We all know how easy it is to swing through your local coffee shop and order your favorite coffee drink. As soon as you walk in the place smells amazing, your senses take over, and next thing you know you are ordering a grande latte with skim milk and extra foam. Oh, and of course you have to throw a banana nut muffin in there to go with it. Before you know it, your coffee run just cost you {Read More}
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Going cash only can save you somewhere between $10-54.79 ($50ish) a month! Today’s frugal tip can be a bit of a hard one for many families these days. Credit cards are readily available and most of us have several. I know there has been some difficulty for us and we are not there yet, but getting there. Use cash only for your purchases. At the beginning of the month map out your estimated expenses and organize your cash into groups, {Read More}
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Today’s frugal tip is to start shopping at the thrift store. I love thrift stores- you can pick us so many bargains. I recently picked up a pretty much new food processor for $10 and a salad spinner for $2- New these things would have been at least $40 and I picked them up for $12. Keep a list with you of the items you might like to have, but you don’t need right away, that way you can refer {Read More}
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Today’s frugal tip is to start packing your own lunch. The savings on this one is pretty obvious- you can probably pack your own lunch for under $1- and unless you are going light on the $.99 menu at McDonald’s you are most definitely going to pay more than $1 for lunch. If you were spending even 4 dollars a day to buy lunch that is going to cost almost $100 a month ($1200 a year)- while packing a lunch {Read More}
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Today’s frugal tip is just one you have to test out on your own to see if you like. But to save a little money you may want to try using less laundry detergent. I recommend just taking out a little at a time and seeing if you or your family notices. We actually have an HE washer and I did quite a bit of research on why you have to use special HE detergent in them. From want I {Read More}
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Have you heard of Freecycle yet? It might be a great way for your to get rid of stuff you don’t need and get items that you do.. Freecycle is a web site that refers you to local Yahoo groups in which you can see posts of people in your area that are giving away items or want them. It really is interesting and worth a look at. I know that my sister in law received quite of bit of {Read More}
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