In our family, we’ve got certain desserts, appetizers or dishes that we make only on certain occasions, and Puppy Chow is saved for New Year’s Eve.
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How to Save Money on Dairy Products
Hey, friends! Welcome back our contributing writer, Anita, today, as she shares some great tips on saving money on dairy costs. Unless you have a cow or goat that you can milk every day, then you are like me, at the mercy of the rising costs of dairy products. Every time I go to …
Haggling for a Bargain: An Introduction
Happy Thursday, friends!! Welcome back Kyle from Rather-Be-Shopping for another super helpful, money saving article. Thanks, Kyle, and congrats on the NY Times article! This past Monday, myself, along with my website Rather-Be-Shopping.com, were lucky enough to be included in a front page article of The New York Times. Believe it or not, the …
Homesteading: Why We’re Keeping our Back to Basics Lifestyle for 2014
Almost a full year ago, we committed our family to a “Back to Basics” kind of a lifestyle. In an effort to reduce our ridiculously high debt-to-income ratio, we committed to some Depression-era type living so that we could cut our expenses and work toward paying off our debt. As we near the end of …
How to Get out of Debt: Beware of the Self-Justified Pity Party
I had the blessing of going to a dear friend’s house the other night for her annual Christmas cookie exchange. I’d been invited for a few years now, but never went, for a variety of reasons. This year, I decided I would make it come hell or high water, and what a super fun event …
Homemade Laundry Detergent : A Review
So, about six weeks ago, I finally made the transition to using homemade laundry detergent instead of the store-bought stuff. At roughly $7 a month, the cost was bugging the crap out of me! Why? Because I can make homemade laundry detergent for closer to $7 a year. So, what was the hold-up in me …
How to Save Money on Your Electricity Bill During the Winter Months
Winter often brings an extra bit of stress on pocketbooks during the cold winter months, due to the fact that our electricity costs can rise substantially during this time of the year. Between heat usage, and generally being indoors more, electricity costs can jump quite a bit if you’re not careful, especially if you live …
Getting out of Debt: The Secret You Might Not Know About
Are you working on a journey to get out of debt? Or, have you “been there, done that” before and failed miserably? I know we have. We’d been in, and out, of debt more times than Dave Ramsey has uttered the words “gazelle intense”, but it never stuck, and we could never figure out …
Plan a frugal Christmas in Order to Avoid Debt
Christmas is fun as you get to meet with all of your family members, friends and other loved ones. You get to party and enjoy your time as you’d like. However, the downside of Christmas is that you may end up in debt. Planning your Christmas is important as it can save you from the …
What You Might Have to Do if You Want to Get out of Debt
We’re nearly a year into our “getting out of debt” journey here at The Frugal Farmer Family. I finally feel like we’ve got some experience under our belts, so to speak, and can share a bit about what it takes to get out of debt. For most in serious debt, there is no easy road. Most …