How I Saved Over 50% on Hotel Bills – 5 Easy Steps for YOU to Do it Too!

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“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”  ~ Augustine of Hippo  We LOVE to travel as a family and look forward to a couple of short vacations every year. Yes, working hard and playing hard. Since frugal travel is a priority for us, this year we thought [...]

Why Spending More is a Part of Living Frugally

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As a family who sticks very closely to a budget and believes in getting the maximum bang for our buck, we’re surprisingly owners of brands and products that are considered “expensive” or “luxury”. I realized this as I worked my way through an online business course I took last month and I had to identify [...]

How to Organize Medicines Painlessly in 15 Minutes or Less

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Last week, I thought I’d spend some time organizing the niggling areas of our home. You know, the ones you always mean to but never get around to.  Yeah, those. Our medicine box {we don’t have a cabinet and I’ll tell you why later} kept all the pills and bottles corralled but it was a [...]

Why I Will NOT Buy Another eBook This Year {And How You Can Too!}

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Confession Time: I’m an eBook junkie. That’s right. I love loading up my Kindle and my Dropbox with eBooks across genres. Lately, it is homemaking, health and business. Clearly those areas are my focus areas for this quarter. Any way, you see, since I pride myself on being smart about my money, I need to [...]