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  • 5 Frugal Home Wall Paper Border Ideas
    By: Sue Krippner | - Lately, wall paper borders have become an indispensable decorating tool. They are smart and sophisticated, fun and affordable. Borders are perfect for pulling in all the various aspects of the room to give it a finished look.

    In the past, wall paper borders were most often seen in a simple ceiling finishing line or a middle of the wall, chair rail type accent. Today, with the ever growing choice of size, color, texture, shape and sophisticated design elements, anyone can create star ...

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  • Frugal Christmas Table Or Mantle Decorating Ideas
    By: Sue Krippner | - Christmas decorating does not have to be an expensive tradition. Check out these frugal resources for beautiful holiday table and mantle decorating for this Holiday Season.

    There is a bounty of decorating opportunities growing right outside either your door or someone else's. It's always easier to dash in a store and buy what we like, but for a fraction of the cost you can buy all the things you need to fabricate wonderful creations. Best of all is the satisfaction you will feel ove ...

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  • 4 Frugal Design Tips For Apartment Living
    By: Sue Krippner | - Your home is the showcase of your personality. It's the collection of what you enjoy, the people you love and the expressed culmination of life's experiences.

    The wall colors, floor finishes, trims and built-ins all play a role in expressing your personal design style. This is what makes a house a home.

    But, when it comes to decorating and designing an apartment to make it your own, it poses a creative challenge.

    Many apartment contracts today prohibit doin ...

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  • The Frugal Thanksgiving: 5 Ways To Save
    By: Jamie Jefferson | - With all the food preparations and travel arrangements, Thanksgiving isn't cheap. Save some money on this year's festivities with the help of the following tips.

    1. Watch the turkey sales.
    Because the turkey is the most expensive part of the Thanksgiving meal, it makes sense to try to save money on it. Starting around Halloween, start keeping an eye on the price of turkey at your local supermarket so you know when to buy. Watch for sales, coupons or special free gifts from ...

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  • Save Money Or Pay Off Debts
    By: Marilyn Katz | - Save or Pay Off Loans and Credit Cards?

    Most people would love to live without any debt. We dream about the day we can burn or mortgages, drive a loan free car, and not owe a cent to credit card companies. Since that seems to be a distant goal, some of us dream about winning the lottery, or chucking everything to live in a shack in the mountains.

    Have you ever thought about end of the world movies and stories? I think that people like them because they can picture a lif ...

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  • Are Summer Jobs The Answer To A Debt Free Future?
    By: James Mizzell | - Earning extra money for your future is a very good way to work on getting out of debt.

    Getting a summer job or a part time job on top of what you normally do can be difficult to manage. You really need a strong focus on your future, and on the goal in mind - to get out of debt in order to make it work.

    Saving Money

    The main goal to working part time should be to be able to save more money. Having enough money in the bank account is security for you in case ...

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  • Six Smart Sayings To Help You Manage Debt
    By: Cherryl Hanson-Simpson | - One of the most challenging aspects of managing your personal finances is knowing how to control debt. Its very tempting to start borrowing - how else can you survive if your salary remains stagnant but the cost of living continues to skyrocket? Its also hard to maintain a frugal lifestyle when todays society places a high value on material things.

    Many people think that the quickest solution to having insufficient funds to buy what they need or want is to get a loan. While ...

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  • Have A Problem Window? Try These Frugal Home Design Window Treatments
    By: Sue Krippner | - Did you know you could manipulate the window treatments around any window to make the it look wider, taller, or shorter?

    I didn't.

    Did you know there is a way to make a large window blend into the rest of the room so it will be less distracting?

    I didn't either, until I learned these wonderful window changing window treatment tricks that we all can use in any room of our homes.

    The fun part about this is, these window treatments have been used ...

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  • 5 Successful Frugal Home Design Tricks
    By: Sue Krippner | - You can create a fresh new look in your home without needing to spend a ton of money. Use these simple frugal home design tips to give each room in your home a simple and affordable house lift.

    Frugal Home Design Tip 1: Move It Around

    Rearranging a room will give your room a new look. Change things up a bit. But, before you begin that back breaking work of moving each piece, draw a simple floor outline of the room and sketch out the different arrangement possibilities.< ...

