Today my toddler hit the jackpot, when my frugal eye spotted something fabulous on the side of the street. True frugality comes, when you eat, sleep and live a frugal life, and that is what this frugal mom does. We were driving home from my son’s Easter party, and as we turned into our neighborhood [...]
It is spring break in South Florida, which means many parents are looking for frugal or free family activities. I think it is important that parents look back on their own childhood, when planning family vacations or family activities. What do you remember the most about your childhood, about the family vacations and family time? [...]
Thrift Store Shopping: $17.47 for 17 pieces of clothing Thrift store shopping can be very frugal, but if you are not very careful it can end up filling your home with unneccesary clutter, and you might easily spend money that you did not plan on in the first place. From my own experience thrift store [...]
Frugal Family fun can be easy to come by, and in most cases it is free. The other day the kids and I left home early to have a picnic by the lake at my four-year-old’s school. My two youngest boys absolutely loved this special picnic, and it really was special to sit and eat [...]
Bougainvillea on a beautiful South Florida January Day My boys have been asking me to go to a very specific playground close to the beach for weeks now, but it has not exactly been beach weather lately. Yesterday, it was absolutely beautiful in South Florida, so I decided to make have some frugal family fun. [...]
Now that the kids are on holiday break, watching a movie is a great way to get them to wind down after a day out. My family’s entertainment budget is very small, so for some frugal family fun, I try to track down all of the free movies. My kids have no idea that there [...]
This week Laurie from Little Blue Chairs is starting out the Tuesday Frugal Spotlight Series by introducing us to decorating on a budget, a frugal living topic she is very familiar with, in fact I personally consider Laurie quite an expert, when it comes to decorating on a budget. Decorating On A Budget I thought [...]
The weather in South Florida can be quite tricky at this time of the year. One day we are off to the beach, swimming and having a blast, and the next day it is so chilly that we need to turn the heat on. Fortunately, we have not had to turn the heat on yet [...]
