Welcome! This weeks Festival of Frugality is over at “Money Walks“. Andy has arranged a minimalist version of the Festival-the 37 entries are listed in 7 categories. (Thanks Andy for starting out with the number of entries and listing bullet numbers next to your categories, you made my life easier) I always like to highlight… Keep Reading

Frugal Babe has tagged me for the “8 Things About Me” meme that’s been floating around the blogosphere for the last couple of months. For those of you who don’t know, a meme is sort of like a chain letter-you are tagged by someone to answer a list of questions. It’s a fun way to… Keep Reading

This weeks festival is held over at Mr Credit Card, and is done in a clever format as the discussion between a Dad and his spendthrift son. There are 26 great articles. As always, here are a few that caught my eye this week. I always like posts about eating at home rather than out-One… Keep Reading

Well, I’m back from vacation and ready to start the rest of the summer. For us it is like summer just started, as our 2 week vacation odyssey began by picking Princess up from her last day of school. I may not have had a lot of time to post on vacation, but I did… Keep Reading

Heading home from vacation today-so I thought I’d share another reader tip on Frugal Fashion. Emily had some great details on how to make your shoe purchases count: My best budget tip is to buy quality when it comes to shoes, and never go shoe-shopping without a purpose. Take pictures of yourself wearing the outfits… Keep Reading

Twila wrote in: My frugal tip is for clothes shopping. We always buy winter clothes on Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday weekend. Winter clothes at all major chains (OldNavy, Children’s Place, etc) mark winter clothes up to 80% off to make room for the first wave of spring clothing. Hope it comes in handy! ps… Keep Reading

Well, I’ve been meaning to tell you all about this for a while-remember when I mentioned that I had been interviewed for Parents Magazine? Well the article came out in the July issue! Not only did they print my coupon code tip in the main article “Tips from the Frugalista Moms“* but also in the… Keep Reading

Have about 30 sec online, can post this quick tip I had all set up: Kelli writes in: Fashion on a budget—My Fashion Tip. My friends and I have clothes/shoes/accessory swapping parties. You know, like a Tupperware party! We all get together every couple of months—rotating hostesses, of course—and bring items we want to trade… Keep Reading

Heather from www.pagesbyheather.com wrote in: I (like many) am a big thrift store shopper. I have found that rather than go to many of them (I live in a good sized city) I have found my favorite one and have learned to milk it for all its worth. The one I frequent has everything sorted… Keep Reading

Longtime reader Evelyn wrote in (after laughing about the fact that she was offering fashion advice at all!): Here is some frugal fashion advice! Keep it simple. Jeans and T are always in fashion, BUT not the left over sorority tees! I went to old navy and got several plain t-shirts of decent quality that… Keep Reading