How Not to Overspend During the Holidays
Think frugal with your holiday celebrations to avoid January remorse. And it’s not as painful as you’d expect.
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Budget Vacations, Here We Come!
School will be out soon and while most of us are raring to go on that family vacation, sadly, not all of us can afford to. Or if we choose to go through with it anyway, some of the fun is taken out of the supposedly stress-free vacation because we have to compute and then [...]
Read More >>7 Super Cool Father’s Day Ideas That Will Melt His Heart But Not Your Budget
The moms have had their day in the sun last month. With Father’s Day just a few days away, shouldn’t we be racking up our brains to make this day as special as we can for the men in our lives? Whether it’s for our own dear dad or our beloved husbands, let’s spare no [...]
Read More >>Sweet Black Friday sales online
In addition to Amazon’s Black Friday sale, I’ve also come across a few more noteworthy online sales. (I’ll update this post as I come across other exceptional deals.) If you need a new desktop computer, you’ll have a hard time beating this deal from PC Direct; I’m not going to list all the specs here, [...]
Read More >>Avoid the day-after-Thanksgiving crowds
Here in the U.S., the day after Thanksgiving has picked up the moniker of “Black Friday.” Seems a little dismal, but it’s almost a holiday of its own—part frugality, part insanity. It’s a “competitive shopping” extravaganza of too many people clamoring for too little inventory. Personally, I’m not a big Black Friday shopper. I’m usually [...]
Read More >>Frugal vacation
Photo by wild friday First and foremost, plan well in advance. Survey a few different places to go, and do some quick online searching to get a feel for the costs. We went to Park City, Utah last summer because summer is their off-season, and had a great time in the sun. Check the hotel [...]
Read More >>The gift of food
Photo by Plates&Packs Edible presents can be a real treat for some people. Good food, desserts or snacks can definitely say that you care. Here are some gifts of food ideas. Home baked bread (recipe included) Chocolate bars with fancy wrapping Home baked cookies Pancake or waffle mix with genuine maple syrup A home-baked cake [...]
Read More >>Ten frugal gift ideas
Photo by Megan Troyer Gifts don’t have to cost you a fortune to come from the heart. Here are some nice ideas for gifts that shouldn’t cost you more than ten dollars. They are sweet, and would probably be more meaningful to that person than the money. A child’s artwork in a frame A coffee [...]
Read More >>Frugal wedding tips
Photo by k-girl Everyone wants their wedding day to be special. Unfortunately, most people can’t afford the fairy tale wedding that celebrities have. You can get into serious debt if you don’t know how to get the best deals. Here are some simple, and practical money saving tips for planning a wedding. (This is a [...]
Read More >>How to find an affordable vacation rental
I’m writing this from an affordable vacation rental, which happily came with wi-fi—hence the reason I feel free to dole out advice on this subject. Here’s what worked for me: Be as flexible as possible. Originally we were thinking about going to Yellowstone. I’ve never been, and we were going to be in the general [...]
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