That Most Overpriced of Foods: The Hot Dog

With July 4th quickly approaching, I thought it would be fun to write an article about a food pivotal to any picnic, party, or barbecue: the hot dog. It’s a simple, great-tasting finger food enjoyed by kids and adults alike, and relatively cheap. What could be more American than the hot dog? I know: taking [...]

Article Round-up: The Worldly Edition

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! Ever dream of living abroad, working abroad, traveling abroad, or wonder how life is different for people living in other countries? Here are some great posts I’ve been reading about these topics. Frugal Zeitgeist discusses some of the cheapest countries to live in, including Egypt, which is where he currently resides. [...]

Financial Limits and Boundaries Breed Creativity, Not Deprivation

Budgets can feel limiting, tight, and claustrophobic, especially when you’ve hit your budget wall and there are still things on your To Do or Want list. Most people that I speak with look down upon budgets for this very reason, either stating that something always comes up during the month to thwart even their greatest [...]

Frugal Confessions Friday

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! For those of you new to this series, check out the introduction here. Here is my confession of the week: Paul’s MP3 player was washed in the laundry machine by accident…But instead of going out to purchase a new one, he thought about it for a few days and came up [...]

When Being Cheap Upfront Costs Big Bucks in the End

I have managed to do it again—try to save a little bit of money and end up paying astronomically more in the end.                 Again is the key word here, as the first time this occurred was in the summer of 2009. Paul and I were going to a movie at the Edward Regal Cinema [...]

**Updated Link Information: Frugal Confessions on the 4:00 News!

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! I am excited to say that I taped a segment in a local grocery store with Patricia Lopez from Channel 13 last week, and finally found a direct link to the video: Are you Really Saving with Promotional Sales?. Our segment was based off of my article 6 Sneakys Ways Retailers [...]

Article Roundup—The Retirement Edition

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! Anyone who has read my blog for even a shortwhile (thank you, by the way!) knows that I am a true believer in saving up for retirement. I am 27 years old, and firmly believe that by the time I get to retirement, I will be lucky to get some sardines [...]

Turns out Duct Tape Cannot Fix Everything: Things I Learned during our Free Energy Audit

It is nice to have an experienced professional come into your home and objectively review its inefficiencies without an ulterior motive; AC repairmen want to sell you products, and home warranty companies want to hide your home’s defects so that they do not have to pay to have them fixed. But an energy audit from [...]

Frugal Confessions Friday!

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! For those of you new to this series, check out the introduction here. Here is my confession of the week: My office always has a ton of baby showers (in fact, two new people just found out they are pregnant! Congrats! Must be in the water…). I love to attend and [...]

9 Ideas for Some Frugal Family Fun

As an adult I occasionally daydream about certain times during my childhood. When I’m in my cubicle on a summer afternoon, it’s not nostalgia for Nintendo, Gameboy, or shows from TGIF that puts a smile on my face; it’s the more homegrown fun we had. I can remember my father playing badminton with us in [...]

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