Liquidate Your Past and Invest in Your Future
Please note: If you are my ex and are reading this, then it is not your jewelry I pawned! Ever since being engaged (we are E+ two weeks now, as my fiancée likes to keep track of time after the big day), I have had this consuming desire within me to organize, de-clutter and simplify [...]
Scan Artist
“Ma’am, it won’t take this coupon.” After scanning the coupon for the third time and hearing an annoying beep, the cashier presses the total button on the cash register and hands me back my coupon with a sorry-can’t-help-you smile dripping off of his face. I hold my hand out towards his, pushing the [...]
Food Experiment: Can I Save Money on ‘Healthy’ Foods?
I am embarking on an exciting, new experiment based off of reader comments I received on my article “Cutting Down Your Grocery Bill By Playing the Grocery Game”. Each week several new coupon circulars come out in the Sunday papers, and I match these up to sales at different stores to get the most bang [...]
It’s Frugal Confessions Friday!!
Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! If you are new to this series, check out the introduction here. I’ve been dying to share this one with you: Since moving into our new home in September, we have wanted to get rid of a mid-sized evergreen tree that is planted along our fence line. It doesn’t go with [...]
Restaurant Hacks: Your Money Saving Guide to Discount Dining
Eating restaurant quality food may not seem to fit in with your frugal life or budget, but I am here to tell you that you can have your cake and eat it, too. How many times a month do you eat out? How many times a month do you wish you could eat out? Perhaps [...]
Money Saving Tips: 8 Cheap Tools You Want to Own
Part of frugal living is to own sturdy, quality items that will save you money for years to come by allowing you to do something yourself instead of paying others to do it. The DIY lifestyle is not always possible or desirable; I am in no way an electrician, and you won’t find me cutting [...]
How to Get Through to a Live Person in Customer Service
It seems like almost once a week I have to call customer service to resolve some sort of technicality or ask a question to get important information. I’ve logged many hours on the phone over the last few years disputing bills, starting and shutting down service, getting an online coupon code to work, upgrading to [...]
Our $60 Brand New A/C Compressor, Capacitor, Fan Motor, Valve Thingy and Freon: My Home Warranty Experience
There is something so pleasurable to me about sitting in a hot car after a long day of work in an overly air-conditioned, windowless cube. Opening the car door is like opening an oven, but instead of wincing, I relax into the heat. My muscles start to unhitch themselves and smooth out against the hot [...]
**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 [...]
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 [...]
I have Joined the Yakezie Challenge!
