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Frugal Adventures: Date Night June 22, 2024

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 23 Jun 24

HEY I am getting ready to go to bed, but I thought I would pop in and say hi. We got to go have a date night. I Got paid for an article I did for a freelance client and since he child went out on a date,we decided we would take...

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Frugal Entertainment: $5 for 3 Movies.

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 4 Aug 23

While we were in Florala, Alabama earlier today we decided to stop in at the Dollar general there because I wanted to pick up a couple shirts to make for our friend who runs the produce stand. We bought a whole bunch of stuff...

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Frugal Living: Free stuff!

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 6 Apr 23

We all know that I am a sucker for free and cheap stuff and I am a huge fan of pictures. We didn't have a lot of family pictures hanging up in my mom and step dad's house when I was growing up. So I may go a little overboard with...

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Frugal Shopping: Snack Guy Haul 2.24.2023

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 24 Feb 23

I know usually I do a step by step of what we got, and how what we paid for it measures up to what the actual retail cost is, but it's after midnight and I need to get to bed at some point in the semi near future. Anyhoo....

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What's for din? Frugal Dinner 11.17.2022

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 17 Nov 22

I had to stick to a budget, because tht's just how things are right now. We are sticking to a pretty strict budget all the time in all areas right now. Anyway. I decided cheeseburgers would be easy, and fairly cheap to do. So...

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Do you teach your children to live frugal life?

Ayuriny @Ayuriny (5144) • Denpasar, Indonesia 18 Oct 16

My parents often told me to live frugally. They taught me to save some of my pocket money when I was a kid. Now, sometimes I ask my young relatives to live frugal life. At school, I suggest my students to do so. How about you?...

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How frugal are you?

sreekutty @sreekutty (1051) • India 26 Aug 15

I am not stingy but frugal. I buy goods in bulk, save by buying only necessary stuff and that too only after finding the lower priced one, after asking in many shops. I also recycle clothes and wear mix and match. Home made...

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I want to live a frugal life but it's hard

caliya @caliya (1168) • Philippines 13 Jun 10

I have always wanted to live a frugal life so I can save enough money then buy a decent house (until now I am still renting), start a good business ( until now I am still working in the office) and not worry about money...

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Do you find some useless things are actually useful?

Zhu Huifen @zhuhuifen46 (3483) • China 31 Jul 09

Expired milk can be used for brushing shoes, with good result. Skin of oranges and leman is good to get rid of odor in micro and regri. Sampoo you do not like any more can be used to wash dirty socks. Do you find usesless...

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Do repair the bike tyre by yourself, or sent it to the repairer?

Zhu Huifen @zhuhuifen46 (3483) • China 7 Feb 09

In early days, a lot was done by ourselves, such as repair the bike tyre. Will you do it again, and what other things you think you can do to save family expenses?

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