frugality

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Jim Bauer @porwest (112804) • United States 21 Feb 25

I talk a lot about saving and investing your money, and the importance of it. But there's another aspect of it that I don't always express as much, although I have mentioned it more than once, and that's about the [i]power of...

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I May Be Tight, But I Am Also Determined

Jim Bauer @porwest (112804) • United States 5 Jul 24

Sometimes the art and magic of having money is not spending it. I know. Sounds like rocket science, right? Some people call me cheap. Maybe that's true to an extent. I certainly do not enjoy needlessly parting with my money just...

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tonight's dinner -- using up the leftovers

Kelli M @spiderdust (14756) • San Jose, California 16 Apr 20

I think the last of the Easter leftovers (except for the turkey stock that we made from the carcass yesterday) are finally eaten. I made meatloaf for dinner and used up the leftover stuffing as the binder instead of using...

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I Want It All

Jim Bauer @porwest (112804) • United States 18 Mar 19

Anyone who has followed me here knows that I am frugal. EXTREMELY frugal. But truth be told, of COURSE I do waste money like anyone does. You can still be frugal and waste money. I waste money on beer. I waste...

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Bring My Drink Bottle = Saving Money

RedRed @redtesha (1773) • Indonesia 22 Feb 19

One of the most important things for me is frugality. Well, every piece of money in our hands is the result of sweat drops we struggle every day. And frugality really helps me to look after my finances. I try to save as much as...

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Frugal Shopping: Dollar Tree 9/18

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 18 Sep 18

I took two pictures with my phone to choose one from to add to this post, but it doesn't look like either of them saved. Which is unfortunate and annoying.I am restarting my phone to see if they did save and it was just a glitch...

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Frugal Shopping: Dollar Tree 9/8

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 8 Sep 18

Like just about every day that I work, I picked several things up from work today before I left. I ended up getting a few more than I had planned on, but since I still spent under twenty bucks I did well. I spent $13.49 and got...

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Frugal shopping: Dollar Tree 9/4

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 4 Sep 18

Today after work I picked up a couple things. I wanted to get more. But I really didn't feel like doing much shopping, so instead I just picked up a few things. Here's what I got: - two 3 liters of Stars and stripes cola -two 2...

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How I increased my MyLot earnings by 25% today!

The Horse @TheHorse (238284) • Walnut Creek, California 3 Sep 18

Occasionally, I buy things I don't need, like My Larrivee LS-05 mahogany acoustic guitar, which I acquired at Guitar Center many years ago (2001 or so) for $1000 (including case) and rarely use. But other times, I am quite...

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Frugal Shopping: Dollar Tree 8/26

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 27 Aug 18

Yesterday after I got off work, I picked up a few things from work. I didn't want to spend that much, but I also knew that I wasn't going to want to go back into town on these two days off that I have. I spent just under...

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Frugal shopping: Dollar Tree 8/18

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 19 Aug 18

This is part of the reason I hate working consecutive days after payday. I end up bringing something home every day. Oh well at least it's still semi cheap. I didn't get a ton last night but here's what I got: -20 oz Diet...

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Celebrity crush

Simone @Janet357 (75638) 15 Aug 18

When I was a teenager, I'd been crazy in love with a famous singer-Westlife's lead singer, Shane Filan. Every time i heard his voice, i simply screamed. it was ridiculous, but yah, for nine years, i had had behaved in such way. i...

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Frugal Shopping: Dollar Tree 8/12

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 12 Aug 18

My second stop today was by work, where I needed to pick up some Tupperware like containers as well as check my schedule and a co workers schedule. Since I actually had time to browse what we had in stock, I picked up a couple...

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Stretching the dollars--how much does one need to live?

dragon54u @dragon54u (31633) • United States 27 Apr 18

My state is one that is going through a teacher walk-out this week. There are a lot of things contributing to this but the one thing that puzzled me most was that they want more money and so many say that they can't live on their...

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Frugal Shopping: Dollar Tree Haul 2/19

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 20 Feb 18

Since I knew I wasn't planning on going anywhere during my three days off, I went ahead and picked up things before leaving work last night. Hopefully I will be able to attach the picture by editing this from my phone this...

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You know it's time to visit the Dollar Store when...

The Horse @TheHorse (238284) • Walnut Creek, California 27 Jan 18

* You blow your nose on a strip paper towel in the bathroom and then leave it on the back of the toilet so you'll have something to wipe your tush with next time you visit * You shampoo with dish soap. * You file your...

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Before Bed - Annienygma

Donald Pennington @Iquestionitall (229) • United States 15 Jun 17

I was just about to go to sleep for the night when I was notified of a blog post from my friend, Annienygma. And, oh, you want to become a reader of hers, I assure you. Here's her blog (Let's get that out of the way, first):...

freezer fossils

Kelli M @spiderdust (14756) • San Jose, California 6 Nov 16

One of the things I'm attempting to do to prepare for the coming holidays is to use up what I've got in the freezer. I'm trying to clear out the "freezer fossils", or items that have been in the freezer for so long, no one's quite...

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Free gravel! What a thrill.

koopharper @koopharper (7599) • Canada 29 Jun 16

I have a whole bunch of projects and improvements around our home that need gravel or some kind of inert fill. I have a free source. A year ago from this spring we had flooding in the area. The road washed out in a couple places....

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What are your favorite things to buy at the Dollar Store?

The Horse @TheHorse (238284) • Walnut Creek, California 6 Dec 15

I have this vague feeling that i may have posted about this before, but I hope not. Every few weeks I stop at the Dollar Store. There's one near my home, and there's one near one of my jobs in Berkeley. Among the things I get...

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