What if being frugal made you feel like a million bucks? You’d live a rich and happy life–while saving more money than you ever imagined! If you’re frustrated with your finances, drowning in debt, or just wondering where your money goes each month, don’t despair. For in these pages lies the secret to financial peace and harmony: how to become a frugillionaire. Unlike millionaires and billionaires, frugillionaires aren’t defined by the number of zeroes in their net worth, or the haute couture in their closets. Quite the contrary: frugillionaires master the art of frugality–living richly while saving a fortune. They make the most of the money they have, and treasure those things that money can’t buy. Best of all, becoming a frugillionaire is easy! Just open this book, and you’ll find 500 fabulous savings techniques at your fingertips. Mix and match them into your personal formula for financial success!

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Becoming a single parent is stressful no matter what your life circumstances. The task of raising a child on your own and becomes even more difficult if you lack of quality education. Single parents can improve the circumstances of themselves and their children by improving their education levels. Learn how education can make your life better and increase the chances that your child will succeed in the future.

Single Parents: How Education Can Improve Your Circumstances

Education Improves Single Parent Circumstances – Finances
The most obvious way an education can improve a single parent’s circumstances, is by increasing the potential for making more money. Not only can an educated parent get a better job, their existing boss will be more willing to promote them and give them a raise.

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Review

“There are a lot of ideas you already know in this book, but at the price, even if you get just a couple of new hints, it could be helpful. Since we know how well our New Year’s resolutions about dieting are going to work out, we might as well resolve to watch our pennies and become more frugal in 2009.”  —Pasadena Star News, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Whittier Daily News

Frugality isn’t new. People throughout the ages have sought to live better while living within their means, and that’s really what it comes down to for many seniors today. They are looking for creative ways to save money, thereby reducing stress, enjoying a happier and richer life and, all the while, benefiting the environment. Are these seniors tightwads? Hardly. Frugal? Proudly!

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According to some sources, after weight loss and quitting smoking, money management and savings goals top the New Year’s resolution list.

There are some small yet significant changes you can make to make the new year better financially. In January, many companies allow you to change your 401k or retirement plans. Maximize your money by putting in as much as the company matches, or even more. Start a saving’s account and put money in it every paycheck before using money for anything else. Even if it is just $5.00 every two weeks, you will be ahead of the game.

More savings tips and tricks will always show up on this blog and the Save Money Frugal Tips website.

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From Publishers Weekly

Departing from the get rich mantra of many personal finance books, Yeager, once dubbed the Ultimate Cheapskate by NBC’s Today Show, instead advises readers to shift their priorities and live well on less in this sensible guide to frugal living. Yeager himself retired from a career as a nonprofit executive at age 46 by saving on expenses large (he and his wife renovated their home themselves and exercise and eat well to cut down on medical costs) and small (he soft-boils his eggs in the dishwasher during the wash cycle). Embedded in the sometimes juvenile humor and aw-shucks prose are some original ideas for conserving cash, such as trying a fiscal fast—going a full week or more without spending any money. Most of all, he urges readers to free themselves from the Money Step, the endless dance of having to earn more in order to spend more. By emphasizing the virtues and satisfactions of living cheaply, Yeager convincingly makes the case that fruga (more…)

You?re young. You?ve used up the handful of decorating ideas you ever had and, frankly, it?s time to take down the tapestries and the pushpin-worn posters. You?re livin? in the real world now, sister. And, you?re broke. So what if your mom thinks you?re sassy and sophisticated?it?s high time you showed everyone else you truly are. In Chick Living, Kris Koederitz Melcher teaches us how to live frugally while oozing fabulousness. Melcher?s got your back with real-life lessons in necessity such as securing renter?s insurance, getting enough calcium in your diet, and when to take your car and yourself in for a routine checkup. We can all learn a lesson or two from Melcher who, in her first year out of college, paid every bill on time and had funds left over for starting a Grown-up Girl wardrobe and a savings account. What?s a Grown-up Girl Wardrobe, you ask? What?s a savings account? Never fear, oh sweet young dear. Help is on the way. It?s an expensive w (more…)

VHS recording of presentations made at Fourth Annual National Catholic Family Conference by Scott and Kimberly Hahn — as new VHS in clamshell case

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A collection of the very best tips and tricks for stretching the family dollar from celebrity thrifters.

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“We have always known that delicious and nutritious meals can be prepared at home for less than a family spends off the value menu at the local fast food stop.The Frugal Foodie not only features tasty recipes that stretch the food dollar but also includes fun and useful tips for kids projects, beauty remedies and edible gifts.”– Rima Barkett and Claudia Pruett, authors of Cooking Dinner: Simple Italian Family Recipes Everyone Can Make.”Shirk and Star will have you whipping up delectable meals on a shoestring. Just think of all the cute shoes you can buy with those savings—you’ll truly be strutting your stuff in the kitchen!” —Ame Mahler Beanland, co-author of the New York Times Bestseller Nesting: It’s a Chick Thing© and Postcards from the Bump”This is the perfect book for the times. Actually, it’s perfect for any time! Cook up any of these delicious low-cost recipes, and you can put the extra money toward something else! If you love saving money, and (more…)

An original vintage magazine ad print from the year published. Print ads make unique gift items that can be framed as artwork. Shipped flat un-framed in plastic sleeve with backing board.

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