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What Black Friday Critics Miss

November 26, 2021 by Penny 51 Comments

One Facebook friend shopped for eight hours on Black Friday. Another took three friends and filled one shopping cart a piece. I looked at photo after photo as they flooded social media. There were a lot–and I mean A LOT–of shopping hashtags and not a single #OptOutside on my Facebook feed. The Black Friday critics … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Spending Tagged: Black Friday, black friday critics, budget, consumerism, Cyber Money, gifts, holidays, shopping

5 Seasonal Shopping Tips You Actually Need–No, Really!

November 25, 2020 by Penny 4 Comments
Holiday Gift Bags Shopping Tips You Actually Need

There’s a chill in the air and a battle over when Christmas music can be played. The start of the holiday season is unmistakable. With all the promise of glitter and gifts, there’s also plenty of advice that gets floated around. Only spend X dollars. Purchase precisely Y things. Make sure you have Z experiences. … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Spend Tagged: Black Friday, Christmas, Christmas shopping, consumerism, holiday shopping, minimalism

Why Would a Frugalista Who Hates Her Mortgage Spend a Stimulus Check?

April 20, 2020 by Penny 10 Comments

I hate my mortgage. If you’ve read my blog at all, you’re probably acutely aware of how much it eats away at me on psychological and emotional levels. You also probably know that I can be the queen of frugal, even if it makes things downright awkward. So why in the world would this frugalista … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Spend Tagged: charity, consumerism, investing, local, local businesses, mortgage, recession, shop small, small business, stimulus, stimulus check

7 Ways I’m Curbing Impulse Spending Over the Holiday Weekend

January 20, 2020 by Penny 3 Comments
7 Ways I'm Curbing Impulse Spending This Holiday Weekend

There’s a scene in the movie Clueless where Alicia Silverstone’s character is accused of being aimless. She insists that she has direction, and is promptly chided, “Towards the mall!” That, friends, was me in a nutshell for years. Decades really.  I didn’t have any concrete financial ambitions or direction. And I shopped like it was … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Save Tagged: baking, consumerism, create, creating, creative, decluttering, impulse buys, sales, saving, shopping, spending

What Should I Put on My Toddler’s Christmas List?

November 20, 2019 by Penny 16 Comments
What Should I Put On My Toddlers Christmas List?

In what can only be described as a Herculean effort fool’s errand, I announced to my family that I wanted to finish Christmas shopping this year by the end of November. The fallout was mighty. However, the most unexpected consequence of my hubris came from my mom. Namely, she met my request with one of … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Spend Tagged: Christmas, Christmas list, consumerism, gift giving, gifts, materialism, presents, shopping, toddler

Celebrating Your Money Wins – Volume 21

August 21, 2019 by Penny 2 Comments
Summer Money Wins Carnival Fund

Summer might be winding down, but money wins are still going strong. As far as us personally, we are celebrating a huge debt payoff milestone, but the personal money win that I want to celebrate today is actually a lot less flashy.  My husband and I sat down and brainstormed some of the different things … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Celebrate Tagged: accounts, community, consumerism, Fidelity, garden, gardening, investing, money wins, recycle, relationships, reuse, Vanguard

“I Don’t Buy My Kid Toys”: June 2019 Decluttering Update

July 10, 2019 by Penny 11 Comments
Decluttering Update June 2019

“I don’t buy my kid toys.” I remember hearing that sentence like it was yesterday. But it wasn’t. It was 12 years ago, and it was at my parents’ house. My cousins were visiting for the holidays with their 1-year-old baby, and that comment was part of their very grateful acceptance of the gift we … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Declutter Tagged: birthdays, consumerism, decluttering, gifts, minimalism, toddler, toys

3 Things I Learned When I Stopped Decluttering

June 24, 2019 by Penny 16 Comments
Why I Stopped Decluttering

It’s true. I decluttered exactly zero things in May. None. Zilch. Zero. Nada. After months of detailed recaps outlining everything I decluttered, I simply walked away from it all. And like most things in life, the reasons are complicated.  In May, the school year was winding down. Except it wasn’t. Instead of the usual decrescendo … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Declutter Tagged: clutter, consumerism, decluttering, growth, minimalism, process, Thoreau

I’m Not a Minimalist…Am I?

May 1, 2019 by Penny 6 Comments
I'm Not a Minimalist Am I Podcast

A rose by any other name would still smell as sweet. A minimalist by any other name would still have less stuff. Right? I try to not get caught up in labels on this blog. In fact, it’s probably one of the many fundamental flaws in my overall blogging strategy. It flies in the face … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Declutter Tagged: clutter, consumerism, decluttering, minimalism, podcast, Tiny Bites

When Your Goals Have Nothing to Do With Money

March 25, 2019 by Penny 38 Comments
When Your Goals Have Nothing to Do With Money

“When did I decide I was actually never going to work out?” I said that to my husband today. I looked him square in the eye because I was hoping he knew the answer. I didn’t when I asked him. I still don’t.  Of course, I could give the standard troupe about parenthood. But here’s … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Spend Tagged: consumerism, frugality, goal, goals, happiness, motherhood, spending
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