Life The Frugal Frank Way With Frugal Living
Frugal Living, Saving Money, Stretch That DOLLAR, Value
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Jan 202012
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This is the time of year that a lot of folks tie the knot. Frugal living doesn’t mean it can be fun..Here is a small tip on savings on the entertainment side of things…I hope this article is I found on the Web is helpful.
Cheap music for your wedding – MSN Money
Cheap music for your weddingMSN MoneyMy daughter used an iPod and borrowed speakers instead of a DJ or live musicians. She made her bridely entrance to Pachelbel’s Canon in D, which seems to be replacing the traditional wedding march by Mendelssohn. > Saving money and still enjoying life is the the true key to frugal living,
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Can your child have a grat “Prom” and be the talk of the town at the sametime?Don’t let your frugal living get in the way..Here are some Ideas I found just for you then.
31 ways to slash prom costs – MSN Money
31 ways to slash prom costsMSN MoneyHit the thrift store: Thanks to the “Mad Men” television show, “anything vintage is so in,” says Stephanie Berenbaum, who blogs at Fabulous & Frugal. 2. A second chance. Nothing good at the thrift store? Look for a …
Be Happy With Frugal Living, Mr Frugal Frank
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Ever wonder what to do with that left over ham glaze?Need some frugal Living cooking Ideas? Here is a little Web Site you might find helpful..
Frugal living: Using leftover ham glaze – Chicago Daily Herald
Frugal living: Using leftover ham glazeChicago Daily HeraldSara Noel owns Frugal Village (frugalvillage.com), a website that offers practical, money-saving strategies for everyday living. Send tips, comments or questions to Sara Noel, c/o Universal U …
Be Happy with frugal living…Mr Frugal Frank
Frugal Living For Mom
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May 062012
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In these hardtimes many a Mom already know how to get the most out of a dollar…I know my Mom gets more enjoyment out of we do that fits her frugal living style.So her is a little tips on how to accomplish it…Mr Frugal Frank
Perfect Mother’s Day Gifts on a Frugal Budget – Philly2Philly.com
Perfect Mother’s Day Gifts on a Frugal BudgetPhilly2Philly.comBy Kristen Hagopian at 12:53 am on Sunday May 6, 2012 Happy Mother’s Day everybody! To all of the mothers, grandmothers, stepmothers, godmothers and “Just like a Mother to me” ladies out t …
Should America Impose Austerity?
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May 032012
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Look to Europe to see what Austerity will like here in America…Personal austerity is OK because it is a choice.But on the other hand when a government decides the affect can be terrorising.
Workers express anger, gloom, elation on May Day – BusinessWeek
Workers express anger, gloom, elation on May DayBusinessWeekWith Europe’s unemployed denouncing austerity measures, Asia’s laborers demanding higher salaries and US protesters condemning Wall Street, Tuesday’s demonstrations by hundreds of thousands …
Mothers Day Tips
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May 012012
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This Mothers day make it about Mom! Times might be a little hard and money tight but love on this day will make it right.Here is a little article to help with this plight.
Marvelous inexpensive Mother’s Day gifts – Fox Business
CNBC.comMarvelous inexpensive Mother’s Day giftsFox BusinessHer special day is coming up and you don’t want to be caught short. Here are 21 inexpensive Mother’s Day gifts to get you started. You light up my life – Give her a pretty candle in her favo …
Need Help From This Crisis In America?
Austerity, Frugal Living, Saving Money, Stretch That DOLLAR, Value
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Apr 292012
Nowadays finding ways to save money is becoming crucial in this crisis in America.Here is a few little frugal tips I found on YouTube..Somethings might sound funny but very simple and useful.
How To Save Money By Eliminating 10 Things You Don’t Need
Expand the description and view the text of the steps for this how-to video. Check out Howcast for other do-it-yourself videos from BARKBARK and more videos in the General Personal Finance category. You can contribute too! Create your own DIY guide a…
Crisis In America?
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Apr 272012
Can Great Austerity cause a Crisis in America? With leaders touting the need for austerity? Sounds good but what price do we all play? What are you willing to give-up?I found a little article here on the Web. Hope you Enjoy and learn, Me Frugal Frank
Death of a Fairy Tale – New York Times
New York TimesDeath of a Fairy TaleNew York TimesThe bad news is that despite this admission there seems to be little prospect of a near-term course change either in Europe or here in America, where we never fully embraced the doctrine, but have, non …
We All Need To Save On Gas
Frugal Living, Save On Gas, Saving Money
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Apr 232012
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With the high cost of gasoline we all need to find as many ways to save. including the government involment in making higher mile per gallon standards for automobiles. In 1985 then President Ronald Reagan struck down the MPG(CAFE) standards that President Jimmy Carter put into place.If These things where kept in place we wouldn’t need to import near as much oil as we do today…Here is something I found to help us in the future.
