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New on the Frugal Blogroll for 3/13

New members of the Frugal Blogroll for the week ending 3/13/2010:

Flyerscoupons.ca: Canada’s Shopping & Deals Community
Frugal Fabulous Finds
If I Were a Wealthy Girl
Ending the Rat Race
The Friendly Frugalista
The EHE Blog
Crazy About Deals
Living Frugal Tips
Like a Bubbling Brook
Hummingbird Homemaking
Frugal Friends
My Money Story
Daily Frugal Hints

Blogs that should have been added long ago:

Horn Happenings (an occasional contributor to [...]

Posted by: kimc on Saturday, March 13th, 2010

New on the Frugal Blogroll for 3/6

New members of the Frugal Blogroll for the week of March 6:
GI Jane Finances
Thrift at Home
Money Beagle
The Buck List
Thrifty Jinxy

Posted by: kimc on Saturday, March 6th, 2010

A List of Lists for the Frugal

6 Noteworthy lists by frugal bloggers:

Top 100 Things to Disappear in a Disaster – what would you add to the list?
100 Ways to Save $1000 in 1 day – the title may be an exaggeration, but there’s plenty here to get anyone headed in the right direction.
Best 101 Debt-Busting Posts of 2009 (From 101 Frugal [...]

Posted by: kimc on Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

New on the Frugal Blogroll

New additions for the past week:
Gina’s Kokopelli
Centsible.net
Bits of Whitt
Money Saving Mommy
Simple Saving Savvy
frugalmompreneur.com

Posted by: kimc on Saturday, February 20th, 2010

Good links

Tomato Bread Salad – This looks simple and incredibly appealing.  Can’t wait to try it!  I wonder how it would be with homemade whole wheat bread?
Being Happier Through…Botox? – I just had to laugh about this one.  The author knew getting a botox injection wasn’t a frugal thing to do, but actually found that she [...]

Posted by: kimc on Thursday, February 18th, 2010

New on the Frugal Blogroll

I check the new ones as I add them, but would love to have your help in maintaining the bigger list.  Have you come across inactive blogs or broken links on the blogroll?  Let me know so I can keep the list up to date.
Below are new additions since last week.
Unintended Housewife
Budgets are the New [...]

Posted by: kimc on Saturday, February 13th, 2010

What if you don’t buy a daily latte?

Are you tired of seeing the same money-saving tips that don’t apply to your situation?
Low-Hanging Financial Fruit and What Comes Next
When it comes to making major changes in your financial situation, you’ll probably get some pretty standard advice for saving money: stop buying coffee every day, brown bag your lunch and start clipping coupons. That’s [...]

Posted by: kimc on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

New on the Frugal Blogroll

Savor the Savings
Tips & Treasures
Dodge & Weave
Tara’s Favorites
Prudent & Practical
The Savings Queen
My Chicago Mommy
Short on Cents
Mom Stays Home With Me
A Welcoming Heart
The Freebie Addiction
Thrifty Northwest Mom
Smart Money Mom
Mommies Savings
Keeping Our Cash
Household Cents
My Deal Frenzy
Coupon Queeny

Did you find a new favorite, or is one of your old favorites here on the list?  Give them a shout-out [...]

Posted by: kimc on Thursday, February 4th, 2010

New additions to the Frugal Blogroll

New on the Frugal Blogroll since last time:

Puget Sound Prudence
“Deal”icious Mom
Making My Own Luck
Frugal Upstate (an old-time member and occasional contributor, mysteriously lost from the list)
Coupon Queeny – One Coupon at a time!
A Frugal Housewife In-Training
La Vida Cheapo
Living Richly on a Budget
Frugal in Houston
Lovin’ Free and Frugal Without The Catch
Penniless Parenting

Posted by: kimc on Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

New additions to the Frugal Blogroll

So far, so good.  I’m keeping up on new members of the Frugal Blogroll.  New since Friday:

http://dealwisemommy.blogspot.com
http://confessionsofanover-workedmom.blogspot.com/
http://www.halloffamemoms.com
http://learningthefrugallife.blogspot.com/
http://frugalapolis.com
http://www.javagabble.com
http://moneysavvymama.blogspot.com/
http://snoodledoodles.blogspot.com/
http://moosaidthemama.blogspot.com/
http://findingfavorwithgod.blogspot.com
http://www.alaskacoupondiva.com
http://www.moderatemeans.blogspot.com
http://www.syncxpress.com/
http://www.cedarcitymom.blogspot.com/
http://moneysavingsecretsblog.com/
http://frugalplayground.com/

Did you find any new treasures to add to your daily reading?  Let us know!

Posted by: kimc on Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Bookmark this resource: The Best Time to Buy Almost Everything

The Best Time to Buy Almost Everything gives the best time of year to make almost any purchase, major or minor.  Categories include House & Home, Auto, Food, Electronics, Travel, and more.  Did you know new mattresses arrive in stores in May; Furniture in January and July; vacuum cleaners in June; appliances in September and [...]

Posted by: kimc on Monday, January 11th, 2010

AirTap: have you heard of it?

I heard about the AirTap Heat Pump Water Heater just last week on the radio, and already I want one.  It’s not cheap, but it is cheaper than the much-vaunted tankless water heater, and it seems to be easier to install and far more efficient.
Imagine a water heater that heats its water–not by gas, nor [...]

Posted by: kimc on Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

How one family eliminated $106,000 of debt in less than 5 years

He makes ~$4,000/month, and she’s a homeschooling mom.  Read their story here.

Posted by: kimc on Friday, September 25th, 2009

Assignment: find your priorities

A very intriguing assignment from Fiscal Fizzle, found via Get Rich Slowly:
Cut Your Income in Half
For this exercise, you’ll need to pull out your latest family budget and update it, if it’s not current. This establishes an accurate baseline from which to work.
To enter the scarcity mindset, imagine that your total household income has just [...]

Posted by: kimc on Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

We all know the saying that “every cloud has a silver lining,” and I love to see it applied to the current economics situation.
I’m not a Seth Godin reader, but a reader emailed this morning to tip me off to Seth’s cheery outlook in his post, Winning on the uphills.  It’s short, sweet and encouraging.
Interesting [...]

Posted by: kimc on Tuesday, August 4th, 2009