Yahoo! Finance offers some tips on "Slicing the costs of a backyard barbecue". Choose an equally good, but less popular, cut. Buy a larger section, and do some of the cutting yourself. (Bulk buying for meat lovers.) Buy seasonally, when supply is up and demand is down, and freeze. Want good taste and a good [...]
Read More >>FrugalWAHM gives the scoop on which theaters are offering free summer movies for the kids. Even if you have these movies at home (they’re not going to be first run, of course), it’s still fun and a “field trip.” I don’t have kids, but I might borrow some I know.
Read More >>Aunt Annie has some great advice in her post entitled “Found Money #8 – The Library“. I’ve been a library enthusiast forever, and I’m always astonished at how few of my friends regularly use the library (I’m slowly bringing this number up) and how few people in general know all the things the library has [...]
Read More >>I’m a fledgling frugalist myself, I’ll admit. I don’t know all the tricks in the book yet (but I will!). However, one thing that most all frugal folks agree on is this: meal plans are good. (I was going to put “meal plans are one of the most important parts of saving” but I would [...]
Read More >>I’ve been somewhat conflicted lately. I actually didn’t realize I was conflicted until this weekend. For the last couple of months, I have been pursuing money (making and saving) like there’s no tomorrow. My notebooks are filled with attempts to compare one money making scheme with another, in order to make the most money in [...]
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