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  • Why Menu Planning Just Plain Makes Sense
    By: Jack Redmond | - Why is it that at the end of every workday we find ourselves wondering what's for dinner? If you're at home, you wonder the same thing...usually too late to pull together anything that sounds good that you also have the ingredients for. Usually this ends up with an expensive order of take out or convenience meal out of the freezer. Don't get me wrong- those are fine sometimes, but the expense adds up.

    For our family, one dinner out runs at least $20 if we go somewhere other than ...

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  • One Chicken: Endless Menu Planning Possibilities
    By: Jack Redmond | - We are all looking for ways to make our food dollars stretch, and that is one of the main reasons I am a big fan of planned leftovers and careful menu planning. Leftovers...I know what you're thinking. The last time there were leftovers in your fridge they either made their way to the trash bin or started their own fuzzy colony in the back somewhere. Bonus points if it growled when you dared to peek under the lid.

    Seriously though...we need to use all that we can to make our doll ...

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  • 10 Quick Tips That Will Help To Save Money
    By: Daniel Major | - Everyone would like to save money if they can and wherever they can and it becomes ever more important when finances are tight so to get you started there are ten tips listed below that are simple to easy to implement and are sure to save you money.

    1. When looking at making a large purchase, consider whether or not you actually need it! Sounds like a strange way to save money but if you are anything like me your garage, attic and kitchen cupboards are probably full of stuff that ...

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  • Building Hope In Planning For Baby Even With Low Budget Through Online Bargains
    By: Ranju Kumar | - Couples having difficulty with financial management of all the necessary baby products have options; there are ways in which we can effectively budget our money with online bargains.

    My husband and I are planning to have a baby soon. We have been together for quite some time and we are yearning to have a little one running around the house. When our angel comes, I would like to be physically, emotionally, and financially ready. Regarding financial matters, I know it is not easy ha ...

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  • Grocery Saving Tips: How To Reduce Your Food Costs Easily
    By: MoneySaving Chris | - The average food cost per individual in a household can be $29 - $41 a week. Add this up and that means each family member may have a grocery cost of $2000 a year! Good news! Your grocery cost can be easily reduced.

    As you read this series of articles you will be shown you some grocery saving tips and food discount ideas which will help reduce your grocery fees. Just dropping your bill by 10% can save you $200 per family member per 12 months. Wow!

    Step #1: Fill up ...

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  • Tips To Save On Your Baby Budget
    By: Ranju Kumar | - Being a parent does not have to cost you a lot of money.

    They say that being a parent is one of the most wonderful human experiences. However, being a parent will mean that you will have to prepare a lot of things, many of which cost money. It can quickly add up to huge amounts of money with the many things your new baby might need. You have to prepare for expenses of decorating the nursery, buying baby clothes and diapers, and a lot other maternity expenses even before baby arriv ...

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  • Tips To Save On Your Baby's Budget
    By: Joshua McDonald | - Being a parent does not have to cost you a lot of money.

    They say that being a parent is one of the most wonderful human experiences. However, being a parent will mean that you will have to prepare a lot of things, many of which cost money. It can quickly add up to huge amounts of money with the many things your new baby might need. You have to prepare for expenses of decorating the nursery, buying baby clothes and diapers, and a lot other maternity expenses even before baby arriv ...

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  • Building Hope In Planning For Baby Even With Low Budget Through Online Bargains
    By: Joshua McDonald | - Couples having difficulty with financial management of all the necessary baby products have options; there are ways in which we can effectively budget our money with online bargains.

    My husband and I are planning to have a baby soon. We have been together for quite some time and we are yearning to have a little one running around the house. When our angel comes, I would like to be physically, emotionally, and financially ready. Regarding financial matters, I know it is not easy ha ...

