This week I'm listing thrift oriented websites.
America's Cheapest Family and the Home Economiser Newsletter - the story of the appropriately named Economides family:
Steve and Annette Economides (Econo mee dis) have raised five kids, paid off their first home in 9 years on an average income of just $35,000, pay cash for their cars and don’t use a credit card . . . ever. The have cashed in on the American dream in a very un-American way — with no debt.
Susanne, the Hillbilly Housewife, has a website,a blog and a recipe index. I glanced over a few of the crockpot recipes - bc who doesn't love the smell of a delicious dinner cooking in the crockpot all day long? - and the ones I happened upon look pretty easy.
I'm Susanne, the new owner and creator of the Hillbilly Housewife. The focus here is on low-cost, home-cooking from scratch. The recipes are all tested in a real kitchen with hungry children, stalking cats, begging puppies and a playful husband underfoot. The ingredients are affordable and readily available in most areas.
Hundreds of well-known online stores like Barnes and Noble, Staples, and Overstock.com have a place within their shopping cart for a "coupon code" that gives a percent or dollar amount off your purchase. If you don't know the code, you can't take advantage of the discount. You can find these secret discount codes and coupon codes listed on many sites across the internet but the problem with these sites is that they're usually personal homepages and they don't maintain their lists! Currentcodes.com has a full-time staff of trained individuals whose only job is to find new coupon codes and discount codes and verify the accuracy of the existing database. We don't flood you with ads and we don't throw deals in your face. No hype, just current codes.
Frugal Living in the UK - I thought it might be interesting to read what those thrifty Brits are up to.
Welcome to Frugal Living in the UK. Whether you want to reduce your debts, save for a holiday, stay at home with your children, live more simply or just beat the system a little and end up with more cash, we hope you find something here to help. Consider yourself as in a clothes shop - look around, try the ideas on for size, take what's right for you and leave the rest for someone else. The main sections are listed at the top of each page and there is a spiritual abundance section listed at the bottom that you can take or leave as you please.
Frugal Families consists of two sections. Our public areas are chock full of helpful information to help you stretch your paycheck. The other area is the paid community or private forums. The forums are an invaluable source of knowledge and frugal support.
Simple Living America - I haven't read this one beyond skimming the front page articles, but it looks interesting and sensible.
Living On A Dime - well, not quite a dime, but this mother-daughter duo tries to get as close as possible.
Tawra Kellam and Jill Cooper are a mother daughter team who learned to live in difficult financial circumstances at a time in life when money was always in short supply. Living in a situation where they had to choose between one necessity and another really helped them gain a new perspective about the value of things. It also helped them make distinctions between needs and desires.
Their goal is to educate people about better ways to handle money in the hope that the people they touch can live more fulfilled and less stressful lives. Their story is not just for people who live on very small incomes. Instead, they hope that sharing their story of money scarcity and how they dealt with it will help people more wisely manage their resources and become financially strong.
If you Google 'thrifty websites' or 'frugal websites' or 'money saving websites', you'll get tons of links. And many of those links offer lists of links to similar websites.
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