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Frugality

Frugality is the practice of economy in spending money or using resources. This category lists sites related to frugality in homemaking.

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The $39 Experiment

An ordinary man asks 100 random companies for free stuff and logs their responses.

About.com: Frugal Living

Offers articles on getting away from the consumer mindset. Features chat, a newsletter and a forum.

Adventures of Frugal Girl

Melanie offers a window into her life by sharing ideas, giving advice, and being an example of how one can have nice things but not go broke in the process.

All Things Frugal

E-zine and articles specifically regarding saving money and advice on how to live a more frugal life.

Almost Frugal

Blog geared for beginners to the frugal lifestyle from five separate contributors.

Always Frugal

Written by a thrifty mom of two, based on her experiences from quitting full-time work to start a family and transitioning to a one income household.

Become Thrifty

Offers common sense advice for financial matters faced by households and individuals as well as an actionable guide to becoming thrifty.

CheapCooking.com

Information for cutting back on food-related expenses. Includes a cost-per-serving calculator for various cuts of meat.

Confessions of a Couponaholic

Introduction to a frugal lifestyle by way of couponing. Run by a Texas mom, the site is more geared towards younger families.

Free Stuff

Access freebies, online paid surveys, online contests and competitions, free samples and giveaways.

Froogalism

Focused on maximizing current possessions, also features general savings tips and product reviews.

Frugal and Thriving

Blog that shares tips on frugal living, saving money, and conserving resources.

Frugal Families

Focuses on supporting the family unit through simple, frugal living and homesteading. Features recipes, articles, tips, printable forms and holiday ideas.

Frugal Family

Articles and tips on how a family can live frugally in the 21st century without feeling deprived.

Frugal for Life

Blog containing information on maintaining a frugal lifestyle; specifically covering money management and shopping advice.

Frugal Happy Families

Frugal tips and advice as it relates to the well-being of the family. Also includes breakdowns of products how they can be purchased inexpensively.

The Frugal Life

Offers money saving tips and articles. Features a newsletter, bulletin board and forum.

Frugal Living Freedom

Practical advice for living on less and achieving financial freedom through a mindset of frugality.

A Frugal Mom

A mother of three chronicles her family's goals of frugality from 2008 - 2012.

Frugal Simplicity

Articles about getting more out of a dollar by living simply. Hundreds of articles with advice concerning all aspects of thrifty living.

Frugal Tip of the Week

Kept by Neil and Julie Mayo, offers many frugal tips as well as user-submitted entries.

The Frugal Toad

A personal finance blog that provides money management tips and cost saving strategies and resources. Provides distinction between living frugally and living cheaply.

Frugal Village

Homemaking, budgeting tips, interactive forums, articles and other resources on frugal living.

The Frugality Game

The Frugality Game is a free online tool that introduces topics in frugality, personal finance, and banking to adults and children through an video interface.

FrugalWorld

Blog offering many made-at-home products and how-to articles.

A Full Cup

Mail in rebates, printable coupons, coupon generator, filler items, promotional codes and local store deals listed. Member trade area.

Funny about Money

Reflections, reports, how-to articles, and tips on personal finance, household management, and the passage of time.

GrocerySavingTips.com

Offers general and aisle-by-aisle grocery shopping tips as well as a grocery store directory.

Hillbilly Housewife

Low cost recipes, monthly bargains, homemade convenience foods, cheap and easy cooking from scratch.

Inexpensively

Heather Sokol's blog that provides pragmatic advice on budgeting and a money-saving lifestyle.

Living On A Dime

Advice on how to live more frugally. Also offers home-made versions of commercial products and low-cost recipes, and sells e-books.

Miserly Moms

Tools and information moms need to cut back working hours to spend time with family.

Mommysavers

Community featuring money saving tips, personal growth, parenting support, recipes.

Ms. Cheap

Authored by Mary Hance, who has been writing about frugal living for over 30 years, the site is part of the Nashville paper The Tennessean.

Ms. Frugal

Frugal blog covering savings around the home and thrifty shopping. Also contains frugal recipes and contact information.

Picky Pinchers

Follows a journey to get out of debt and save money for early retirement after accumulating $80,000 in consumer and student loan debt.

Pretty Frugal Living

Amrita Singh's blog covering frugal homemaking, home decoration, crafting, and recipes.

Rangy Lil's Frugality

Money saving tips from grocery shopping to mortgages.

Savvy Frugality

Blog about frugal living, making the most of what you already have, and illustrating differences between being cheap and being frugal.

The Simple Dollar

A personal finance blog provides frugality and money management tips, ideas for frugal living with high quality of life.

Thrift Store Collecting Experiences

Illustrated journal of thrifting experiences and items purchased.

Thrifty Momma Ramblings

A blog covering money-saving tips around the house, simple do-it-yourself projects, and product giveaways.

Thrifty Sustainability

Information about adopting a thrifty lifestyle. Also addresses sustainability and low-impact living with advice on topics such as foraging and Do It Yourself projects.

Totally Frugal

A community with articles, tips, specials, coupons and forums aimed at assisting in the living of a simpler, more rewarding life.

Upstate Couponers

Frugal and couponing tips from upstate New York. Also includes articles on credit management and personal finance.