How to Create a Budget in 5 Baby Steps

While it would be nice for you to know down to the penny where all of your money is going, you may find the idea of sitting down to calculate all of these expenses daunting and choose to avoid the experience all together. This is especially true if you are new to reining in your

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Saving Money During Visits from Friends and Family

by Tonya Rapley This guest post is from Tonya 1/2 of My Fab Fico (Victoria is the other half) and one-fifth of my Frugal Fab Five, the personal finance group that I am a member of that is committed to helping women get their money right. This post  is really helpful if you love having

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It’s Never Too Early: 5 Tips to Conquer Holiday Shopping Like a Frugalista!

This week marked the official start of Fall – my favorite season! But just like dear old summer, you can bet your bottom dollar that autumn will be gone in a flash. Before you know it, the holiday shopping season will be upon us. And if your local retailers are anything like mine, you’ve had

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4 Fab and Frugal Ways to Celebrate the Good Times

We all know life is hard. So when something good happens to us, we want to celebrate. And we should! I fully believe that we should recognize and celebrate our successes. Hard work deserves to be acknowledged, and there is nothing more uplifting to the soul than to honor ourselves during joyous occasions and times of success. However, the

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And The Winners of the Walmart Gift Cards Are….

Frugalista#1: Bosslady1333 Frugalista#2 Tamika Nicole Thanks ladies for entering. Enjoy your gift cards! Fabulously and Frugally Yours, Kara  

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Start Strong, End Stronger: Fab & Frugal Financial Tips for Your 20’s, 30’s and 40’s

In Your 20’s Your Credit Score is King Make sure that you protect your credit by paying bills in a timely and responsible manner. Your credit is the most important part of your finance picture. It will have the biggest impact on any lines of credit you may be offered; including cars, homes and loans.

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Eating Healthily on a Budget: 20 Tips To Picking The Best Fruits and Vegetables

Summer is coming to an end. When I was a classroom teacher I LOVED my summers. It gave me over sixty days to relax, recenter, and get back on track with some healthy eating and exercise. But now as an administrator, I have to work during the summer and fit all of that juicy relaxation

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Fab N’ Frugal TV: Start Saving For Your Guilty Pleasure in Less Than 30 Minutes (VIDEO)

Are you ONLY saving for a “rainy’ day? While it is important to prepare for life’s misfortunes: a job loss, property damage, or a divorce, it is important  of the utmost importance that we save so that we can enjoy the experiences and items that ROCK our world. In today’s episode, I teach you three

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6 Tips To Keep Your Fresh Fruits and Vegetables From Spoiling and Wasting Your Money

In yesterday’s post about my tour of Walmart’s produce section, I mentioned that I was wasting money trying to eat healthily. Not because of the prices, per se. It was because many of the fruits and vegetables that I bought spoiled because I pussyfooted on eating them or cooking them. (side note: I thought pussyfoot was a

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Eating Healthily On a Budget: My Journey Continues with a Tour of Walmart’s Produce Section #WMTFresh

* I am a compensated member of the Walmart Fresh Crew. All opinions are my own.*Prior to joining the Walmart Fresh Crew, I had been struggling to balance my busy schedule: work, home, and my health. I had already lost about seven of the twelve pounds that I had wanted to lose, but realized that

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