Hello Almost Frugal!

Hello Almost Frugal readers and Thank you for stopping by!

A few months ago, I was interviewed by Kelli Rigotti, writer and publisher for the website Almost Frugal, learning about Frugality. The interview contained 4 questions about What Frugal Looks Like.

4 questions, but during the process of answering them I realized something:

Frugality is not second nature....It's something you have to learn and work at every day!

When that sunk in, I was rather intimidated and started wondering if I was even qualified to answer these 4 questions. It took me a few days of thinking before I could respond and those questions, 1 in particular have been on my mind every since, and I am curious about what other people would say.

What are your long term goals that being frugal will help you accomplish?

Are you frugal to help yourself and your family? Can you do something to help your friends and community? Can your frugal ways help the environment? All of these questions were inspired by that 1 question, and I have been thinking long and hard on how to answer them, because Frugality is not second nature, it is something I am still learning and working at every day.

Many Thanks to Kelli Rigotti for the opportunity to contribute to Almost Frugal!

Thanks again from stopping by, here are some of my favorite posts from the past that have a frugal focus.

The Penny Experiment - Giving back to my community

Keeping It Together! - How I wrangle my coupons :)

Growing our own - preserving food for the winter.

Frugal yard sale finds

August 9, 2009

I have been learning how to home can food but the truth is getting started in it is rather expensive. Once you have the supplies you need, you can re-use most of them, but getting them in the first place is spendy. Royce got a rare Friday off this last week so we decided to go some Yard-Sale shopping. I haven't done that for a few years, every since I decided that I had to have a yard sale before I could go shopping at one. (Ok, I cheated a couple times) We lucked out and found an estate sale where I was able to purchase 15 Quart canning jars for just $2.00, and at another yard sale I picked up 6 more for $1.50. Walmart wants $17.98 for just 12, so for 21 quart jars for $3.50 was a no brainer. And, they are the wide mouth jars too which tend to be a bit more expensive. I will still need to buy lids and a few more rings but Im very happy that I was able to find these.

We also found a sale that had some boy's clothes that were in excellent shape. Anyone who has little boys knows that its almost impossible to find used clothing for them that is decent. Colby got 2 pull-over hoodies, a zipper hoody, and pair of Osh-gosh jeans and a pair or thermal underwear for $3.00!!

I love yard sales!