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Persevering

I shouldn’t be doing this.

November 4, 2010

At least, that’s what Everett Bogue* says….that we shouldn’t write posts about it when we mess up.  And that we shouldn’t show weakness. *I do think that a lot of what Everett writes is brilliant…I just disagree with him on this point. My natural self would prefer to blog that way…. to hide my mistakes [...]

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A new series is coming to a Frugal Girl blog near you!

October 5, 2010

Probably that’s this blog. I have long felt that a contented attitude is key to cheerful frugal living, and key to proper money management. Why? People who lack contentment will never be happy, regardless of how much money or stuff they accumulate. No job, no home, no car, no wardrobe and no income is ever [...]

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My Day so Far

July 16, 2009

Frugal stuff is really quite interlaced into my daily life, and so I thought you might find it vaguely interesting if I wrote down today’s activities.  I also failed to plan ahead which means that I don’t have time to write a meatier post.  Ahem.  Hopefully this will be better than no post, though.  Until [...]

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The Power of Positive Peer Pressure

April 21, 2009

I promise I didn’t do all the alliteration on purpose.  Peer pressure usually gets a bad rap(and it is true that hanging around spendy people can tempt you to spend), but I’ve noticed that the right sort can have a very positive impact on the way that I view my finances.  Back when I first [...]

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Why I’m looking forward to warmer weather.

April 13, 2009

(or, Why I Am Not Going to Miss Cold Weather. At Least For a While.) Even though I’m not a fan of hot weather(Boo! to heat and humidity), I am seriously pining after some warm weather. Mostly, that’s because I am not used to living in such a cold house, and living in such a [...]

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My Un-Riveting Story

April 9, 2009

As I’ve perused the personal finance blogosphere, I’ve noticed that a lot of bloggers used to be pretty bad with money and thus have some amazing come-back stories…things like, “I paid off $60,000 of debt in 8 months.” or, “We paid down 5 credit cards in a year.”, and they tell of moments when the [...]

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