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Written by Kathryn on March 9, 2010
We’ve added more great merchants to our site. There are merchants to meet your every day household needs. There are merchants for outfitting yourself to enjoy your hobbies. And there are merchants who help you out when you need to give a gift to someone else. Here’s a look at ten of our hot new merchants for the week beginning 1st March.
1) Electric Shopping. How many of the items that you buy today are electric? A lot of them, probably. We buy consumer electronics, gadgets, home appliances and beauty products all of the time. This store has all of those things. If you need something electric, this merchant has it.
2) Find Me a Gift. One of the most common things to purchase online is a gift. If you’ve done this a lot then you’re probably looking for a good gift merchant who can offer you something a little more unique and special to give to others. Unusual gifts is this merchants specialty.
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Written by Kathryn on March 8, 2010
One of the best ways to keep yourself on track with saving money and living a frugal lifestyle is to keep informed about this way of life. This is the reason that we read blogs and books about saving money; the more information that we have, the more capable we are of setting and sticking to our money-saving goals. But with so many different books out there about frugality, simple living and learning to save money, which books are the books that you should really be reading?
Here is a look at some information about ten different books that have been recommended by ten different frugal bloggers:
1. 1/2 Price Living: Secrets to Living Well on One Income by Ellie Kay. How much more frugal can you get than to reduce your family’s total income by such a significant
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A woman recently passed away at the ripe old age of 100 years old. In her will, she left her money to Lake Forest College, the school that she had attended as a young girl. On its face, this isn’t a very interesting story. However, there’s a twist. The amount that the woman left to her college was over £4.5 million ($7 million). What’s really interesting about this is that nobody who knew her was aware of the fact that this woman was a millionaire.
The reason that nobody knew that Grace Groner was a millionaire was because she live an extraordinarily frugal life. The home that she lived in was comfortable but it was small and certainly not flashy in any way. What about her car? She didn’t have one; she chose to walk instead of driving. She even wore used clothes instead of purchasing new ones. There was nothing about the woman that said that she was a millionaire because she simply never spent her money.
In fact, it was her frugality that allowed this amount of money to accrue. Groner had made a very small stock
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Every week we bring you a roundup of the ten best promotional codes that have come out. This week is no exception. Here are the ten best promotional codes we offered starting on 1st March 2010.
1) One of the best discount codes that came out this week was for a gift to give to someone special for Mother’s Day. This Diamond Manufacturers promotional code lets you get amazing jewellery from their Mother’s Day Collection at a full 15% off. Expires 14th March.
2) Adobe has such wonderful products. Photoshop is always a favorite but they have lots of other neat things to play around with or use productively as well. Use our Adobe promotion code to get 10% off of items in their Commercial Store when you make your purchase by 18th March.
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Written by Kathryn on March 5, 2010
This most recent recession has been worse than the others that we’ve experienced since The Great Depression. The good news about this is that it appears to be causing a shift in attitude, values and spending habits which could last even after the recession comes to an end. The way we eat, entertain ourselves, think about spending and decide what has value has all changed in recent years.
Here is a look at ten key attitude shifts that have taken place over the past two years as a direct result of what has been dubbed The Great Recession:
- People want to spend less. Per capita spending has decreased over the past two years, the first time that this has occurred since The Great Depression. Low-income women, in particular, are spending less but this attitude that we must spend less than before pervades all different socio-economic groups.
- Frugal behavior is now the norm. A few short years ago it was considered “alternative” to live
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We want to help you save money every month this year. That’s why we issued a twelve-month challenge that provides a step-by-step plan through which you should be able to save a minimum of £750 ($1200). Each month, we provide you with tips and insights that you can use to cut back on spending in one particular area. If you use these monthly tips all throughout the year, you can actually save a lot more in 2010 than this small target goal. We’ve already provided tips on giving up TV and going on a diet. This month we challenge you to quit spending money on fitness memberships.
March’s Challenge: Quit the Gym!
We all know how important it is to exercise properly. When we think something is important, we are willing to spend money on it. That’s okay when it’s necessary but it’s actually
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Written by Kathryn on March 4, 2010
St. Patrick’s Day is coming up. It’s a really fun holiday that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. However, it’s also a holiday that you can easily spend too much money on if you’re not careful. Between cooking for family and friends, going out to drink green beer, attending parades and getting the kids into the holiday with crafts, you may find that you waste more funds on this simple holiday than you’d like. Luckily, it’s an easy holiday to do frugally if you’re so inclined.
Here are 50 ideas for a frugal St. Patrick’s Day:
10 Frugal St. Patrick’s Day Recipes
Food is one of the things that people spend way too much money on for St. Patrick’s Day. Luckily there are a lot of great frugal recipes for traditional Irish foods (and some not-so-
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Written by Kathryn on March 3, 2010
Did you see the sheer number of new promotional codes that we offered on the site this week? There were lots of different deals and merchants featured every day. Here are the details about the ten best promotional codes we offered starting on 22nd February 2010.
1) Do you enjoy doing craft projects? If so then you probably already know that you can get great ideas for crafts from magazines. Use our Origin Publishing promotional codes to get a full 70% off of subscriptions to their wonderful craft magazines. You can actually get 5 issues for £5! Expires 15th March.
2) Have you done any shopping with Kaleidoscope yet? If not then you’re in luck because we’ve got a Kaleidoscope discount code that gives first-time buyers 10% off of the clothing, home and consumer electronics products sold here. Expires 8th March.
