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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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Thinking Outside the Wallet

Beth — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 11:00:07 +0000

When my husband and I moved to France and sat down to plan our new family budget, it was a bit of a shock. We were going from being a two-income family in the U.S. to a one-income family in France—which was a huge difference considering that my husband’s salary went down roughly a third [...]

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More Frugal Things I Do Now

Kelly — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:00:00 +0000

Monday’s post, The Frugal Things I Do Now, revisited one of the first posts I wrote on Almost Frugal, called 25 Frugal Things I Do. Today I’m looking back at the follow up I wrote to that post, called 25 More Frugal Things I Do. As with Monday’s post, I’ve bolded the things I still [...]

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The Frugal Things I Do Now

Kelly — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:00:03 +0000

Way back in the day when I first started writing Almost Frugal, I wrote two posts called 25 Frugal Things I Do and 25 More Frugal Things I Do. Since writing those posts, which were published in January and October 2008 respectively, a few things have changed. I thought it would be fun to take [...]

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Back to the Frugal Basics: Building a Budget

Kelly — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:00:32 +0000

So you have a dream, and you have a goal. But just having goals doesn’t get you any closer to meeting them. The first step towards becoming more frugal, meeting your goals, achieving financial responsibility (and all sorts of other good stuff) is building a budget. Why is it important to build a budget before [...]

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Back to the Frugal Basics: Creating a Plan

Kelly — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:00:16 +0000

When I first started getting serious about getting a handle on my financial situation, things were a big mess. And chances are that if you have found your way to my blog and are reading this post, you’re not too happy with how things are going in your own financial life. So here you are, [...]

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Concepts in Frugality: Hoarding

Kelly — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:00:02 +0000

Today’s post is part of an occasional series called ‘Concepts in Frugality’. You can see other posts in this series here. One thing that you often hear mentioned in any list of money saving or frugal tips is the idea of taking advantage of sales or good deals to stock up on stuff at good [...]

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Concepts in Frugality: Rethink Your Thinking

Kelly — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:00:58 +0000

Today’s post is part of an occasional series called ‘Concepts in Frugality’. You don’t ‘have to’ do anything. Too often we fall into the trap of thinking that we have to buy a certain brand, go to a certain store, send our kids to a certain activity. “I have to buy this brand of facial [...]

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Concepts in Frugality: Know What You Want

Kelly — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:30:03 +0000

Today’s post is the first in an occasional series called ‘Concepts in Frugality’. I’m not an expert on frugality, for a myriad of reasons. My family can’t survive on one income, we don’t save enough money, we have too much debt, and it’s well documented that I have a hard time resisting Ikea’s magic lure. [...]

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Holidays by Hand: Ribbons and Thread

Kelly — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:00:58 +0000

I had originally planned to show you how to make wire people, but I’ve never managed to get an entire one finished. I had first learned about this in Felt Wee Folk: Enchanting Projects by Salley Mavor and I’ve been trying to recreate these whimsical creatures for, oh let’s see, about four years now. Do [...]

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