How To Make a Coupon Binder

by Frugal Brian

coupons

While the vast majority of people who use store coupons will only carry a few of them in purse or pocket, the dedicated coupon clipper needs a much better way to organize their money saving endeavor. A well constructed coupon binder gives many benefits to the person who wants to pump up their couponing to professional levels. The binder is rather easy to make and the better you organize it, the easier to use and more profitable it will be. [click to continue…]

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The primary focus of Valentine’s Day is for couples to demonstrate their love for each other. Traditionally this is done by exchanging gifts and candy. While this holiday, like most others, has had a heavy element of commercialism overlaid on it, some of the most treasured gifts are those that have been lovingly handmade. For those couples who truly love each other, it really is the thought that counts. The possibilities are nearly endless but to get the creative juices flowing, here are a few ideas for homemade Valentine gifts. [click to continue…]

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Coupon Strategies to Maximize Your Dollar

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Coupon clipping has evolved over the years from a simple way to save a dollar or two on your groceries to a complex industry. For the dedicated coupon clipper, the strategies developed to maximize savings have become many and varied. They require research and dedication as much as that required by full-time career jobs. Since [...]

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Avoiding Money Leaks in Entertainment

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The old saying “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,” is a simple statement of a very powerful truth about human nature and mental health. Without the release that some form of entertainment provides, we can develop a number of debilitating conditions both physical and mental. Entertainment provides a stress release that [...]

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Drawing Electricity From The Wind

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For the conservative and frugal home owner, any extra help with the required resources to keep it functioning is welcome. It is surprisingly easy and relatively inexpensive to convert the wind in the eaves into an extra line of electrical energy that comes completely free.

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Home Grind – The Art Of Making Your Own Flour

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Another quite small and frugal tool that can provide health benefits far beyond the modest monetary savings that can be had, is the grain mill. This simple grinder turns whole grains into flour for baking breads, pastries, and more in the “making it from scratch” kitchens.

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Extreme Living – Home in a Van

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Whether the economy is driving you out of your home or you just want to cut living expenses to the bare bone, going homeless is not a necessity. Some years ago I found myself in the situation that I could afford either a home or a vehicle but not both. The solution I found, which [...]

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Frugal Foraging – The Fine and Tasty Dandelion

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We as a society are subtly trained to believe that the grocery store contains all the food that is fit to eat. Admittedly traditional food crops consist of some of the more common and flavorful plants available. They are not, however, all the tasty and nutritious foods we can find. There is one much maligned [...]

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Frugal Foraging – Three Wild Mushrooms I Have Loved

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Having spent three years living wild in the woodlands close to the Daniel Boone National Forest in Northeast Kentucky, I rediscovered some of the Earth’s bounty that my ancestors survived on. Despite the depredation of the flora and fauna in the region caused by the clear cutting of the forests in the early 20th Century [...]

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The Frugal Food Forager

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n addition to saving some money on your food bill, foraging for edible wild plants and mushrooms can have beneficial effects on your sense of personal accomplishment and well-being. We have evolved from hunter-gatherers and the “get back to nature” aspect of this increasingly popular endeavor provides fulfillment of a basic instinct.

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