First Gen American.com

Tag: Extreme Frugalism

  • My Frugal Insanity

    —

    by

    Sandy L
    in

    Tweet I’ll be the first to admit that there are about 1000 ways that I’m not frugal.  However sometimes I go just a little cuckoo about the stupidest things.    You see, it all started with a couple of unrelated events.   The first was reaching one of my debt reduction milestones and finally taking a breather…

  • Little Discoveries while cleaning at Babci’s

    —

    by

    Sandy L
    in , ,

    Tweet I can’t believe 2 months have gone by so fast.  Babci is coming home from Poland this Saturday and we’re all looking forward to her return.  She may even come home to a bathroom that doesn’t have rotten+moldy shower walls, a tub that drains and a new non-stained toilet that has a toilet seat…

  • Extreme Frugalism – How Cheap Are You?

    —

    by

    Sandy L
    in

    Tweet Today I thought I’d just post a fun quiz. I thought I’d list some things that perhaps some or all of us have done or thought about doing in the effort to save a buck. 1. When you’re at the end of the toothpaste roll do you: A)  Throw it away B)  Curl it…

  • Buy a House without a Mortgage

    —

    by

    Sandy L
    in

    Tweet So, as part of the challenging your belief series that Invest it Wisely has held, I wanted to add yet another article to the mix. Today I would like to challenge the belief that everyone has to have a mortgage in order to get a house. So, here is the typical American Process: You…