**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 [...]

Editor’s Pick for Festival of Frugality

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! Just a quick update: I’d like to thank Prairie Eco-Thrifter for choosing my article:”Using the Psychology of Money: Have I Gone too Far” for an editor’s pick in the Festival of Frugality # 229! Enjoy the articles, and have a great weekend.

Honeymoon Savings Goal: March and Final Tally

Since September of 2009, I made a goal to put $2500 into savings to be used for our honeymoon using as little of our own 9-5 paycheck money as possible. I am happy to report, just 22 days away from leaving on our honeymoon, that we have succeeded in doing this. We thought outside of the box, and [...]

Update: Frugal Confessions and the Best of Money Carnival!!

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! Just wanted to let you know that I came in second for the  Best of Money Carnival with my article Yoga and Money. Yay! I hope you enjoy it, as well as some of the other articles who won this past week.

Updates to Frugal Confessions Website

Hello Everyone! You may have noticed some changes to this website, and I would like to point a few of them out (a bit of spring cleaning, if you will!). I have gotten rid of most of the advertisements. In their place, I have included a slideshow of personal photos (scroll down and look to [...]

Our New CenterPoint Smart Meter: Will it Really Save us Money?

Please note: We live in Houston, TX, so this article is geared towards that area. However, smart meters are being installed in other areas of the country as well. A few months ago I came home from work to a great surprise: CenterPoint Energy had put a hanger on our front door letting us know [...]

Honeymoon Savings Goal Update: January

Hello Everyone! We were able to add $301.99 to our honeymoon savings goal this month, bringing the total to $1,670.78 (check out progress bar in right hand column). The breakdown is below: $121 from ING Checking Account Opening Bonus $120 from Freelance Writing Income $11 Hasbro Rebate $9.99 Oil of Olay Bodywash Rebate $10 Gas [...]

Check out Some of My New eHow Articles!

How to get tax help for free How to Save Money on Adopting and Owning a Cat How to Save Money on Your Superbowl Party How to Score Free Movie Tickets How to Save Up for a College Education

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 [...]

Frugal Confessions’ Article in the Blog Carnival of Savings 5th Edition

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! Check out my article “The Holiday Season is Approaching…” at the Carnival of Savings, 5th Edition. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

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