Frugal Confessions Friday – Frugal Living

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! Here’s my frugal confession of the week: I have wanted a compost bin for over a year, but have not been able to bring myself to spend the $80-$100 on a large bin of plastic. Fortunately for us, last week the City of Houston and several sponsors sold a large compost bin [...]

Did I Tip Too Much?

I am a pretty decent tipper at restaurants. When I do go out (admittedly not often) I tip 20% so long as the service is decent. If the service is subpar—really subpart—I might go 10-15%. But the other night I walked away from a transaction with a slightly sour taste in my mouth, and I’d [...]

Article Roundup – Halloween Edition

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! Live Real Now blog has some great tips and ideas on how to save money on Halloween (love the mannequin idea). One of the best is something I do each year: buy next year’s decorations the day or two after Halloween. Look out for sales of 50% +. Len Penzo shares 13 [...]

Frugal Habits of the Rich and Famous

Do you ever wonder how you would “be” if you had a mountain of wealth? What if you had unlimited (and continually compounding) money like Bill Gates, or an inherited silver spoon in your mouth like Paris Hilton? As a frugal person, this question makes me squirm a bit because I have seen other people [...]

Frugal Confessions Friday – Frugal Living

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! Here’s our frugal confession of the week: This week I snagged two 40-lb bags of clumpable cat litter for $22 at Target, and received a $5 target gift card in return. I know this is a good deal because I checked out a few other stores as well as online, and their 40 [...]

Frugal Confessions Around the Web

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! I am proud to have been accepted as a member of one of the Top Personal Finance Sites, Yakezie.com. My guest post is scheduled to appear on Monday (October 25th) went live today, and it is mainly an introduction of myself to the group of Yakezie Personal Finance Bloggers. If you’d like [...]

FFFF: Frugal Fall Family Fun (Say That Three Times Fast)

It is that beautiful time of year when the leaves begin to turn different colors, kids go back to school, football season starts (my husband made me put that one in), and our electricity bill drops back down to a non eye-popping level. Can you feel the excitement everywhere—that cyclical and welcomed change perched all [...]

Article Roundup

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! I’d like to share some great articles I’ve read in the last week. Frugal Zeitgeist writes about wacky insurance policies celebrities have taken out. I particularly liked the insurance policy on Ben Turpin’s crossed eyes. Perhaps we should get a policy out on my dimples…. Nickels and Dimes discusses how to get a [...]

Let’s Brainstorm on the $5 Left at the End of the Month Challenge

RACs Update: Readers of Frugal Confessions committed $160 worth of Random Acts of Kindness in September. Are you with me for October? Life is all about making the best of the resources we are given despite a matrix of limitations. This is where effective brainstorming can really make a difference. While working for a marketing [...]

Frugal Confession Friday – Frugal Living

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! For those of you new to this series, check out the introduction here. Here is my confession of the week: Some of my family came down to visit us this week–hurrah! We wanted to show them a good time, and so I gathered lots of really valuable coupons. We were able to [...]

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