- Jun 27, 2014
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I love living a frugal lifestyle! I'm always on the look for more ways to save.
For now we save by not having cell phones, not having cable (or netflix, or hulu - no tv at all), only one computer in the house (a clunky old desk top that drives me nuts sometimes), and we have an internet phone (Ooma - that we pay just under $4 a month for).
We buy used and pay cash (cars, clothes, furniture, etc) . We do our own fixing up (car repairs, house repairs, etc). I cook practically everything from scratch (so, crackers, biscuits, muffins, cookies, cakes, etc). I haven't figured out pasta yet... but it's something I'd like to try!
We also grow and put away as much food as we can of our own. I didn't grow up canning so it's still something I'm learning to enjoy
I like the idea behind preserving your own harvest, but... boy, it's hard work! As for the gardening part, that's one of my favorite hobbies, so I do enjoy that part.
We buy groceries at discount stores and have saved a bundle by doing that! For our family of 7 people we can get a ton of veggies and fruits and other necessities for around $90 a week. I'm still amazed by that.
We shop at Aldis, local discount stores (the one here is called Penny Pinchers) and sometimes at a local discount bread store (where they sell organic breads for .59 a loaf because they are close to the expiration date, but still good!)
Another thing we do is always ask for discounts (for internet services, medical bills, car insurance, and so forth.) It never hurts to ask. And I always shop around to find the best price.
This system has worked very well for us as we are able to live comfortably on just one modest income and still be able to invest, take family vacations, build a house, etc...
I blog about some of those things at http://thenaturalhomestead.blogspot.com/ under the $100 a week link. There's a lot of family stories in there, too, so you might have to skip around
For now we save by not having cell phones, not having cable (or netflix, or hulu - no tv at all), only one computer in the house (a clunky old desk top that drives me nuts sometimes), and we have an internet phone (Ooma - that we pay just under $4 a month for).
We buy used and pay cash (cars, clothes, furniture, etc) . We do our own fixing up (car repairs, house repairs, etc). I cook practically everything from scratch (so, crackers, biscuits, muffins, cookies, cakes, etc). I haven't figured out pasta yet... but it's something I'd like to try!
We also grow and put away as much food as we can of our own. I didn't grow up canning so it's still something I'm learning to enjoy
We buy groceries at discount stores and have saved a bundle by doing that! For our family of 7 people we can get a ton of veggies and fruits and other necessities for around $90 a week. I'm still amazed by that.
We shop at Aldis, local discount stores (the one here is called Penny Pinchers) and sometimes at a local discount bread store (where they sell organic breads for .59 a loaf because they are close to the expiration date, but still good!)
Another thing we do is always ask for discounts (for internet services, medical bills, car insurance, and so forth.) It never hurts to ask. And I always shop around to find the best price.
This system has worked very well for us as we are able to live comfortably on just one modest income and still be able to invest, take family vacations, build a house, etc...
I blog about some of those things at http://thenaturalhomestead.blogspot.com/ under the $100 a week link. There's a lot of family stories in there, too, so you might have to skip around