The Frugal Living Ideas Blog

Back to school challenges are as varied as those that go back to school.  The person may be starting school for the very first time or be starting the final year of college.  The normal challenges of returning to school include such things as getting up for school on time, finding new friends in new classes and getting used to the timeline of getting homework and all the projects completed within the given deadlines.  In many ways, these are the easy challenges that come with starting school.  But there are other challenges (as we found out this year) that come with starting school and I know that we are by no means alone. Consider if you will starting sports for the first time.  We had physicals,  uniforms, supplies and trips that we have to pay for.  But even those weren’t as challenging as those sprains and for some of the teammates, concussions, and broken bones.  No those are things that they never tell you about when schools getting read...

"It's easy to say that you want to save more money. It's harder to actually implement that. Living a frugal life calls for a lifestyle change and a conscious awareness of how you're spending and saving. It also requires a certain know-how. Learn these tried-and-tested frugal tips from fellow scrimpers cited in Reddit's subsection for frugal people." More here from PopSugar.

"My grandmother was a master of frugal living. She could pinch a penny hard enough to flatten it. She took saving money and cutting corners to a dangerous extreme sometimes." The article is here .