Ideas for Frugal Living
I miss my garden. I miss being outside, my hands working the sun-warmed soil. I want to be swinging an ax into wood. I want to be stretching back in my camping chair, by a fire, under a night sky full of stars. Instead, snow covers everything. Although I’m more lucky than my more northern [...]
Recently on the Frugal Families Boards we have had some discussion of safety concerns of people not seeking medical advice in the pursuit of frugality. I have not had to face that issue myself as of yet although if anyone understands the weight of medical bills on their shoulders I do. Last year in 2009 [...]
For me, anyway. With 2010, I’ve decided – among other things – to exorcise the spend-demon who seems to have jumped into my body a few months ago. Really, I don’t know exactly when it started, but at some point, I pretty much stopped thinking through purchases before I made them, and just fast-forwarded to [...]
“It’s not having what you want. It’s wanting what you’ve got…” Yep, Cheryl Crow inspires me! I periodically get down on being frugal. I want to spend. I want new. I want better. I want. Period. I WANT. I didn’t say NEED. I said I WANT. Reality is that I don’t really NEED much if [...]