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!

Happy Monday!

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! I hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving holiday. Paul and I drove up to Arkansas to spend time with some of his family, and besides a general lack of sleep, it was wonderful. Well, I am having computer problems (as in my laptop caught a virus…and it ate its entire registry…), [...]

Award-Winning Post: Selling a Timeshare to the Wall

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! I am excited to tell you that my “Selling a Timeshare to the Wall” article won The Best of the Best Money and Personal Finance Blog Carnival Edition #8. Check out the rest of the articles, and enjoy your weekend!

Savings Goal Update: Pay Cash for Honeymoon

Hello Everyone! I am pleased to report that we were able to add $115 to our savings goal of paying cash for our honeymoon in April 2010. This brings us to over 41% towards our goal of $2,500! The $115 was from freelance writing income. How are you all doing with your savings goal? What [...]

Vehicle Situation Update and Lesson Learned

I must admit…I am driving around scared. Each time I come out of my car to go into a store, restaurant, work, or home, I wonder if I am going to be spotted by a Frugal Confessions reader. Why am I so scared? It’s because of what I am driving. Yours truly now drives a [...]

Update: Cashing in on the Billions of Change Americans Throw Away Each Year

I have to say…not much. From the beginning of July until the end, I managed to find $0.14. Here is the breakdown: one dime and four pennies. I have to say, I think there is a lot of competition here. There seem to be a decent amount of homeless people in certain areas of Houston, [...]

Updates: Grocery Article, New Article, New Experiment Idea

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers!  Well, I have had an overwhelming response on my recent article, “Cutting Down Your Grocery Bill by Playing the Grocery Game“. If this interests you, I highly recommend you not only read the article, but also all of the wonderful comments posted about it–you will see a multitude of ideas, thoughts, [...]

Update: The $6.00 Bottled Water at the San Antonio Hotel

To all of my readers who read through the bottled water fiasco from a weekend getaway trip to San Antonio Paul and I took, I have quite the humorous update! I received an email from this hotel with an offer for a free weekend night stay over the summer with the purchase of one night [...]

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