Saving Money & Finances

My New Guitar, Smart Spending or a Wasted Expense?

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Last week I finally gave in to a long term desire and purchased a shiny new, but basic, classical guitar. I look at my guitar and I see it needs playing, while my wallet gently weeps…. The back story and decision to purchase…. I have owned guitars in the past, at one point I had [...]

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Baby Steps Towards Self Sustainability

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The dream of many Frugalists is to achieve complete self-sustainability, while not depending on anything offered through pipes or airwaves. Sadly, for most of us, this will never be a complete reality. I personally love the internet and don’t want to part from it. That is one thing I would never consider cutting off entirely [...]

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A Pledge To Never Take Credit Again!

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Like a countless list of other frugal bloggers I am in debt. You can read the details of why here: Me, My Debt and I, but in short I borrowed money for some other people and they never paid me back. The money was borrowed on credit through Loans and Credit Cards and I did [...]

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Bartering Websites and Finding a Local Barter Network

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I wrote last week about using bartering more to spend less cash and although most of you don’t think it can replace money (including me) it’s generally agreed that it can be a way to spend less and get things done without exchanging hard cash. I think bartering can free up more cash to go [...]

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Haven’t Bought A Mother’s Day Gift Yet? Don’t Get One!!

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Just in case you didn’t realize, it’s Mothering Sunday this coming Sunday! Have you got your Mother’s Day gift yet?…. Well I suggest that maybe you consider not actually buying anything… Mother’s Day is about showing Love not money so who cares if you don’t buy anything? Many readers here are in debt or trying [...]

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Could Bartering Replace Currency?

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With the recent economic scare, the conspiracy theories that the dollar will crash and people looking for better ways to conserve their hard earned green backs is it at all possible that at some point bartering could replace money? Before I get a barrage of people questioning my sense I want to state that I [...]

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Condom Soccer Balls, Not Just For Hard Times

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He he, I hope you liked the title….. but this article isn’t all jokes (thank god, I am pretty awful at them!) I was particularly touched this morning by the ingenuity displayed in the video below. The kids wanted a soccer ball, so they used the materials to hand to get exactly what they wanted. [...]

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Insanity Week 3 Fit Test Results – Dejavu But Better!

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Regular readers will know that I have been going on about doing the Insanity Home Workout Program for a while now. Just before I went away a few weeks ago, I had reached Week 3 of the program but then I went away and ate and drank away most of the results! So I started [...]

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Cheap Wrapping Paper Tip: Old Printer Paper

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It was a friends birthday last friday and we had two small gifts to wrap for her. Wrapping paper is one of those sad things we have invented, and that has become the norm, that is normally just thrown away. A waste of money and resources! So using some recycled materials to create some cheap [...]

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Redbox DVD Rental May Freebie

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I love Redbox. It’s plain and simple, you go to your nearest machine and grab a DVD for $1 a day, great way to watch movies on a budget. Being here in Cairo I really miss the service but for my readers I keep an updated weekly post showing the latest Redbox New Releases. Anyway [...]