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Happy Mother’s Day!

Kelly — Sun, 08 May 2011 12:12:36 +0000

I was recently asked to write about what my mother has taught me about money. In my post I wrote about how my mother has served as a financial role model for me: …my mother is wise with her money. She has taught me that there are few things better than having the security of [...]

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The Power of an Emergency Fund

Kelly — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:59:32 +0000

My grandmother is very sick. One of the most difficult issues I’ve had to confront since falling in love with a French man and moving overseas, is the fact that we will always be far away from one of our families. Either we’re here, ten minutes away from his parents and 13 hours away (at [...]

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The Gift of Giving

Beth — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:01:35 +0000

It’s that time of year–shopping, shopping, and more shopping as we try to find the perfect gift for family and friends, teachers and co-workers. There are many things I love about this time of year, but I could do without the commercial aspect of it, particularly when it feels like half the time I’m only [...]

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Everybody’s Got to Eat! Thinking About Food

Beth — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:13:48 +0000

Thanks again for your helpful comments on last week’s introduction to the “Thinking Outside the Wallet” series. This kind of exchange is encouraging to me because it reminds me that there are so many of us who are in the same situation—trying to have the best possible life on a frugal budget. I’m going to [...]

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Frugal Fall Fun

Beth — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:59:33 +0000

I think I could have stuck a few more ‘F’s’ in there—like ‘French’ and ‘Family’, but I’m getting a bit carried away with my alliteration. Anyway, I love fall. It’s my favorite time of year for many reasons, one of which is that there are so many great things to do outside. It’s not too [...]

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Choosing the Middle

Beth — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 10:01:48 +0000

I’ve been enjoying the special series npr is currently running, “Living In the Middle,” which highlights middle-class American families. Some of the families they have interviewed are struggling to make ends meet, some are making it (just), and others are living frugally but comfortably. I find it an interesting topic because my idea of what [...]

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Now Them’s Some Refried Beans

Kelly — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:30:39 +0000

I’ve been really into finger foods lately. Maybe it’s the heat, maybe it’s that fact that I’m a working mother of three trying desperately to pay attention to her husband and her thesis (sadly, not in that order), but I’ve been thinking recently that there’s nothing better than making finger food for dinner and plopping [...]

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Snippets and Links

Kelly — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:00:05 +0000

I talk a lot about my mother on Almost Frugal, especially because of her tightwad ways. (In a good way, Mom! In a good way!). But beyond talking about the system that my father and I have figured out on how to pay my student loans, I don’t talk about my dad much. My father [...]

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Paying for Activities

Kelly — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:00:10 +0000

France is really dead in August- nothing happens. Shops are closed, businesses are quiet, the roads are empty. But then, on La RentrÃ©e, or the day that the country goes back to school (the same day across the nation), everything wakes up. And so it goes for sports and after-school or Saturday activities. Last Saturday, [...]

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Can You Be Too Frugal With Your Children?

Kelly — Fri, 22 May 2009 07:28:50 +0000

Kristy raised an interesting point in her comment on my post Frugal Pregnancy Tips. She said: A lot of folks around the blogosphere seem to be having babies and talking about the associated costs. What’s always struck me when reading the posts is that a lot of them do spend quite a bit. I don’t [...]

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