This following guest article was written by Richard Hemby who regularly writes about accredited online degrees and college related topics for Online College Guru, an online college degree guide. Those who practice a frugal lifestyle are occasionally accused of being “cheap” or miserly. Nothing could be farther from the truth, however; frugality is a philosophy…
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Clothes Shopping for Frugal Families: Our Strategy
Over the last week or so, I’ve seen and heard a lot of parents grumbling about the exorbitant cost of buying school clothes for their kids for the upcoming year. A few parents are at least putting all of their eggs in the basket of the upcoming tax holiday on clothes in Iowa – and…
The Golden Money List: Hundreds of Tips for Turning Your Financial Life Around
This is a guest post from Leo Babauta, the author of the great site Zen Habits. If you have not already done so, please visit his insightful blog. Ever since I got out of debt, I haven’t written much about personal finances, simply because it’s not one of the main focuses in my life. Still,…
Is Time the Difference Between Big Spenders, Frugal Folks, and Cheapskates?
This is a guest post from Trent Hamm who writes about personal finance at The Simple Dollar. I tend to find that most people exist somewhere along what I like to call the frugal spectrum. At one end are people who spend like it’s going out of style and basically believe that any initiative that…
A true story of extraordinary cheapness from my life
I have a dear old aunt. She has experienced Second World War and know how to be frugal. It is second nature to her. At her latest birthday, she got a couple of boxes of chocolate. A week later I visited her. She had a bowl of hazel nuts sitting on the kitchen table. I…