frugal living
Emily's Frugal Tips is passionate about teaching you how to save money, and live a better life more cheaply. We are all about frugal coupon living, and different ways to save money on a tight budget. You can expect to find frugal living tips, frugal home decorating ideas, grocery shopping tips to save money, and the best tips to saving money. While learning to live well on less you might have come across many frugal living websites as well as many frugal home decorating blogs but here I teach how living rich on less is possible by experiencing my frugal home lifestyle. With my tips and tricks to living more frugally you will be able to save money while living well within your budget.
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17 Products to Organize Your Kitchen
The fear of recession has many of us penny pinching at the grocery store, in fact 72% of shoppers are buying less items to save money. One way I am attempting to save money on groceries is by making sure I am utilizing the items I already have in my pantry, fridge, and freezers. In order to know what is in my kitchen I need an organized kitchen. A disorganized kitchen will mean you don’t know what you have stocked up, and you will buy items you do not need. A disorganized kitchen will also mean perishables will go to waste more quickly. Here are some tips and product ideas…
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Five Money Saving Tips For New Parents
Author Bio: Ryan Howard runs SmartParentAdvice, a site that provides parenting advice for moms and dads. Ryan writes about all of the different ups and downs of parenting, provides solutions to common challenges, and reviews products that parents need to purchase for babies and toddlers. Having kids is one of the most rewarding experiences in the world for a lot of people. It’s also really expensive. While there is almost no getting around this fact, there are plenty of things that you can do to soften the blow. I’ve outlined five money saving tips below to get you thinking in the right direction. Second Hand Clothes Are A Life…
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Seven Ways to Beat The Holiday Blues
Thanksgiving has quickly come upon us and passed. Christmas is coming very quickly. Like the Christmas song says “ Tis The Season to be Jolly.” Right? Not always and not for all of us. Shopping, parties, and all the festivities would make it seem like we would experience a lot of joy during this time of year but the dream of a perfect holiday couldn’t be farther from the truth. For many it’s hard to beat the holiday blues. Here’s some tips to help you out. It is quite common for a lot of us to feel anything but joy. Some of us may have recently experienced a breakup, suffered…
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Save This Holiday Season on Online Purchases With Giving Assistant
This holiday season will have tons of good deals. Black Friday ads are already coming in and I am seeing hot deals on popular products from Target, Walmart, Ulta, Sephora and Kohls. Did you know you can usually get the same deals if not better by shopping online instead of standing in the long lines! Plus there are cash back sites that make savings even deeper. My favorite “cash back” sites is Giving Assistant. And they already put together this HUGE list of Black Friday Deals. I’m just going to say I may get lazy this year and point y’all to this list because it’s way better than the ones…
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Save this Flu Season with SingleCare
With the flu season upon us it’s time to get ready for the wave of misery coming to your household. Last year I struggled for over a month with laryngitis brought on by the flu virus. I couldn’t speak for over a week and it took 45 days for my voice to return to normal. Then of course spread to the rest of my family. Unfortunately, my husband doesn’t have health insurance because the plans in our area are too expensive for anything useful. However, people with insurance often have high co pays or no vision or dental coverage and that’s why For people like my husband who are without…
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Google Chromecast Streaming Media Player
This post is in partnership with Best Buy Bloggers Program, an influencer program designed to connect a bloggers readership with fantastic sponsored content, such as new products and deals. We’ve been thinking about cutting the cord to cable for a while now. With internet and cable charges combined we’re paying over $140 a month, and that’s money we could be using for our vacation fund. My readers already know I look for ways to save every penny but I also like quality things. I am not scared to drop money on good quality items or devices my family will put to good use. Still, cutting the cable bill has been…
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New Dollar Tree Value Seekers Club
I don’t know about you but The Dollar Tree is my jam. And now they have a new Dollar Tree Value Seekers Club! I am there at least weekly and more often than not multiple times a week. From personal shopping to purchasing things I need for the client’s I work with at my day job, to blogging posts I’m there all the time. I find name brands all the time and many of The Dollar Tree brands are just as good as name brand versions anyway. They are a great resource for dental care, hair supplies, snack foods, stationary, craft supplies, and school supplies. Not to mention their kitchenware.…
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Get Back to School Cash by Trading in Unused Electronics
Now that school is about to start you might be desperately trying to find ways to come up with some extra money to pay for that long school supply list. Here’s some ideas to get quick cash to buy the things you need. Note, I was compensated for this post. This post also contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on my links. Do you have electronics laying around unused? Why not make some fast cash by trading them in through Gazelle with their back to school sale. Right now you can get a $25 bonus when you trade in a…
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Power Made Easy With Legrand In Wall Power Kit at Best Buy
The reviewer has been compensated in the form of a Best Buy Gift Card and/or received the product/service at a reduced price or for free. I have been wanting to have a cordless tv for some time now. I envisioned my flat screen hanging on the wall without a cord in site. You know, looking all pretty and presentable. I gave up on that dream a long time ago but I recently had my dream fulfilled by a Best Buy project and I want to share the great news with you! You see, I never imagined there would be a device that would hide the cords without having to hassle…
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Easy Steps to Fix a Laptop With a Bad Hard Drive
Early last year I bought my son a used Dell Laptop from Amazon. At the time of purchase I was a poor graduate student and didn’t have enough money saved to purchase a brand new one. I paid $250 for the laptop thinking spending less would be better but shortly after handing over the computer to my son, it stopped working. Since I bought it used it had no warranty. So I began my Google search of fix bad hard drive. I can’t be certain but I think my son broke it. His electronics always end up ” it just stopped working mom, I didn’t do anything to it!” usually…
