Frugal Living Helpers
For me the secret to successful Frugal Living is all about perception, your state of mind when it comes to making lifestyle changes to save money.
If I determine that by not purchasing “that toy” I’m denying myself something rather than propelling me forward to a debt free lifestyle, I’m going to feel deprived and that’s not a desirable place to be.
If I focus on how darn good it will feel when “that credit card” is paid off, I feel motivated and in control of my finances.
There are plenty of areas I can make better budgeting and financial choices, but the beauty of thrifty life hacks and tweaks is that they can be extreme if you need them to be, or simple baby steps that progress over time. They all add up and living a frugal life can be at your own comfort level.
If you’re interested in learning more about frugal living or need a bit of a motivational boost, here is a great collection of frugal tools, tips and resources:
Helpful Frugal Sites
The Dollar Stretcher
Wise Bread
Hillbilly Housewife
Frugal Tools
Budgeting Tools & Calculators
Consciously Frugal: Tools
Create A Price Book, or this Grocery Savings Spreadsheet or try the printable Price Book page
Mr_Peanut’s Debt Snowball Calculator
Financial Spreadsheets Galore
Thrifty Tips & Articles
The Bargain Queen: How we save $50/week on groceries
Bohemian Revolution: Emotional Bill Prioritization
Real Simple: Surprising Expiration Dates
Dumb Little Man: Me Frugal? No, I just watch MY cash
MSN: 20 ways to save on a shoestring
Money Savers: Forums
GardenWeb’s Finance Forum
Money Saving Expert
Frugal Village
SlickDeals.net
Big Big Forums
Fat Wallet Forums
Tipnut’s Frugal Hits
A few of Tipnut’s more popular frugal hacks and helpers:
How To Make Laundry Detergent
Copycat Febreze Recipes
Homemade Herbal Cleaners
Homemade Ice Packs
Make Your Own Twirly Towel
Soften Hard Brown Sugar Instead of Tossing It
Frugal lifestyle choices don’t have to be about “20 Ways To Productively Use Dryer Lint & Save Money”, it can be a comfortable process that leaves you more conscious of your purchasing decisions and feeling more empowered.
Try one new money saving method each month, it doesn’t have to be painful. Maybe skipping one takeout meal a week, or cutting back from two coffee purchases a day to one. Stick with it and you’ll see what a difference frugal living can make for your life and your bank account :).
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10 Jan 2008 at 12:45 pm
Can someone PLEASE tell me how many loads the powered laundry detergent will make?????
10 Jan 2008 at 1:34 pm
Hi Deborah, which one? Here’s the breakdown for both:
Recipe #4:
Makes 4 cups and uses 2 TBS per load. There are 16 Tablespoons in a cup so that mean 8 loads per cup.
4 cups * 8 = 32 loads
Recipe #9
Makes 36 cups and uses 1/8 cup per load.
36 * 8 = 288 loads
Let me know when you read this, I’ll be moving both comments over to the laundry detergent thread.
24 Mar 2008 at 2:22 pm
Thanks for the mention of the Grocery Savings spreadsheet on my website. The response so far has been pretty positive.
I’m working on an improved version that will allow you to do so much more, including predicting when you can buy groceries the cheapest, and a few other special features. So, keep an eye out.
You have a neat website. I’m a sucker for “make it cheaper than store-bought” recipes, although I ruined a wood-laminate floor one time by refilling a Swiffer bottle, which then leaked all over the floor overnight…sometimes there’s a false sense of economy that actually ends up costing you more than you thought you’d saved.
-Sean
11 Apr 2008 at 1:13 pm
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