It’s Frugal Confessions Friday!!–I’m Back!
Hello Everyone! Well, after a two week hiatus on Frugal Confessions Friday, I am back again! Who knew that renovating a laundry room could be so time-consuming and energy-sapping… If you are new to this series, check out the intro here. Here is my confession of the week: Paul and I both decided that we [...]
Saving and Sacrificing Without Purpose: Why Do I Want to be Rich?
I want to be rich. I’ve never actually said that out loud, much less confessed it to a large audience. Perhaps it’s some leftover youth fantasy of mine when I linked a certain lifestyle with having lots of money. I even have an entry in my kindergarten diary where I write in crayon that I [...]
5 Breaches of Frugality: Do These and Consider Yourself Cheap
fru⋅gal /ˈfrugəl/ [froo-guhl]: economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful cheap [cheep]: stingy; miserly Something that bothers me is when someone uses the word ‘cheap’ and ‘frugal’ interchangeably. I am a frugal person, and proudly so. I am not cheap, and when I sometimes cross the slim border between the two [...]
When Delaying Spending Money Costs you More in the End
Sometimes my life seems to revolve around delaying gratification—the satiation of my needs and wants—by delaying purchases or services. By nature, my consumer pulse is sluggish at best, so it is not a far stretch for me to do so. I do not constantly feel a nagging craving inside of me for new, better, and [...]
5 Ways to Save on Home Renovations
Paul and I are in the middle of our first renovation project together: the laundry room. I know what you may be thinking…”who is going to see the laundry room?”, but for whatever reason, this project makes me so happy. Besides, the laundry room sits right off of our kitchen, and we keep the sliding [...]
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The 7 Deadly Purchase Sins: You’ll Never Get Rich if you Practice These
In no particular order, here is a list of what I deem to be the 7 deadly purchase sins that will surely keep money out of your pocket. Ideal Self Purchases: Do you ever purchase things because the type of person whom you ideally want to be, or the person who you see yourself as, [...]
Frugal Confessions Friday!!!!
Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! I apologize for my lack of articles this week; can we say holiday hangover? Anyway, I am very excited about a weekend at home working on our laundry room renovation and fleshing out some great thoughts and ideas I’ve had over the past several weeks into articles. Here’s my Frugal Confession [...]
Saving Money in 2010: Grocery Shop Every Other Week
A recent guest post over at the Money Saving Mom blog poses an “Eat From the Pantry Challenge”. The author wants to eat through her pantry, freezer, and cupboard foods instead of going to a grocery store for an entire month! The idea is that instead of rushing out to the store for specific ingredients, [...]
December Savings Goal Update: Honeymoon
Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! If you check out the progress bar for paying cash for our honeymoon, you will see that we are now at 54% of our goal! While that is wonderful…I realized the other day that our honeymoon is just three and a half months away. Needless to say, we need to get [...]
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