Last weekend, my teenage daughter and I got some great deals on clearance, including the dark wash jeans shown below, for just $5.00. Continue reading “Attention Frugal Fashionistas: One Day Sale at Plato’s Closet, Orange, CT”
Tag: Frugal Minded in Fairfield
DIY Foaming Hand Soap: Frugal Fairfielder Edition
During week 2 of The UN Climate Conference in Paris, I chose to write about 7 Frugal and Sustainable ways to reduce waste to coincide with the last 7 full days of the conference: How to Build Habits of Recycling, Benefits of a reusable mug, How to Create a Zero Waste Closet, Zero Waste Lunch Box, Zero Waste Kitchen, Zero Waste Bathroom, and Incentives for Using Alternatives to Plastic Shopping Bags .
While I still have the goal of making my own toothpaste that everyone in my family will like, here is a DIY Bathroom Foaming Hand Soap recipe that moisturizes and smells great: Continue reading “DIY Foaming Hand Soap: Frugal Fairfielder Edition”
Attention Frugal Parents! Read this Daily Finance Post
Frugal Parents are Smart Parents!!
Take a look at this post from the Daily Finance site. Read through this short article called “Eight Things Smart Parents Shouldn’t Buy for Their Kids.” Continue reading “Attention Frugal Parents! Read this Daily Finance Post”
An Item Even Better Than Paper Towels!
A list of great things to do with coffee filters to go along with the post I wrote a long time ago on the joys of coffee filters.
COFFEE FILTERS Better than paper towels.
Are You a Good Money Parent? A Gift Inside…
Yeah. A money parent.
Maybe you think I’ve gone off the deep end, but I assure you, I (probably) haven’t. One of my absolute favorite authors of all time, as you may have read in another post, is Marilyn Jenett. She is a prosperity/money coach. Hey, we all need one! But I love her articles, her thinking, and her way of communicating about money and our feelings towards money. Continue reading “Are You a Good Money Parent? A Gift Inside…”
Personal Finance Success Stories: Before You Feel Envy, Read Between the Lines
Yesterday there was a story on Yahoo, “I Had No Savings at 40 But Retired by 60,” and there were well over 5,000 comments. I love reading these stories AND the comments because you can learn a lot (and laugh a lot) when you put them together. Reading “success” stories is sort of like “Facebook Envy.” Reading about other people’s personal finance success stories (“I am debt-free!!!!!”) can leave you frustrated and burned out–just like the feeling you get when you read about your Facebook friends’ fabulous vacations, parties, homes, kids/families, careers, personal fitness, etc., etc, etc. Continue reading “Personal Finance Success Stories: Before You Feel Envy, Read Between the Lines”
Two Frugal Fairfielders 