Frugal Living Year in Review, What We Learned in 2011

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So how was your year financially?

My husband and I continued our goal of working as a team over every cent we spend or save.

{I'm serious, we talk about every single penny.  It's not annoying it's liberating for us, because we know exactly where we stand each month.}

It works for us.  He's as much a part of the saving money as I am in our household.  For us 2011 was a great year in terms of making headway on things we wanted to accomplish.

We still have a number of goals financially and hope 2012 will allow us to check those items off our to do list.

Reaching financial goals is based on our frugal living.

Here are some frugal living lifestyle changes I encouraged you to consider this year:

I shared 7 tips to jump start your frugal lifestyle here.

You learned the 15 second rule of shopping and 7 questions you should ask yourself here.

Want to use coupons while living and shopping in rural America?  Here are some tips to help you get started.

Showed you how to do a frugal wedding here.

You learned how to provide for BABY on the cheap here.

Tips for recycling and repurposing product containers - go here.

Tips for getting every last morsel of product out of containers and bottles -- go here.

We saved money on landscaping here.

I demonstrated some easy auto maintanence tips for you and listed 5 things you can do yourself to fix minor issues with your car here.

Start a clothes line and save on your electricity bill here.

We made our own summer reading program and saved money on gas to and from the library or provided an alternative for one car families who want to participate but can't -- go here.

Saved money on our summer power bill here, read the tips and make preparations now when you might find fans on clearance.

We reused those bedding bags for traveling.  I love those things.

I asked if you buy extended warranties and gave my answer here.

I personally learned the value of keeping an extra pair of shoes in the car and why, here.

We turned summer clearance clothing items into winter wardrobe pieces here.

I shared how we make being a one car family work.

Some of you thought this was cool, others didn't.

We learned the value of toy rotations here.

Find out how I turn infant shorts into toddler underwear here.

Start saving your free samples for gifts, see my suggestions here.

Shared some tips on buying open box or refurbished items here.

If you're dating, did you know you could coupon and fall in love at the same time?  Find out how here.

Why you should always get a name from the customer service rep and 5 reasons why it can save you money.

You learned the 10 commandments of couponing here.

I hope you'll join me in 2012 as we continue to save money, stop waste and enjoy our families with less financial stress.

Share the frugal living leasons you learned this year in the comments or on the www.facebook.com/birminghambargainmom wall -- I would love to read how you saved big or made a vow to do better....

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