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Frugal

Pumpkin and Raisin Bread Recipe – Cook At Home Day

January 25, 2010

One of my blogging goals this year was to bring back the “Cook At Home Day” feature here at Not Made of Money. I think that one of the easiest ways to reduce your grocery budget is to simply cook at home. This week’s recipe is a guest post by K. Hupp for [...]

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Some Post Holiday Thoughts: Clearance Sales and Taking Inventory for Christmas 2010

January 4, 2010

I was able to hit a few after Christmas clearance sales to stock up on supplies for next year. In fact, I was at my favorite store, Target, early one morning as the employees were putting up those beautiful 75% off signs. For a few moments I had an entire aisle of Christmas [...]

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Quick and Simple Baked Goods to Give as Gifts

December 8, 2009

Giving baked goodies as gifts for the holidays is always a great idea. Everyone loves to indulge in a sweet treat, right? In an afternoon, I can create enough goodies to lavish treats on almost everyone on my gift list.
The only trick to delivering up plates filled with baked goodies to [...]

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Homemade Present Ideas

December 3, 2009

Some of my favorite gifts to give are gifts that I’ve made myself. Nothing shows my friends or family members how much I love them like giving them a treasure that I’ve created myself. They say that they even look forward to seeing what I’ll come up with from year to year. [...]

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Holiday Entertaining – Focus on Potluck

November 30, 2009

As you all know by now, I’m a huge fan of the idea of potluck meals. I really think that they are the best way to handle the work and cost of large family dinners. Potluck dinners allow everyone to share in the preparation work. Potluck dinners also allow hosts to [...]

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Frugal Ideas for Holiday Decorating

November 26, 2009

Everyone loves to decorate their home for the holidays, don’t they? I love the way my house looks throughout the year, but when it’s decorated for the holidays, my home takes on a special shimmer. Of course, my holiday decorating, like everything else in my life, has to be done on a budget. [...]

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Five Budget Friendly Meals You Can Make with Leftover Turkey

November 25, 2009

As Thanksgiving preparations begin in our house, there are a lot of things that I look forward to. Family celebrations are so much fun. I love to see our house filled with friends and family. Kids are running all over the place as adults catch up with each other about our busy [...]

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Five Steps to Take When Starting the Frugal Life

November 13, 2009

If there is one question I get asked a lot, it has to be the question about how I got started toward this frugal life. The more I talk to people, the more I realize that people really do want to escape the stress of living lives filled with debt and money problems. [...]

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Frugal Ways to Save on Entertaining Costs

October 29, 2009

We love to entertain. Nothing makes us happier than having our home filled with friends and family members. Some days I think the only reason my husband wanted to buy a house was so that he would have a place to entertain.
Since entertaining is so important to us, we have always [...]

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Budget Home Organization Tips

October 27, 2009

Having good home organization tools in place is a huge part of what makes my household run smoothly. When clutter or messiness takes over the house, nothing seems to go right. Is that how it is in your home? Maybe you’re hoping to create a little more organization in your house with [...]

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