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Household Expenses

Taking care of household expenses can be a little daunting, but with active planning and forethought, it can be manageable. Being smart about grocery expenses, cleaning supplies and household goods can have you save little by little, but it adds up. You can go extreme with some of the money saving tips, but it can be something as simple as making adjustments such as using air conditioning in only dire situations, going a day or a week without spending, or finding other options to entertain yourself and your family. You can save quite a bit of money doing some of the things you might unknowingly pay for by purchasing store-bought items. You can save money by grinding your own flour, using some of items in your pantry to do laundry instead of purchasing extra cleaning supplies and make your purchases last longer by learning how to mend and repair broken items or ripped clothing.

14 Hardcore Ways To Save More Money

March 9, 2017 By Elise New 7 Comments This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy for more info.

As a gal who’s never even had a credit card, I sometimes feel like a dummy when it comes to personal finance. Like, I can’t write those great articles you see all over the blogosphere on how to get out of debt, or the best way to use credit cards, because I don’t know anything about those. My Keep Reading

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What We Ate During No-Spend Week

August 18, 2016 By Elise New 10 Comments This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy for more info.

no-speed-week

We’ve been spending too much on groceries. You know how it is. I’d go to the store, put a few things in my cart, be shocked at how so little could cost so much, go home and put the groceries away, then do it all over again. It probably didn’t help that on my last trip I bought three watermelons. Keep Reading

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101 Frugal Gluten-Free Recipes

July 27, 2016 By Elise New 3 Comments This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy for more info.

 We all know how important it is to be able to feed your family quality food without breaking the bank. In fact, a lot of you reading this first came over because you found our $20 a week shopping plan on Pinterest. But one menu plan isn't really enough is it? So here are 101 frugal AND gluten-free Keep Reading

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The Ultimate List Of Household Money-Saving Tips

July 13, 2016 By Elise New 3 Comments This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy for more info.

Do you know how much money goes to waste in your household on a daily basis? Do you know how much that adds up to on a weekly basis? monthly? How much money does that add up to throughout the year? What could you have spent that wasted money on that you weren’t able to buy because of it? What debt Keep Reading

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Four Ways Frugal Living Benefits Your Kids

April 13, 2016 By Elise New 1 Comment This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy for more info.

There are many, many benefits of living frugally. Whether it’s building a nest egg, saving up for something we want, or simply because it’s the only way to make end meet. But for me, there’s one reason that stands out above all the rest. My kids.  Y’all, this is something I’ve thought about a Keep Reading

Filed Under: Family, Household Expenses, Parenting, Save Money

6 Things I learned From Being Dirt Poor

January 29, 2016 By Elise New 24 Comments This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy for more info.

It’s easy to look back over the last several years, and think if only I’d done this or that, we would have been a lot better off a lot sooner. I’m sure that anyone would have thought we were crazy a few years ago when we didn’t have any money, and maybe on some levels, I would have been smarter to Keep Reading

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15 Skin Care Products You Can Make At Home To Save Money

December 10, 2015 By Elise New 2 Comments This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy for more info.

There are lots of things that just aren’t worth buying the cheap versions of. Things that can impact your health, and in the long run, make it more prudent - cost-effective even - to go ahead and buy the more expensive version with wholesome ingredients. Like I said a few weeks ago, I’m not Keep Reading

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10 Things Living Without A/C Taught Me

August 20, 2015 By Elise New 11 Comments This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy for more info.

open door

I spent most of my formative years in an Amish community. it’s a long story, but basically, when I was 10, my dad decided that the Amish lifestyle was God’s preferred method of gaining citizenship in heaven.  The particular community we moved into was unique in that, not only did we not have Keep Reading

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How To Be Happy – Even When You’re Dirt Poor

May 21, 2015 By Elise New 45 Comments This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy for more info.

how to be happy when you're dirt poor

Two years ago, I stood in the kitchen trying not to cry. A conversation with my husband had been the last straw. It wasn’t mean, it wasn’t ugly. He’d simply suggested that we needed that we needed to spend less money. How many more notches can the belt be tightened before it breaks? I Keep Reading

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Tips For Keeping Cool Without An Air Conditioner

May 9, 2015 By Elise New 16 Comments This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy for more info.

Tips For Staying cool

Summer’s here, and you know what that means - hot, hot weather! And these tips for staying cool without the air conditioner will help you make it through without overheating! For those of us with little, to no wiggle room in our budget, or maybe who are trying to create a little cushion by cutting Keep Reading

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