New? Start Here

Whether this is your first visit or you’re just poking around, this page is a great introduction to some of my best frugal content. I’ve selected three of my most popular posts from each category as a starting point to your journey here.

A Frugal Family

• Frugal Gifts For New Parents and New Babies
• Talking About Finances With Your Children
• Frugal Gift Giving: Who Do You Buy Gifts For?

A Frugal Home

• Your Frugal House: Five Ways to Save Money in the Kitchen
• Five Tips for a Frugal Clean House
• Make Your Own Clean Gift Bags

Living Frugally

• Six Advantages to Not Having Any Money
• Drastic Frugality: When There’s More Month Than Money
• Twenty-Five More Frugal Things I Do

Money and Spending

• Is a Broken Dishwasher an Emergency?
• Saving Money, Even When You Have None to Save
• Food Shopping and Menu Planning

Notes on Culture

• Five Things About Money in France
• Frugal Entertainment in France
• Being a SAHM in France

Thoughts on Frugality

• The Ethics of Frugality
• Four Guilty Pleasures
• Becoming Frugal is Like Quitting Smoking

Frugal Series

• This is What Frugal Looks Like
• Tell Us Tuesday
• Friday is for (Frugal) Food