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Written by Kathryn on March 2, 2010
Are you a PC person or do you own a Mac? If you prefer your PC then there’s a good chance that you think that Macs are too expensive to purchase. That’s true if you only look at the outright cost of a Mac compared to a PC. However, it can be argued that investing in a Mac is going to save you money in the long run.
Here are 5 reasons that switching to Mac is a frugal decision:
- Macs last longer. One of the things that you have to consider when making a frugal purchase is how long it’s going to last you. Buying a product that has a good price but doesn’t last very long isn’t a cost-effective shopping decision. In general, Macs last longer than PCs.
- Macs require less fixing. Many Mac users will tell you that the reason they love the expensive brand is because they rarely have to take it in for repairs. PC users, particularly of
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Written by Kathryn on February 28, 2010
We’ve added a lot of niche merchants to the site lately - merchants that specialize in serving the shopping needs of a specific type of shopper (such as an athlete or musician). However, we do also continue to support merchants that sell a diverse range of different items in one place. Here’s a look at our ten hottest new merchants for the week beginning 22nd February.
1) Chappell of Bond Street. The most interesting merchants are always those that serve a niche that rarely gets served. That’s the case with this merchant which is known worldwide for meeting the needs of niche shoppers who want terrific musical instruments. In addition to high-end instruments, this merchant also sells the accessories that any musician will need.
2) DIY Tools. One of the things that many frugal shoppers have in common is that they enjoy doing DIY projects around the house. This helps them to save money while expressing themselves creatively at home. DIY Tools has all of the tools that you could ever need for completing these types of projects.
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Written by Kathryn on February 27, 2010
Finances. It’s a topic that strikes fear in the heart of many people. Money is something that many of us have come to think of as a complicated thing that requires the help of experts to sort through it. We hire accountants to help with our bills. We look for personal finance bloggers who have experience in the finance industry. We ask coupon queens about their inside tips for saving money when grocery shopping. While all of this information is important and interesting, it probably shouldn’t be the bulk of where you get your personal finance tips. Instead, you should be looking at what average people are saying about money to make more sense of it in your own life.
5 Top Reasons Average People are Best for Personal Finance Advice
There are many reasons that you want to get at least some of your information about money from average folks like yourself. Here are five of the big ones:
- The tips are practical. It’s interesting to find out how money-saving experts have gone to the
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Written by Kathryn on February 26, 2010
Politicians around the world might take some lessons from the new money-saving plan that Highland councillors are putting into action. They’re cutting back on a wide range of things this year in order to reduce their annual budget. The budget they’ve set for 2010-2011 is just over£600 million. That might sound like a lot of money but they have to cut back about £12 million from what they’re used to spending. Furthremore, they need to cut a total of £60 million over the next three years.
Here are five things that the Highland Councillors will be doing to save that money:
- Biking, walking and commuting to work. They need to save money on travel expenses.
- Using video conferencing. This will further reduce the amount of money spent on business travel.
- Reduced spending on councillor’s lunches. They don’t need to spend as much money dining out as
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Written by Kathryn on February 25, 2010
There are many wonderful tips out there about how to decorate your home on a budget. Those tips are important. However, that’s not quite what we’re writing about here today. Instead, we want to look at how you can decorate your home in a way that will inspire you to save more money. By putting little money-saving reminders all around your house, you can be more motivated to live a frugal lifestyle. From piggy banks to “frugal” building blocks, there are tons of little affordable things that you can add to your home to reinvigorate your desire to live frugally.
10 great options for decorating to inspire frugality include:
1. Start a piggy bank collection. Piggy banks are a great reminder that we’re trying to save money. You can put them all over your house so that you are regularly encouraged to drop your change into them to save a little bit at a time. Alternatively, you could create a wonderful little piggy bank display on a mantle or shelf in your home. Even
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Written by Kathryn on February 23, 2010
Have you been looking for new places to shop? Sometimes learning about new merchants can inspire you to shop smarter and to have more fun while you’re doing it. Here is the lowdown on the ten hottest new merchants for the week beginning 15th February.
1) Advanced MP3 Players. Everyone has an mp3 player these days for listening to music. Maybe it’s a separate device or maybe it’s built into some other gadget like your phone. Either way, it’s something you’ve probably got. But was that true back in 2001? Because that’s how long ago this great store was already starting to sell awesome mp3 players. They were on the cutting edge of the business now and they’re still doing a terrific job of bring great music players to you.
2) Born Gifted. What a cute little name for a store that sells, you guessed it, baby items. Whenever a new baby is born, we like to give gifts to the parents because we know that there are tons of things that they need at this time. This store is able to meet all of those needs!
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At the beginning of the year, we issued a challenge to our readers to try to save a little bit of money in different ways each month throughout this year. We hope that it’s an easy, creative way to set aside a little bit of savings to enjoy later on. We also hope that these challenges will stimulate you to action, allowing you to save more money than you have in the past. We hope it’s working. Let’s check in to see how things are going with February’s Challenge.
Recap: February’s Challenge
The challenge for the month of February was to go on a diet. The goal is to slim some pounds off of your body but of course the real goal is to slim your spending. By eating less, choosing healthy produce over pre-packaged foods and eating a vegetarian diet, it’s possible to save a good chunk of money at the grocery store.
Problems That People Might be Running Into
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We are Kathryn and Captain Frugal two money saving fanatics. Kathryn is a freelance writer living in San Francisco which means that she's had to work hard to maintain a frugal budget. Captain Frugal learned from a young age that a penny saved is a penny earned, he's made it his life's mission to beat "the system" a few cents at a time. "Living the high life is easy!" say's captian frugal, "all you need is a little creativity, to improve your lifestyle and still save money!
