by Carrie on January 1, 2010
- Switch to buying all organic meat, dairy, and produce (except for the clean fifteen).
- Switch from regular white flour to white whole wheat (taking one step in the whole wheat direction at a time).
- Come in under budget each and every month in 2010. Utilize extra roll over cash from prior months to pay larger purchases.
- Add one new piece of quality furniture that will last a lifetime to my home (I’m thinking a pair of nightstands – yeah that counts as one piece – or a big comfy chair to create a perfect reading nook).
- Don’t let cardboard boxes pile up in the garage. Cut them down and put them out with the recycling on a weekly basis.
- Take a nice relaxing and fun vacation with my best friend after she graduates law school and passes the bar and I am cancer free (hopefully both of those will happen this summer).
by Carrie on August 11, 2009
Welcome to the August 11, 2009 edition of the Festival of Frugality. This week we have a wonderful assortment of tips on how to be more frugal in a variety of areas of your life.
Editor’s Pick
Modern Gal presents Do Certain Personality Types Save More? posted at Modern Gal. This is kind of crazy because I apparently perfectly fit the stereotype for people who have success in shifting to a simpler, more sustainable life-style. Do you fit?
Budgeting
Cleaning
Cooking
Couponing
Crafting
Going Green
Investing
Meal Planning
Shopping
Traveling
Next Issue
You can submit your article for next week’s carnival at the Festival of Frugality blog carnival page.
by Carrie on August 3, 2009
by Carrie on July 23, 2009
I’ll be on vacation for a few days here so I won’t be posting a meal plan this Sunday. I won’t be taking my laptop with me on this trip because I don’t expect to have internet access at the campground I’ll be at but I will have my iPhone with me and will be moderating comments daily from the handy and free WordPress app.
If you’re not already a subscriber, now is a great time to become one because I’ve lined up some fantastic guest posts from the following blogs:
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When I return, we’ll catch up with:
- What I’m Reading
- The Best of It’s Frugal Being Green: July 2009
- July Budget Wrap Up
by Carrie on June 30, 2009
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