Frugal Confessions – Frugal Living

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! Today I’d like to share a frugal confession that I thought was impossible—saving money off of our annual state emissions and inspections test (the sticker on the front windshield). My friend Helen sent me a deal to the social buying site SweetJack (this is my referral link for Houston) last week for [...]

Frugal Confessions – Frugal Living

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! Here is my confession of the week: We have actual soil in the bottom of our composter! This is such exciting news. We’ve been putting our kitchen waste and leaves from the yard into this composter we purchased last fall. I finally decided to open the slot to see if anything [...]

Frugal Confessions – Frugal Living

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! Here is my frugal confession of the week (I think the ladies will be much more interested in this than the men): Bras are very expensive and I have found that if I buy the cheap ones they are scratchy and uncomfortable. The decent ones go for $34.00 and up, which [...]

Frugal Confessions – Frugal Living

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! Here’s my frugal confession of the week: Last weekend while my car was in the shop getting the driver-side window fixed I got to hang out with my friend Helen. What fun! We relaxed out on her back patio, perused the plants in her yard, and had wonderful conversation. Helen has [...]

Frugal Confessions – Frugal Living

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! Here is my frugal confession of the week: We were blessed by a trip from my mother, grandmother (only the second time ever on an airplane…her first was last year to come and visit us!), and my stepfather last week in our home. I tried to plan ahead of time in [...]

Frugal Confessions Friday – Frugal Living

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! Here is my frugal confession of the week: I am flying into Chicago today (as you are reading this!) to attend the Financial Blogger’s Conference. In order to save money on some of the travel costs I am rooming with Kylie Ofiu from 365 Ways to Make Money. She’s flying in [...]

Frugal Confessions – Frugal Living

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! Here is my frugal confession of the week: We have finally gotten rain down here in Houston, TX! We are 25 inches behind for the year, but had a slow-rainy day (with one ten minute down pour) last Saturday that was followed up by gray/dreariness of the best kind (if it [...]

Frugal Confessions Friday – Frugal Living

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! Here is my frugal confession of the week: Thanks to Money Saving Mom, I was able to snag 200 photos from Kodak for $1.99…and they are being shipped to my house! This is perfect because I am collecting all of our pre-wedding, wedding, and post-wedding photos so that I can make [...]

Frugal Confessions – Frugal Living

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! Here is my frugal confession of the week: I had the fun of cashing in some reward points over the past several weeks. For our credit card reward points, I was able to cash in for a $100 gift card to JCPenney’s. I plan on pairing this with a coupon or [...]

Frugal Confessions Friday – Frugal Living

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! Here is my confession of the week: While in debt-payoff mode Paul and I cut off spending on lots of normal spending categories. One of these was on clothes. I have been slowly replenishing my own closet when I find great deals here or there, but Paul has not purchased clothes [...]

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