Report: Obama’s gas-mileage boost will save $69B a year – USA TODAY
USA TODAYReport: Obama’s gas-mileage boost will save $69B a yearUSA TODAYBy Todd Spangler, USA TODAY and the Detroit Free Press An environmental group released a report that predicts drivers will save an aggregate of $69 billion a year in fuel costs …
Extreme Couponing In The Real World?
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Apr 222012
The good old world of realitity TV…Puts a spin on couponing with Extreme Couponing..Great for TV land but not so good for the rest of us ..Here I found a Gal on ‘The Tube” who show how we regular folks might be to benifit from couponong.
Extreme Couponing for Normal People
(Originally posted on LivingWellSpendingLess.com on 12-30-10.) My response to TLC’s “Extreme Couponing,” which I found to be a little bit unrealistic. Saving big money with coupons doesn’t have to take 70 hours a week or turn you into an obsessive-co…
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Ways to Save on the Electric Bill
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Apr 212012
The other day my wife was telling me how I waste money..We don’t
do much but the two things I like to do is go to the Pittsburgh Home Show and the Pittsburgh Auto Show..This cost forty dollars each.Well this year I got a fifty dollar payment to test drive a ford.So the final cost for both shows was thirty dollars.My suggestion was to make sure we shut down all three computers when not in use..This save fifty cents a day.She thought that I was being silly you see?that is about $182 Big Ones…Wellhere is a Video I found on “The Tube”…I sure hopes it helps you.. Thanks for coming Mr Frugal Frank
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How to cut your electric bill in half, simple ideas for Free, Part one of a Diy series
www.mwands.com This is part one of a series of videos showing you how to reduce your electric bill by as much as 50 percent doing it yourself. I have nothing to sell you, it’s absolutely free from Missouri Wind And Solar. Our way of helping people to…
Save Big On Fine Dining Today!
Frugal Living, Saving Money, Stretch That DOLLAR, Value
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Apr 202012
Found a little Web-Site to help you save big on dining out…Hope you enjoy the site and/or the food…
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http://lancasteronline.com/Apr 18
Only $3 for a $25 gift certificate from Restaurant.com. Skip to content. Restaurant.com has released a new coupon code making most of their $25 gift certificates only $3. Simply enter the code CELEBRATE at checkout and the discount will be taken on all $25 gift certificates in your cart.
Getting The Most For My Money!
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Apr 202012
In these days of higher than normal inflation folks have to get inventive on ways to get the most for my money.While surfing the web I found a new article showing how store coupons can help stretch the dollar.
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Couponing Strategies That Make Cents – Patch.com
Corpus Christi Caller TimesCouponing Strategies That Make CentsPatch.comRising grocery and gas costs in an uncertain economy make couponing worthwhile. That’s especially true for the 15 most expensive items on your shopping list. Learn how to save mo …
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Frugal Living with Extreme Couponing
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Apr 172012
Extreme couponing can be used to achieve a frugal living life style.Here is a youtube Video that I found..Enjoy
Frugal Living,stockpiling,extreme couponing 001.MOV
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The we can always find a use for things that was to placed in the trash..
Frugal Living – 9 Unusual Uses for Bananas – al.com
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9 Unusual Uses for Bananas. Search Local Business Listings. Shake It Up / ASF Prop banana peels crafted by the team at ASF. Didn’t know there were that many. Here are some of my favoriteHope You Enjoyed My Frugal Living tips helpful. Mr Frugal Frank
Frugal Living Has Many Benifits
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Apr 152012
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In this this fast paced world frugal living might seem like a odd thing. Many other benefits come within this life style. Less stress and many less sleepless nights..Here are a few things I found while “surfing” the Web.
In defense of living cheaply – Christian Science Monitor
Christian Science MonitorIn defense of living cheaplyChristian Science MonitorHamm argues that frugal living isn’t boring, and it cuts down on life’s money-related stresses. I get emails and comments and tweets from people all the time who seem almos …
- One other article I found interesting and which has been a sad theme in my life. How to over come the things that cost you money.. Like forgetting to pay the rent or other bill on time. One thing I have to still work on is remembering to take my coupons shopping with me…We put a lot of work clipping but they only way to pay for it is to use them.