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  • Save Your Small Business Money By Going Green
    By: Liz Andrews | - I am guessing by now you have probably heard the economy is not doing so hot. Except for the large bailout companies almost everyone is trying to keep their companies afloat. I admit I run a small printing business and I am doing everything to stay alive. This includes eliminating any unnecessary expenses. Recently I was fortunate enough to attend a seminar for small businesses in my situation. The colloquium revolved around simple cost cutting practices that will not have a negative affect on q ...
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  • Financial Secrets To Find The Best Bargains For Your Baby
    By: Ranju Kumar | - Baby bargains and baby deals come in handy for new parents, as it helps to save a lot of money during that first year of parenting. Many first-time parents could easily go broke while raising their child without proper planning. Raising a baby involves a lot of expenditures since most of us have a tendency to give the best to our babies. However, the habit of giving the best often takes a financial a toll on the parents.

    Baby bargains relieve much of the financial impact for the ...

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  • Save Money On Baby Supplies For Your Baby
    By: Ranju Kumar | - A new baby brings so much love into your home. You can see the entire house lit up with his smile. His sweet innocence fills every corner of your house with joy and excitement.

    If only all aspects of having a baby were so pleasant.

    A new baby also brings added responsibility, both physical care and financial expense. You, as a new parent, probably feel like the luckiest people on earth, but at the same time are subjected to a whole lot of new things. The family budg ...

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  • 10 Tricks To Get A $30,000 Kitchen For Under $3,000
    By: Paula Stone | - You see it all the time on TV. People spend outrageous amounts of money to get new kitchens.

    You can get a new kitchen for a lot less money than your TV would lead you to believe.

    I once owned a lovely Cape Cod house with an 80's style melamine and oak strip kitchen. When we decided to sell to start a new business, potential buyers all hated that kitchen. We didn't get a single offer.

    We had no choice but to take the house off the market and fix the k ...

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  • Live On Very Little Income By Learning The Art Of Frugality
    By: Quality Reviews | - Enjoying a comfortable life these days can be very difficult, especially when you live in the US or Europe. It appears you must have a large income just to make it. Well, I am here to let you know that it will not require that much cash to live. You can enjoy a good life without going bankrupt. Read the following guidelines and you can learn the techniques of frugality.

    You might want to do a great deal of your shopping by using the Internet. Some people don't know it, but there ...

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  • How Do I Get Baby Bargains For Clothes, Furniture, Toys, And More?
    By: Ranju Kumar | - For many first time mothers, the arrival of their newborn is an exciting part of their life. However, when it comes to the expenses, you are afraid to
    look any further. We all know how expensive it is to raise a baby. Starting from the time they have arrived, and even before, you have to provide for their every need. Without proper planning you get stuck having to buy less than desirable necessities for your little one. Now, you can escape this predicament with a little advanced planning ...

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  • How To Effectively Manage Your Baby Expenses
    By: Ranju Kumar | - Let us face this fact: your baby's needs are very expensive. As parents, we hesitate to think of our beautiful baby as a huge expense, but we have to cope with the financial challenges in order for our newborn to be healthy and happy as they grow. The baby has needs beyond just some peek-a-boo or other toy that produce gurgling sounds or whatever. Babies require their nutrition (breast milk or formula), bottles, diapers, baby food/purees, strollers, high chairs, carriers and the list goes on. In ...
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  • 9 Steps To Living Abundantly
    By: Dwayne Gilbert | - Many of us are bowed down by lif, stressed, short of time, tired, on a treadmill, knowing that this isn't the way to live, but not knowing how to free ourselves up to live more fully, more abundantly. There are simple things we can do, they don't take time or money, they take a change of attitude. Here are 9 of them:

    1. Being totally financially honest, if you are not, this implies that there is not enough for you to have everything you need without dishonesty.

    2. C ...

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  • Easy Tips To Save Money In This Economy
    By: Matt Chang | - Money whether we like it or not is something we all need to survive, sadly, some people are careless with their funds and end up going through difficult times because of it. Even though, there are people that are responsible and watching their assets in savings shrink to nothing.

    We are now in an unprecedented time and everyone is worried about how much money they're going to have. How much money you spend today may vanish as quickly as the stock market continues to go down. Wit ...

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  • Frugal Living: Groceries On A Budget
    By: JTurner | - In today's economy, it is hard to make money stretch to match your budget. As a mother of two growing children, I've learned the hard way how to do just that. Here are some tips that I've learned along the way.

