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Vinegar: A Frugal Wonder

Posted on 22. Mar, 2013 by .

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One of the best, oldest and essential tools that a frugalist can have in their arsenal is a very cheap and common acidic substance called vinegar! Yes, yes.  I know you know what it is….. Most of us purchase vinegar for cooking.  Even just within this area, we probably do not use it as much as we [...]

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Bartering Websites and Finding a Local Barter Network

Posted on 21. Mar, 2013 by .

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I’ve written about using bartering more to spend less cash and although most of you don’t think it can 100% replace money (including me) I think it’s a genuine way to get things done without exchanging hard cash. I think bartering can free up more cash to go to pay down debt or pay into savings. [...]

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Healthy Cheap Chili Sauce, Kebab Shop Style

Posted on 19. Mar, 2013 by .

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I love chillies, so at the market the other day when I saw a huge kilo of red chillies for one English pound I had to buy them, it was a steal! Of course a kilo of chillies isn’t easy to use up and it was the latest in chilli purchase in what may possibly be becoming [...]

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How you can save money and help feed starving children

Posted on 13. Mar, 2013 by .

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Anyone who has an ounce of frugal sense about them are fully aware that almost every purchase has the potential to be cheaper with the use of a coupon. When a company prices a product the discount factor is part of that pricing. If a customer buys without a discount then it’s a win for [...]

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Back home and trying to be frugal!

Posted on 07. Mar, 2013 by .

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I’m back in London for a while. My home city. After being in New Zealand for a year London suddenly feels very cheap, not something I would have ever thought I would feel. I’ll probably only be here for a month so there is a feeling of pressure to get a lot of things done. [...]

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Living for nothing: Ideas from traveling that could be used at home

Posted on 27. Feb, 2013 by .

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I’ve been traveling now for some time and in order to keep myself on the road I employ a fair few techniques to spend less. I’m not planning on stopping anytime soon but I have started to realise that there are no reasons why some of my budget travel ideas can’t just be used to [...]

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It’s a man’s world: Should women keep their nose out of personal finance.

Posted on 21. Feb, 2013 by .

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Women have fought for years to gain equal footing to men and with many becoming the primary breadwinners, being in charge of paying the bills and gaining new confidence in career pursuit you would think that personal finance would be dominated by women. However women still have the role of cutting the coupons, coming up [...]

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Can frugality and travel mix?

Posted on 14. Feb, 2013 by .

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I try and live as frugal as possible. There is one major issue though, I love to travel and spend a fair amount of time doing so. The last year has been spent in New Zealand, two years before that in Egypt and two years before that in Canada. In fact in March i’ll be [...]

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How to REALLY save money on your utility bills

Posted on 14. Feb, 2013 by .

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No matter how much money you have I am sure cutting down on bills of all kinds is often a topic you think about. Bills are a pain in the behind and the less they can impact our bank balance the better we can feel. Any good saver will tell you that reducing outgoings makes [...]

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MONEY: A very good reason to stick to your resolutions!

Posted on 09. Jan, 2013 by .

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Let’s face it saying you just saying “I want to be thinner” is not a resolution that will ever likely materialise in reality. If you are going to go through the trouble of making resolutions then you need a specific goal and a way to measure your progress to that goal. Almost all of us, [...]

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