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 [...]
Entries from July 2008
Storing Your Financial Documents: What to Keep and What to Shred
July 31st, 2008 · 6 Comments
Tags: Personal Finance
Five Fun Things to do on the Weekend That Don’t Cost a Dime
July 28th, 2008 · 4 Comments
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 [...]
Tags: General Finance
Weekend Roundup Edition #2 – Frugal Tips, Credit Cards, Baby Steps
July 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments
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 [...]
Tags: General Finance
Five Ways to Stay on Track with Your Spending List
July 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments
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 [...]
Tags: Personal Finance
Break the Cycle of Car Payments: Paying Cash for a Car
July 25th, 2008 · 4 Comments
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 [...]
Tags: Saving Money
Ways to Save on Home Insurance
July 23rd, 2008 · 4 Comments
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 [...]
Tags: Homeowner Insurance · Personal Finance
Frugal Food Shopping: Balancing Inexpensive with Healthy
July 21st, 2008 · 5 Comments
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 [...]
Tags: Frugal · Saving Money



