The Frugal Girl
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
I’ve been an architect, day-care teacher to toddlers, and library clerk, but am currently a SAHM to a 14yo son and 9yo daughter. How did you get interested in saving money? At age 12, I started saving up my allowance and babysitting money to buy Christmas gifts for other children who were less fortunate.
Family Balance Sheet
APRIL 2, 2022
If you think you’re going to come up short on cash, check out my 25 Ideas to Find Money. Check your local community calendar, library, parks & recreation department, church, and parks. Many local towns, libraries, malls, and fire halls host carnivals and festivals as fundraisers. Need some summer cash? Visit an orchard.
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Family Balance Sheet
MARCH 22, 2019
If you think you’re going to come up short on cash, check out my 25 Ideas to Find Money. Check your local community calendar, library, parks & recreation department, church, parks. Local towns, libraries, malls and fire halls also host carnivals and festivals as fundraisers. Need some summer cash? Visit an orchard.
Saving SAHM Sanity
APRIL 22, 2013
Use reusable bags These take a little more time and cost a little more: ~Use your library! My library allows me not only to check out books, but magazines, movies, even video games. If you''ve got the time and money: ~Buy a fuel efficient car. ~In the summer turn the AC up by two degrees. Drive the speed limit. Buy second hand.
The Frugal Girl
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Sunrise with my daughter at Lake Michigan Our son is now 15, and about 25 hours into his private pilot’s license, which he’s funding by earning money working for my father-in-law. How did you get interested in saving money? What’s the “why” behind your money-saving efforts? The freedom was amazing.
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