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Every Tuesday is Finance Day at The Busy Frugal Mom.

Do your finances feel a bit like wading into the deep water and you’re unsure of what rocky terrain lies beneath? Wish you could Get Out of Debt but need some ideas? Here are 50 concrete ways to put your desires into action. Use the links within the [...]

Do you use onion powder or garlic powder a lot? Did you know it’s super easy to make your own and much cheaper too! The recipe is the same for either one.
Ingredients:

Onions OR Garlic Cloves

Preparation:

Onions: Peel & finely chop onions
Garlic: Peel and thinly slice garlic cloves
Spread the onion or garlic pieces out on a tray. Bake them at [...]

Cooking frugally is easy when you master some basic skills. And, in today’s economy who doesn’t want to be a little bit more frugal? I just love to create meals with whatever I have on hand. A little bit of this, a little bit of that… I almost never follow a recipe - sort of.
Getting a [...]

Fabric softener can be very expensive. Years ago, I learned a way to make your own dryer sheets for pennies on the dollar. Take a couple of old washcloths (or rags). Pour your fabric softener into a squirt bottle. Spray one of your washcloths 3 times on each side. Toss into the dryer with your [...]

There are a lot of good blogs in the web about being frugal, getting out debt, and living smarter.. But getting out of debt and living within your means has been said to be only 20% knowledge. The other 80% percent is action. That leads to to today’s bible verse.
Whoever watches the wind will never [...]

“I need a good cup of coffee. I just worked all night and now I have to take care of 3 kids all day.” Once upon time I could hear my husband saying that. He’s on his way home from his weekly night shift and is exhausted. $5 won’t really break the bank - or [...]

The most common viewpoint is that ARMs are a great way to get into a home with a lower payment. We may take a 5 year ARM because we “know” that we’ll be moving within that time frame. But will we?
We bought our home 5 years ago expecting to move within that timeframe and then [...]

It’s very easy to raise kids to love things but it’s much more difficult to raise them to appreciate what they do have. I watched one of the Kennedy’s appearances on a talk show. When asked about material things she commented about her families daily discussion. Dinner table discussions were never about mom’s new dress [...]

Have you ever tasted Tastefully Simple’s beer bread? If you haven’t, your missing out! I love it but I don’t love it’s price. Here is a very inexpensive way to make it yourself. In about five minutes!
Beer Bread



3 C. self-rising flour
½ C. sugar

12-oz. can/bottle of beer
melted butter

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine dry ingredients in [...]

I’m a garage sale lover. What frugal mom isn’t? A few years ago I happened upon a nice but well loved table with 2 chairs for $25. We had other miscellaneous chairs at home to fill the table.
Two More Matching Chairs
Sitting of in a corner at our church we were quite surprised to find 2 [...]