Frugality

Black Friday. Do you know it? Do you love it? Maybe not as much as I do. I look forward to this day all year. Every year on the day after Thanksgiving, I peel myself out of bed around 4am, and head off to find those bargains! Here’s how I make the most of...
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I’ve been talking about how we keep our grocery bills affordable. I averaged $550/month during September and October. Most months I spend no more than $700 on groceries. Last week I went around the perimeter of my grocery store, telling you which foods I find to be good deals and which I don’t buy....
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In a comment on my recent money post over at Largerfamilies.com, Sheryl asked me to talk about how we manage to get by on $700 a month for groceries. I’ve been trying to think of the best way to do this and decided that the simplest way is to take you on a trip...
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In a comment on my recent money post over at Largerfamilies.com, Sheryl asked me to talk about how we manage to get by on $700 a month for groceries. I’ve been trying to think of the best way to do this and decided that the simplest way is to take you on a trip...
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In a comment on my recent money post over at Largerfamilies.com, Sheryl asked me to talk about how we manage to get by on $700 a month for groceries. I’ve been trying to think of the best way to do this and decided that the simplest way is to take you on a trip...
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I often give food gifts at Christmastime–sometimes pumpkin bread, sometimes granola. Once I did a five-bean soup mix that was really fun. I discovered the other day that our Concord grape vine still has bunches more grapes on it. I decided this year that homemade grape jelly would make a nice gift. (Yeah, yeah,...
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I’ve got a new post up over at LargerFamilies.com How Much Does It REALLY Cost TO Raise A Child? I decided that I could only answer this question for my own family, so I laid it all out there for you to see. Go comment, OK? There’s also the matter of the free movie...
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No more. Ever. Well…OK, at least not till next June, anyway.  I finished the very last of my canning today– 26 little half-pints of HOT salsa.  They are adorable and yummy and I am so pleased.  But done.  So done. The rest of those blasted tomatoes can rot on the vine, for all I care. ...
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Just discovered Frugal Fridays at Biblical Womanhood  and realized our Thursday afternoon outing fit it perfectly.   We live in a farming community.  Right now the onion harvest is in full swing.  Warehouses in our area sort the onions and discard crates and crates full of perfectly decent but ‘imperfect’ onions.  But instead of just throwing...
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…if you were totally incredibly bored?   Would it ever occur to you to whip out a scissors and whack off 4 inches of hair?  Yourself?  Then beg your 16 year old to come help you fix it.  Then stare at yourself in the mirror for an interminable amount of time, flipping your head repeatedly and...
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