Posts Tagged ‘frugal’

How To Eat Healthy & Organic On $7 A Day

$7 a day for any kind of meals is a pretty good effort, but Jean Weiss at MSN Health & Fitness does her homework to provide the healthy and organic options.

The beginning of this article focuses on what foods do what and scouring the supermarket for cheaper alternatives [duh] so I’ll skip you right ahead to the serving suggestions in the link below.

Jean deals us a nice week-long plan… » Continue

October 12 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: food, frugal, health | 20 comments»

A Basic Guide to Thrift Store Shopping

We live in expensive times. As prices go up and up and up (gas is hovering around $3.00 a gallon across the U.S., milk is expected to top $5.00 a gallon before the end of the year, and so on), even the normal discount stores are starting to feel a little pricey. For many of your basic household needs, you might well find a better deal at thrift stores… » Continue

August 1 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: budget, charityshops, frugal, guide, Money, shopping, thriftstore | 7 comments»

50 Frugal Blogs

The very new Frugal Panda website has introduced itself nicely by compiling a list of 50 other blogs focused on spending little and getting more.

They’re nicely categorized into sections like Family Living and Financial Planning. If you wanted to add a Frugal folder to your RSS reader, here is the easiest way to get started. Enjoy!

A Momma and the Boys Living on a Budget will give you a… » Continue

July 26 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: frugal | 3 comments»

20 ways to waste money on your car

MSN posted an article called “20 ways you waste money on your car.” The article points out the most common ways that people lose money when maintaining the upkeep of their cars. The following are my favorite two tips:

Premium gas instead of regular. Buy the cheapest gasoline that doesn’t make your car engine knock. All octane does is prevent knock; a grade higher than the maker of your… » Continue

January 17 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: car, frugal, Money, tip | 4 comments»

Greatest Tools #1: Duct Tape Revisited

I believe the merits of duct tape should be shouted from the mountaintops. The longer I live the more uses I find for this invaluable resource.

Here is a list of my favorite few.

Securing computer cables.
It is great for splicing wires because it is wider and more sturdy than black electrical tape.
Emergency luggage patch.
Repairing and marking your guitar case.
Hide a key under your fender.
Emergency hose repair.
Holding the batteries in your remote

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August 18 2006 | By Reginald | Tagged: advice, binding, contingency, frugal | 12 comments»

Tales of a Simple, Frugal Life

Ronsan had a goal.
When I was in my early 50s, I began to question the lifestyle my husband and I were living. I longed for a simpler lifestyle: I knew I wanted less stress, I knew I was tired of working for someone else, and I felt there had to be a way to achieve my goal of quitting the corporate world for good. Quitting was going to be easy… » Continue

June 11 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: frugal, hack, lifehacks, Lifestyle, simplicity | no comments»