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Budgeting For Gifts This Holiday Season

It’s the biggest week of spending all year. With Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday all in a row, it’s important to stick to a budget for your holiday shopping or you’ll easily overspend. Budgeting for Gifts this Holiday Season is a guest post.   Stephanie is the founder of Military Travel Mama; she […]

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Budget Friendly Recipes #takeyourplace

Today I am joining over 200 other Food Bloggers to spread awareness for Hunger in America.   Have you ever gone hungry? I have. I’m not saying I’ve gone days/months at a time, but as poor college students with little mouths to feed, I would periodically skip a meal to stretch our budget and make […]

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Powdered Milk and a Cheap Menu

One item I love keeping around the house is powdered milk. I use it mostly when making bread, but sometimes I like to keep a pitcher of it in the fridge as well.  Growing up I had a friend whose family always drank powdered milk. I personally don’t care for the taste of it, but […]

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Birthday Parties on a Budget – guest post

Princess C’s birthday is coming up. Next week actually! I’ve had so many ideas run through my head, and I still don’t know which idea to run with. It’s hard having her birthday so close to Valentines Day.  I’ve thought of having a party just for her. Or having a Valentine’s party and inviting some of […]

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Frugal Living Challenge – Days 4 and 5

Day 4 Reducing your household bills. Again, another great article over on Frugally Sustainable!  Most of the tips she suggests I already try to do. Things like getting rid of cable and a landline. Although there are a great number of educational shows I miss, I can find them online if I really want to […]

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Budget Wall Art: Love Is Spoken Here

When budgets are tight, but you need some inspiration or beauty added to your life, a little bit of DIY Wall Art is all you need.  Related Content: Frame Your Own Canvas How to Hang Art Like the Pros Star Map Art I pretty much spent my day yesterday looking at the wall in our […]

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