Reply With Quotei feel the same way.Originally Posted by d_awalker
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Re: What does Frugal Living mean to you???
It means to stay at home and not go out to eat 5 days a week. It means saving those pennies that you find on the ground. It means taking advantage of all the free things to do in your neighborhoods. Or less expensive ways to help cut costs all around. We have been going to the 2.00 movie houses instead of the more expensive ones. What a great outing.
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i feel the same way.
Für all die träume Die uns entgleiten Für all die ängste Die sich verbreiten Komm und erlöse mich von mir Komm und erlöse mich
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My hubby cant get enough of craigslist!! I just sold a projector (we hadnt used in over a year!!) on there last week - enough to pay off a couple bills!! Freecycle is great too!!!
Tragedy, sadness, loneliness and despair taught me that life is really a beautiful thing; if it wasn't I wouldn't be able to recognize that anything was wrong - Lynn in Virginia
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I learnt at a very young age this type of living, everyone in the family did their share.
JoAnn
"Joy is not in things. It is in us"
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Frugal living does not just mean saving money to me. Frugal also means not falling into the culture of consumerism that so many people enjoy. Do I really need to buy something just because it was advertised on TV or because "everyone else" has it? I like to cook and bake things from scratch. I never buy things in a mix or stuff like Cool Whip. This does save money but it also fits in with what I believe in general. When I can get something from a thrift store or yard sale that saves money but it also keeps things out of the landfill. When I buy something new there is a cost to the planet from the manufacturing process so I think of buying something used as "green".
Dianne
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I am an anti-consumerism person as well. Buying items just for the sake of "buying" has gotten this country in a miserable shape. My mom always taught me to rail against the system that teaches us to spend everything and make nothing. She also taught me how to make items, sewing and foodwise, that I would not have to buy.
My family and I also love to sit around and make fun of the commercials we see on tv! We often pick apart their message. (IF you won't buy their products, you and your family will be a miserable, unhealthy, and broke.) We have also noticed the huge increase in pharmaceutical commercials. "Need to sleep...Take this pill...Need lovin'...take this pill...heartburn...take this pill..." IT is really sad that everyone in the market wants to drain the consumers dry of their money.
April
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Neither a borrower nor a lender be.
I should have listened to Shakespeare!
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I agree totally! It is the awareness of our finances, living within our means, and enjoying the fruits of our labor. We all work very hard for our money...and it is a fine art in the 'stretching' of the dollars. I find it almost a game or a sport...I compete with myself...trying to 'out-do' myself each week. I love the thrill/challenge of finding the deals...seeing how far I can make our money go (it is a necessity...especially during these economic times...but why not make it fun in the process).When most people think of frugal living, they think it means being miserable, or giving up what they want. In my opinion this is all wrong. Frugality is simply the practice of choosing less expensive alternatives. When you buy things for less, what do you get? You get more money left over to buy more of what you want! Frugality doesn't mean being a scrooge or living without comfort. Frugality has to start with the big things, and if it never gets down to the small items, you'll still be further ahead financially than most people.
What does it mean to you??
Denise
Upstate NY
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Excellent brchbell!!!!!!!
Tragedy, sadness, loneliness and despair taught me that life is really a beautiful thing; if it wasn't I wouldn't be able to recognize that anything was wrong - Lynn in Virginia
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i know our landlords left a lot of crap, and i wonder if i could sell it on craigslist.. they said for us to do whatever we wanted with it..
Für all die träume Die uns entgleiten Für all die ängste Die sich verbreiten Komm und erlöse mich von mir Komm und erlöse mich
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We have a store here called "Plato's closet" and my daughters have taken their cloths there and exchanged. This is a great way to save!!
Tragedy, sadness, loneliness and despair taught me that life is really a beautiful thing; if it wasn't I wouldn't be able to recognize that anything was wrong - Lynn in Virginia
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