Comments on: Cheerful Frugality: What’s Holding You Back

By: When Enough is Enough | Frugal Hacks

When Enough is Enough | Frugal Hacks — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:06:50 +0000

[...] Cheerful Frugality: What’s Holding You Back [...]

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:10:55 +0000

Very thought provoking! I will have to think on that and see. I think many times it is fear that holds people back. Is it holding me back? I know that is part of the reason why I haven’t finished my ebook yet. What if no one buys it? So I keep putting it off. Now might be the time to get past that. Thanks!

By: Susana

Susana — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:42:02 +0000

Great post! What’s holding me back from writing the business proposal for my book/marketing idea? Letting myself get overwhelmed, as opposed to breaking it down, piece by piece.

By: Jan

Jan — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:59:39 +0000

chinamama, I always recoup the cost of the paper at minimum. A Sunday Dallas paper cost $1.50, or you can get two bundled together for $2.00. Between CVS and Walgreens weekly specials, rebates, and “bucks”, I paid $2.63 for $23.68 cents worth of goods yesterday. So minus the cost of the newspaper, I saved almost $20.

By: The Happy Housewife

The Happy Housewife — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:42:28 +0000

Great article. I found that I was able to save more money at the grocery store when I left the kids with dad. I am able to use coupons more effectively and I don’t purchase a bunch of extra items.
Thanks-
Toni

By: MerchantShips

MerchantShips — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:27:24 +0000

Thanks for reading! I wasn’t able to open the page last night, so I couldn’t answer your coupon service question until just now.

Selling coupons is illegal; however, you can pay a fee to have someone (usually a SAHM)clip certain coupons and mail them to you.

Splitting hairs, right?

Gina from Six In The Country has a good post on the topic of coupon services, along with a link to the one she uses:
http://sixinthecountry.blogspot.com/2008/01/my-secret-coupon-source.html

By: Shannon Miller

Shannon Miller — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:33:52 +0000

So often, for me anyway, it’s just a matter of stopping to think. Time for uninterupted thought is hard to come by at my house, but it’s never been more neccessary as we adjust to being a family of 6. I’ve started making myself notes – “this isn’t working” or “how can I save on this” – and then pouring myself a nice cup of cocoa at night to really figure something out. Our grocery budget has climbed over the last six or seven months and tonights project is to get it back in line!

By: Dirkey

Dirkey — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:22:00 +0000

I don’t understand the coupon service.
Let me know as well

By: chinamama4

chinamama4 — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:11:57 +0000

Meredith, please elaborate on “coupon service”! Our best discount grocery store does not take internet coupons, and we can’t justify the cost of a Sunday paper just for the coupons (sort of defeats the purpose, doesn’t it?).

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:59:01 +0000

I am struggling with this too. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about why I’m not more frugal and it all boils down to fear of learning/trying new things and how it’s easier to throw money at a problem.
I just have to make the first step and the rest will work itself out.