The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 22, 2024

I know I found The Frugal Girl through the Non-Consumer Advocate, and I’ve read nearly all the archives. What’s your best frugal win? Best frugal win: I guess two, one is learning to cut hair, as I’ve mentioned before in my comments here. Makeup, nail polish, and clothes. But I had to SHOP for clothes.

Rent 183

Rent Son Frugal Home and Garden 183

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

We mowed the grass, made our clothes, cleaned house, cooked , and fixed broken stuff. We didn’t have a clothes dryer. When our first baby came we used cloth diapers (so we didn’t have to pay for the disposable ones) and had to freeze dry them in the garage in the winter. Peggy: Well, we did everything ourselves.

Thrifty 213

Thrifty Garage Spendthrift Fair-Trade 213

Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

He has paid a price to win with hard work and sacrifice to reach his goals, and I truly admire him for that. It started with $40,000 in consumer debt (vehicles, credit cards, small student loan) and then sold our home and eliminated the $140,000 of mortgage debt. No new clothes, no vacation, no extra anything.

Debt 100

Debt Debt Free Bath and Body Works Gas 100