Frugal Living

Trade in Your Car for a Horse, Would It Be Cheaper?

Posted on 09. Mar, 2010 by Forest.

With all this money saving going on and people referring back to “The Old Ways” I thought it would be fun to look back at our past and consider the option of replacing your car with a horse…. Who wouldn’t want to ride into town for a few beers and a pizza on the back [...]

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Now Insanity – Continuing The Workout At Home Trend

Posted on 07. Mar, 2010 by Forest.

For those of you that have been following for a while you will know that I recently finished p90x, the 3 month home workout routine. It thought it was awesome and it really did catapult my home fitness and it more than fitted my budget. I lost a bunch of weight, gained a lot of [...]

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Cut The Fat – Losing Things You Don’t Need

Posted on 04. Mar, 2010 by Forest.

I really think that being frugal transcends saving money and can work well in all aspects of your life. To be truly frugal it helps to stand back, take a look at yourself and cut the fat every now and then. By this I mean just getting rid of everything you don’t use or need… [...]

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Easy Peasy Yakezie!

Posted on 02. Mar, 2010 by Forest.

This is my announcement post to say I am joining the The Yakezie Alexa Challenge. Now before I go on about this you may want to know what Alexa is and also what Yakezie is….. I know the answer to the Alexa bit but not sure on Yakezie, however I want to be able to [...]

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Get Over The Fear Of Cooking At Home…

Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by Forest.

I love to cook at home, but it wasn’t always this way.
I remember thinking that boiling vegetables and grilling a chicken breast (pre Vegetarian days) was an adventurous task. If I was feeling particularly frisky I would put some black pepper on before cooking… oh la la!!
I ate plain and reasonably healthy but didn’t cook [...]

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French Indian Roti! – My Manjula’s Kitchen Competition Entry

Posted on 27. Feb, 2010 by Forest.

I absolutely LOVE Indian food. So when I found Manjula’s Vegetarian Indian Cooking videos on YouTube I was in Heaven!!!
I have been following her updates for over a year and made many successful recipes. Recently I started following on her website and blog. Every month now it seems she is running a competition where you [...]

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Re-Starting The Frugal Zeitgeist Frugal Living Forum

Posted on 26. Feb, 2010 by Forest.

It’s easy to keep writing and preaching and giving my point of view but what I really enjoy is when people leave comments, send me emails and teach me things, challenge my thinking and generally socialize. This is the best thing about the awesome Frugal community that thrives on the web.
A while back I did [...]

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10 Ways To Get A Cheap Haircut

Posted on 22. Feb, 2010 by Forest.

Have you ever sat down and worked out how much you spend on getting your hair cut? If you have then you will realize it’s a lot! Finding ways to get a cheap haircut will help in your frugal ways and help you keep budgets on track.
Here are 10 ways that you can consider getting [...]

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Save Money On Printing

Posted on 21. Feb, 2010 by Forest.

My Dollar Plan recently sent a mail out for saving money and it had two quick tips to help save money on printing. It got me thinking that this area is a big money area that we can all significantly save on. My Dollar Plans Tips were the same as tip numbers 4 and 5.
We [...]

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Getting Rid Of Ants

Posted on 16. Feb, 2010 by Forest.

You may be thinking it’s a little early to be writing about Getting Rid of Ants but Spring is coming in USA and I have started to see the little buggers here in Cairo again.
If they didn’t get into the food I probably would leave the ants be but as they do get into anything [...]