Thought this recent article in the New York Times would be relevant to our interests.


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-> Having someone compliment me on my jeans/sweater/etc and knowing that it only cost $5 (or less, yay tag sales).

-> The satisfaction of eating homemade pizza (so yummy)

-> Knowing that reducing consumption and reusing items is earth friendly.

Here are just a few -- feel free to add more!

The Complete Tightwad Gazette combines four books into one incredibly affordable and mind-bogglingly useful volume. The author's life mission, literally, is to find the most cost-effective way of approaching everything from food to clothing to utilities to children's activities. I have at least 50 pages marked for frequent reference. Seriously, ( Read more... )

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It may be a bit late, but I was curious what shortcuts and cheaper methods you all have discovered to get you thru Thanksgiving, or Christmas dinners and all the related holiday festivities. I am a vegetarian, so I was shocked to learn how much a turkey dinner costs!! What are your favorite ways to save time and money at this time of the year?

Frugal woman dies at 100, donates $35.6M

This woman saved up millions over the course of her life and ended up donating it to charity rather than having an expensive lifestyle. It's always encouraging to know that people like her exist in the world.

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Just thought I would share this interesting article with y'all: http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/SaveMoney/WhenCheapIsAWayOfLife.aspx

I've agreed to help a friend look for something.

She's looking for a wholesale supply of small dagger looking charms.... CHEAP!
Or possibly "big plastic Saints crosses or medals" also CHEAP!

In quanities of 150 or so.....

Seems like everyone so far has agreed on these 4 essential components for cheap living:

1) Dollar Stores -- for food, stationery, drinks, toiletries, possibly entertainment [found a bunch of $1 DVDs at one once--all sorts of horror and suspense classics]. For $2 you could buy a loaf of bread and jar of peanut butter and feed yourself for a week, ( Read more... )