Earn, Save, and Live Joyfully.
In an effort to eat down the contents of our overstocked pantry and save a little money on groceries I’ve decided to join Money Saving Mom’s Eat From the Pantry Challenge this January. Our pantry is stuffed to the brim with a whole host of products I bought over the last few months for cents … Read more
For the first time in many, many years I had very few unwanted gifts to return to the store. In fact, I had only two gifts for myself and one gift that I bought for my grandmother. Luckily my returns were a breeze. I had receipts for everything that didn’t work out and stood in … Read more
Dough Roller held a contest earlier this week asking: What is the savviest way you have made your money work harder for you this holiday season? I absolutely love this question, because I saved a ridiculous amount of money this Christmas. In fact, it’s probably the most I’ve ever saved during the holiday season! Although … Read more
There are so many things to be thankful for this holiday season. What could be better than spending the entire day with the ones you love? Merry Christmas!
A few weeks ago I signed up for Fresh Rewards at 1-800-flowers.com. As a reward for signing up and adding ten gift reminders to their site I earned a $40 credit*. Earlier this week I spent that credit on a box of chocolate covered strawberries. The strawberries arrived yesterday and are absolutely beautiful. I plan … Read more
I came this afternoon to find my poor little kitty walking around with one leg stuck straight out behind him. I gave him extra attention and kept a watchful eye on him for an hour and a half or so, but his poor back paw didn’t seem to get any better. He was happy and … Read more
Over the years my husband and I have worked hard to reduce our insurance costs. I believe wholeheartedly in acquiring insurance, particularly disability insurance, but I sure hate shelling out money for each policy. In order to reduce our overall insurance costs we built up a sizable emergency fund and waited to change our policies … Read more
It feels like forever since I last sat down to write a new post on One Frugal Girl and I’m happy to be back in front of my big screen monitor. I’m also happy to report that our fabulous four day vacation actually cost less than I initially expected. Our breakdown is roughly as follows: … Read more
It’s tough to be frugal on vacation. No matter how hard we try we almost always wind up forgetting something. Of course that means paying a lot for something we typically would’ve bought on sale. Still it’s worth every penny to visit someplace you’ve never been before with someone you love. Do you have any … Read more
This week I received a money savvy piggy bank from Money Savvy Generation. As you can see from the image above the bank is separated into four compartments, including Save, Spend, Donate and Invest. The slogan at Money Savvy Generation is ‘Helping Kids Get Smart About Money.’ The bank is a means to teach children … Read more