer. At the end of winter I will pick up coats for them to wear next year. Everything I buy is at least 75% off, sometimes it’s even 90% off. So, when {Read More}

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How to Roast a Pumpkin

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This is a guest post from Sara at at Your Thriving Family. This is something to do on a day you are home for a good portion of the day. Doesn’t have to be closely watched, but will take some attending to here and there. Roasting a whole pumpkin was a little more complicated than the times I have roasted an acorn squash for yummy muffins. But, it started out the same way. Preheat the oven to 400* Cut in {Read More}

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Save 50% or More on Back to School Clothes

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Back-to-school time can be very stressful not only on children and parents, but also on the wallet. Finding ways to save while getting that back-to-school wardrobe and still letting your kids have some fun picking out their new duds can be a challenge. Below, Kate Sorensen at Coupon Cravings gives us her top five tips on saving money while back-to-school clothes shopping. 1. Color match. It goes without saying that every woman’s closet needs a pair of black heels. Kids {Read More}

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How God Grew My Heart

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This is a guest post by Susan  at The Confident Mom My family is quite the mish-mash if you ask me, but you know….I like it that way! When my husband and I married in 2007, we knew we were not going to have more children – it was clear. I came into the marriage with two of my own and he had one, so a nice blended family – that was our plan. We knew this so clearly that {Read More}

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What Kind of Mortgage Can I Realistically Afford?

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How much mortgage can you afford? This guest post today explains very simply how you can figure that question out. When shopping for a mortgage, many potential mortgage borrowers are confused as to how much of a mortgage they can really afford and what they will be approved for. In year’s past, many mortgage lenders were quite generous with how much they would lend to a mortgage borrower. Due to the high rate of mortgage defaults and foreclosure, many mortgage {Read More}

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