    Planning Your Budget

    This is the hardest part of frugal living. Looking in the grocery ads can cause a wave of despair and worry that you won't have enough money. Here are a few tips on planning your grocery budget that may help you stretch your dime into a d ...

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  • Frugal Cooking At Bargain Prices
    By: Jude Wright. | - Frugal cooking is very important now because it's costing more and more to just exist in these days of the rising cost of living. It's getting to be a real problem, especially for those on a fixed income or public assistance.

    Buy canned goods and packaged foods in bulk. These have a longer shelf life and can be used months later. Be sure to look for expiration dates. Don't buy vegetables and fruit in bulk because they will spoil before being used up. You can freeze poultry and mea ...

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  • Frugality - Three Quick Lessons
    By: Steve Gillman | - What is frugality? The dictionary definition of frugal: "Practicing or marked by economy, as in the expenditure of money or the use of material resources." People think of it as simply being "cheap," in the fashion of Ebeneezer Scrooge. I see it as the practice of getting the most for one's money, without giving up anything important.

    It may surprise people to know that I buy the cheapest t-shirts and yet pay to have someone mow the lawn. But the shirt does the same job as the ex ...

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  • Frugal Living
    By: helen | - Frugal living refers to a way of life that is designed to keep you out of debt. It is a way of life that enables you to spend as little as possible meaning that the extra cash you are no longer putting to use can reduce any debts that you have, take you on that holiday you have always wanted or merely allows you to spend more quality time with your family.

    The way in which frugal living works is that you end up spending less money than you earn, meaning you can use the difference ...

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  • Don't Be Just Frugal Be A Smart Shopper
    By: CaL | - Being frugal or pinching pennies, or whatever you wish to call it; is a lifestyle. I grew up with the premise of a penny saved is a penny earned. For me it was very natural. Before I buy anything, groceries, a television, new computer, new or used car; I compare prices and options. If you stop to think about the concept, it makes a lot of sense. Why overpay for something if you don't have to?

    Don't fall into the trap that the cheapest is always the best buy or t ...

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  • Saving Money On Birthday Parties: Nine Tips For Frugal Fun
    By: Jamie Jefferson | - Saving money on birthday parties is something anyone can do. All it takes is a good plan and some savvy shopping skills. Here are nine tips for celebrations that are frugal and fun.

    Keep it Small. The easiest way to reduce your birthday party spending is to limit the number of guests. Let your child know the limit, and be firm.

    Don't Schedule the Party at a Mealtime. You'll also save money by holding the party at a time of day when you will not be responsible fo ...

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  • The Tortoise Has Retired, The Hare Is Still Running
    By: Karen Cheong | - Many people spend their time hoping to get rich quickly, like winning the lottery, or getting an unexpected inheritance from a distant relative. The reality for most is that, like the tortoise in the old story we heard as children, slow and steady wins the race !

    The tortoise and the hare both started at the same starting point in life. Both came from middle-class families. They were neither so rich as to be able to afford the many luxuries in life, nor so poor as to not have the ...

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  • Adapting Frugal Living To Fit Your Lifestyle
    By: rateempire | - There is a lot of advice out there on how to live a frugal life. You can go from anything as simple as turning off the lights when you leave a room to grinding your own flour. There are forums out there where people discuss the way they use the rainwater they collect to do everything from watering plants to flushing their lavatories.

    How frugal you are depends on your lifestyle. In my opinion, all it takes to be considered frugal is to think before you purchase something. You can ...

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  • How To Become Motivated To Be Frugal
    By: rateempire | - You might really want to save money and be frugal, but just can't seem to get started. How do you jump start yourself into a frugal life?

    Whether you are just starting to be frugal or need a little motivation to keep on saving, sometimes it is hard to keep in focus why you choose to live frugally. I am a firm believer in writing things down. I believe that once you see things in writing, they are a little more concrete in your mind.

    Make yourself a frugal living not ...

