Comments on: Frugal Living For Beginners http://blissfullydomestic.com/family-bliss/money-family-bliss/frugal-living-for-beginners/5854/ Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:46:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Frank http://blissfullydomestic.com/family-bliss/money-family-bliss/frugal-living-for-beginners/5854/#comment-11940 Frank Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:03:24 +0000 http://blissfullydomestic.com/?p=5854#comment-11940 It takes discipline and common sense. Good post. Started putting our clothes on the line this week. Must be saving over $150 a month in dry cleaning. (we a re a family of 5!) It takes discipline and common sense.

Good post. Started putting our clothes on the line this week. Must be saving over $150 a month in dry cleaning. (we a re a family of 5!)

]]> By: Frank http://blissfullydomestic.com/family-bliss/money-family-bliss/frugal-living-for-beginners/5854/#comment-11731 Frank Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:23:40 +0000 http://blissfullydomestic.com/?p=5854#comment-11731 A few tips I've picked up along the way.... 1. Eat leftovers...when cooking, prepare extra portions for lunch 2. Stop going to Starbucks/Dunkin Donuts...home brewed coffee is just as tasty 3. Manage your cell phone plan very carefully...pay attention to the minutes you prepay for, especially if the members of your family plan text more than they talk. Text message minutes are much cheaper than "talk" minutes F A few tips I’ve picked up along the way….

1. Eat leftovers…when cooking, prepare extra portions for lunch

2. Stop going to Starbucks/Dunkin Donuts…home brewed coffee is just as tasty

3. Manage your cell phone plan very carefully…pay attention to the minutes you prepay for, especially if the members of your family plan text more than they talk. Text message minutes are much cheaper than “talk” minutes

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]]> By: Jennifer Gniadecki http://blissfullydomestic.com/family-bliss/money-family-bliss/frugal-living-for-beginners/5854/#comment-11671 Jennifer Gniadecki Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:22:25 +0000 http://blissfullydomestic.com/?p=5854#comment-11671 Starting a vegetable garden was a decision we made just this year, and WOW. I don't think we'll ever buy a tomato again. There are some fruits and veggies that grow so fast and with such abundance you will wonder how they can charge so much at the supermarket! Thanks for the great tips :) Starting a vegetable garden was a decision we made just this year, and WOW. I don’t think we’ll ever buy a tomato again. There are some fruits and veggies that grow so fast and with such abundance you will wonder how they can charge so much at the supermarket!

Thanks for the great tips :)

]]> By: Conservative Belle http://blissfullydomestic.com/family-bliss/money-family-bliss/frugal-living-for-beginners/5854/#comment-11668 Conservative Belle Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:49:27 +0000 http://blissfullydomestic.com/?p=5854#comment-11668 The first thing I did was just stop and recognize that if I want to live frugally, I can't live like everyone else. This means sacrifice - so I canceled a number of indulgent things I had (XM radio, tanning salon membership, etc...). Now my approach is scanning all weekly sales ads, clipping coupons and reducing the amount of grocery store trips. My next challenge is to start shopping at yard sales searching for bargain items. The first thing I did was just stop and recognize that if I want to live frugally, I can’t live like everyone else. This means sacrifice – so I canceled a number of indulgent things I had (XM radio, tanning salon membership, etc…).

Now my approach is scanning all weekly sales ads, clipping coupons and reducing the amount of grocery store trips.

My next challenge is to start shopping at yard sales searching for bargain items.

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