Financial flub? How to move on – MSN Money
Financial flub? How to move onMSN MoneyThis applies both to financial fails from the past week and your past life. Suppose you forgot to take your coupons to the supermarket Saturday. Frugal goof, not the end of the world — just figure out a way to …
- Thank You for Your Little trip through the WEB…Hope you enjoyed and found the information as useful as I did.. Mr Frugal Frank
Save On Gas
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Mar 232012
I found a article that shows Imports of oil have peaked in 2005 with the trend of imports to keep falling over the next decade.
With production increases and cars getting greater Miles Per Gallon…This can a be a long term positive trend for the American consumer.
The importance of a strong energy policy in this election cycle is so very important..Without a strong domestic energy policy this country can fall into a lot of trouble.
It seems that the current leaders in charge can’t get their act together..May I suggest we the people take a good hard look at this issue before we vote this fall. Not just the price of gasoline is at risk but all energy which runs this country is on the line.
On top and most of all we should conserve our use of energy for a few reasons.Makes it more affordable if everyone uses less..
Other reasons to save on gasoline is not only buy driving less they actual cost of fuel but also mantinance such as brakes and tires(made from oil).
Not that I’m the “Greenest Person In the World” but it dosen’t hurt to help the environment at the same time…
Definition of Value
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Mar 212012
One of the hardest things about being Frugal is understanding the definition of Value.
It is actually a battle from wanting to be totally “cheap” too just spending way to much for what you need.
These decisions range from a paper towel purchase to the buying of a house or car and everything in between.
If You are truly Frugal the tendency might to buy the item with the lowest cost period..Many a times this way of thinking cost much more over a longer period of time.
Depending on what the purchase is many factors can be in play..The answer to the purchase should be the over-all VALUE.
What is Value?Might be how long something is going to last or can the same thing be accomplished for less money.Sometimes it is about saving time?Do I need or do I want the item or service? More can be less and sometimes less can be more..I find this little ditty to true a lot of the time..Also consideration for the “hidden” cost and/or matinence cost involved.
Lets take a automobile for example…People can be very passionate about what they drive. How important is it to drive a car you can’t afford to impress people that don’t really care? But not one car can or will fit all people…One item that gets over looked is the cost to insure a certain type of car.Example I bought a Toyota new in 2004 and the rate to insure it was about double to what I was paying.
It is a great auto and one of the best overall values I think We ever found.$17,000 for probably one of our best overValues..Great on gas ,relibility, long lasting and still looks fairly new.Plus held it’s Book Value on top of that….
Value is found in the grocery store..One of my Twitter Friends got a job for a large food proccessing company..She said that the alot of the store names are made in the same factory as the name brand…The only difference is that you pay less .Use coupons online or from your mail or news paper when you can this gives the same product for less..
Sometimes it is temping to buy a item that appears to JUNK when it is 10 cents on the dollar…The temptation can be way to hard to handle…But I often find myself disappointed when the purchase fails…Sometimes luck is on my side..But the price for wanting to be “Cheap” instead of Frugal can Be very Painful my friends..
Please feel free to come back and visit us again, MrFrugalfrank
Save On Gas
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Mar 072012
If you want to save on gas you might be tempted to buy that long promised gadget found on the Internet promising to boost your gas mileage by 25 -60%… Well I’m here to say no such thing works….Just people trying to get “Your” hard earned money.
Like the time a couple of years ago A friend of mine bought the magic magnets went on the fuel lines…He called me up and was telling me(MrFrugalFrank) how much he was saving.Since we drive very similar trucks I ask what his mileage was before the devise was installed?He told me that he never really checked…How long was he running this?He said about 30 miles or so….I then said call me and let me know when he refilled…Well I called him a few weeks later and confirmed what I already knew…His MPG was just about the same range as mine 14 MPG……
Wow this HHO sounds great? The truth be told it takes 15% more energy to turn water into Hydrogen then the energy put out……
See the thing is that a good marketeer can make anything sound reasonable. When someone is making money on a product or service be a little leery at the very least. If it sounds to good to true than it probably is..
Save gas by driving less and smarter is the best way…When buying a “new” car try to get the one that gets the best fuel mileage you can afford…
One thing that upsets me is the Media always putting down “Electric Auto’s”…Saying that the American public doesn’t want them..I talk to all kinds of people and a lot would like to have a electric car….Right now the travel range isn’t that good…50-60 miles on the Chevy Volt while Honda is coming out this year with a car that is suppose have a range 125 miles….I’m looking to buy when a range of 250 mile or more……I believe a lot of new technology is just a few years away…
We need to free this nation from the chains to the Middle East….Take a little to contribute to this cause which is America The Great….We can Rebuild This Nation One Dime At A Time….
God Bless, Mr Frugal Frank
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Mar 052012
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