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  • 10 Ways To Lower Your Utility Bills
    By: Allan Wilson | - The average U.S. household spends about $2,150 every year on utility bills. If you're spending more than $152 per month, you're paying more than average. By making simple improvements to your home you could reduce your utility bill from 10 to 50 percent.

    1. Shade Those Windows

    How you cover your windows has a direct impact on how much energy you save. Dark curtains and good covering blinds are important. In the summer keep curtains/blinds closed to windows facing ...

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  • Oatmeal: Healthy And Cheap
    By: Frugal Guy | - One of the biggest problems with trying to eat cheaply is to make sure that you are eating nutritious foods. My secret weapon is oatmeal. Not the flavored crap sold in little packets! You want the type of oatmeal that comes in large flakes and that takes a long time to cook. It is possible that your local supermarket won't even carry it.

    Personally, I go to the nearby health food store for my oatmeal. I get large flake rolled oats. You can also find steel cut oats in some stores. ...

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  • Frugal Thanksgiving Dinner
    By: Adriana Copaceanu | - Quite often, people overdo it for Thanksgiving, both in preparing and enjoying the meal. But, it's possible to have a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends without having to break the budget and spend two days in the kitchen. The easiest way to do this is to organize a shared meal with your family and friends, and it actually brings the original tradition of sharing what we have with those we love to the forefront of the meal.

    Once you've created a guest list, call and ex ...

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  • 6 Ways To Spend Less Money On Lawn And Garden Equipment
    By: Philip SpendLessMoney | - Investing in high quality lawn and garden equipment makes sense. Durable, top quality tools make for an easier job of taking care of your landscaping, and will save you money in the long run.

    The problem, however, is how to pay for them in the short run.

    Here are six frugal ways you can save a substantial amount of money when you buy a lawn mower, edge trimmer, chainsaw, leaf blower, or any other yard care tool:

    - Choose basic models, without the fan ...

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  • Eating Healthy On A Budget
    By: Judy Turner | - We all know that we need to eat better but isn't it frustrating that the healthier you try to eat the more money you seem to spend? It doesn't have to be that way. Here are just a few tips to help you feed your family nutritious meals without breaking your budget.

    1) Plan your meals around the sales. Stores routinely rotate sales items every 6 weeks so plan accordingly and stock up. Is chicken breast on sale this week? Instead of buying 1 pack purchase several packs, separate into ...

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  • Fast And Frugal Ways To Redecorate Your Home
    By: Kael | - When it comes to our home, we all want it to be comfortable and inviting to those who take the time to visit us, as well as one we can be proud to show off. If your home seems a little dreary or feels a little outdated, you can make some changes that will brighten it up and leave you with a feeling that youve just given your home a much needed facelift. The following are some fast and frugal ways to redecorate your home.

    Painting Tips

    One of the main ways people te ...

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  • Frugal Family Vacations
    By: Cheryl Johnson | - Everybody loves a nice, relaxing, vacation. The family vacation gives us a chance to focus on family and spend some quality time together. Unfortunately, sometimes the family vacation can be costly. Especially, if you have a large family.

    Including a vacation in your plans can be a challenge on a tight budget. For those of you who want to get in that family quality time, yet don't have the finances for an extravagant vacation, here are some frugal family vacation tips. Since the g ...

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  • Frugal Romantic Weekend Getaway For Your And Your Spouse
    By: Nicole Dean | - You do not need to spend a lot of money to have a romantic weekend getaway with your loved one. There are many opportunities for inexpensive weekend trips that will give you a special memory with the one you love. You may feel that if you do not spend a lot of money, you will sacrifice style and luxury, but this is not necessarily the case.

    Tent Camping
    State parks that have camping facilities are a good choice as well. You can set up a tent, cook over and open fire, and g ...

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  • Does Your Thank You Page Redirect People From Potential Profits?
    By: Heather Jacobson | - When I began my newsletter, I needed a page to redirect my subscribers to once they signed up. Because I was in a rush to get it set up, I redirected them to the archives page of my newsletter.

    Big Mistake #1.

    When I had some free time I went back and made a thank you page that simply stated, Thank you for subscribing. Your first issue will arrive shortly. and listed the archives.

    Big Mistake #2

    What I failed to realize when I set ...

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