reader99
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11 out of 15 so far no spend. To help me out with this I created a row per day of the whole year in my budget spreadsheet and labelled every one of...

For such a budget to be even partly sustainable I think several families would need to go in together on bulk purchases of things like rice and beans.

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There are many frugal sites, this one is very nice but not unique. I also like About.com's frugal living discussion boards. And of course one can...

I certainly would never have paid a fee to join. My purpose in coming here was to find less expensive ways to do things, not to get rid of all that...

Working to pay for something you wanted was standard in my extended family growing up. We mostly worked for our parents since outside jobs were...

I had a pair of slacks that had lost elasticity in the waist and another that had split up the back, not on the seam. I cut the waistband plus about...

In a previous life I worked in the Estates section of a lawfirm and something that stuck with me was how often people had a Living Trust set up to...

1. eggs 2. sharp cheddar cheese (no lactose) 3. vanilla yogurt 4. canned or frozen fruit to put in the yogurt 5. celery 6. onions 7. carrots...

If you're as old as I am, you'll recognize the second part of my title as a lyric from a Talking Heads' song! tee hee Lately, I'm having a...

I don't use my dishwasher so I couldn't test it. Some more internet searching revealed that the expensive commercial dishwasher cleaners are made of...