From the monthly archives:

July 2008

Storing Your Financial Documents: What to Keep and What to Shred

July 31, 2008

Clearing your house of clutter can be a cathartic process. Imagine how much more organized your home’s office will be when you’re not holding on to all of those unnecessary documents. Many documents are only needed for a specific length of time. Before you get started stripping away those extra layers of [...]

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Five Fun Things to do on the Weekend That Don’t Cost a Dime

July 28, 2008

Budget-oriented families often think that they have to give up entertainment entirely. Expensive concerts certainly won’t fit into a frugal budget. And expensive nights on the town are out of the question. So how can you fill those weekend days and evenings if you’re on a budget? If you do a [...]

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Weekend Roundup Edition #2 – Frugal Tips, Credit Cards, Baby Steps

July 27, 2008

Time again for the weekly roundup. First I would like to welcome the newest member of the Frugal Blog Network – Kelly from Almost Frugal. This past week she shared a great list of frugal tips in “The ABCs of Frugality: 26 Key Frugal Concepts“. Shanti hosted the Festival of Frugality [...]

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Five Ways to Stay on Track with Your Spending List

July 27, 2008

Controlling your spending while shopping can be really hard sometimes. You start off with the best of intentions; you have a carefully planned shopping list. Then, as you’re making your way through the checkout lane, you look down and realize that you have way more stuff in your shopping cart than you are [...]

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Break the Cycle of Car Payments: Paying Cash for a Car

July 25, 2008

Imagine for a moment how much easier your financial life would be if you didn’t have to shell out $500 each month for a car payment. “Sounds great,” you say, “but that’s not going to happen. I have to have my car.” What you may not realize is that it really is [...]

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Ways to Save on Home Insurance

July 23, 2008

Homeowner’s insurance is a regular expense for anyone who owns a home. This extremely important insurance coverage protects what is, for many people, your most valuable asset. But, in these trying financial times, even the most necessary expenses need to be kept to a minimum.
Saving on your home insurance is often [...]

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Frugal Food Shopping: Balancing Inexpensive with Healthy

July 21, 2008

When you’re shopping for food, you often find yourself torn between wanting the best of both worlds. You want to buy high-quality, healthy foods, but you also want to stay within the constraints of your food budget. How will you ever find a way to stretch your food dollars to allow you to [...]

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It’s a Roundup – Weekend Edition #1

July 20, 2008

Welcome to the first edition of the weekend roundup, where I will highlight favorite posts that I read during the previous week.
From the Frugal Blog Network:
Andy from Tight Fisted Miser started the Frugal Blog Network and updates his readers on his alternate income from referral bonuses.
Frugal Babe shares how she [...]

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Introducing the Frugal Blog Network

July 18, 2008

It is my pleasure to introduce the Frugal Blog Network, a new personal finance network focused on all aspects of frugality. Not Made of Money is proud to be a charter member of the Frugal Blog Network which is comprised of a diverse group of bloggers who share a common trait: [...]

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Using Health Reimbursement Plans to Reduce Medical Expenses

July 16, 2008

Medical expenses are a growing part of every family’s budget. Although there are many areas of the budget that can be whittled down when money is tight, medical expenses are much harder to skimp on. Medicines and doctor’s visits are important, regardless of your financial circumstances.
Fortunately, health reimbursement accounts can greatly [...]

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