Frugal Living

Cheapest Places To Rent

Posted on12. Dec, 2009 by Forest.

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I recently wrote a post on the more broad subject of the Cheapest Places To Live and briefly touched on the subject of rent. Renting a home can be a whole different thing to buying a home and as Rent is often our biggest expense finding the cheapest places to rent in your local area [...]

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Waster Brits trash 4.4 Million Tons a Year

Posted on11. Jul, 2008 by Forest.

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Welcome to the first “Tight Tips”, a weekly guest post by a good friend Duncan Wilson of www.duncwilson.co.uk
It emerged this week that Britons throw away over 4 million tonnes (that’s 4.4 million tons!) of food every year. This vast amount of wastage has been calculated to add an approximate, but equally shocking, £420 to [...]

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Easy tips to use less energy and save on bills

Posted on05. Jul, 2008 by Forest.

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There are so many things that you can do around the home to reduce energy usage and cut the cost of your bills each month.
In this article I will look into a few key areas and suggest ways to achieve frugality’s benefits.
Lights:

If you have kids, roommates (or you are just absent minded!), you may have [...]

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What’s in a name?

Posted on02. Jul, 2008 by Forest.

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Hello and welcome to Frugal Zeitgeist.
Today, with global food crises and oil pushing record highs over $140.00 a barrel, frugality has never been so needed. To survive the world of today, many of us have tried, and are trying, to live a frugal but pleasant existence.
I believe America IS in recession. Therefore, it is time to prepare for the economy’s [...]