Today's #ThriftyThursday topic is how to be thrifty - or frugal - in everyday life. Frugality gets a bad rap but that's because, like all things, of the extremists. All things in moderation people. Extremism is never healthy. Anyway. I found a great article in Reader's Digest about effortless ways to become more frugal. I confess, the word effortless is what caught my attention. If it takes too much work, time, energy I'm at a place in my life where I'm not all that interested. I mean - these days I'm buying some of my veggies for recipes already chopped (which isn't thrifty in terms of money but is saving my sanity - pros and cons people. *grin*). So effortless is really appealing to me. Here's the article, I highly recommend reading it.  One of my favorite tips in the article is "take care of your stuff." My hub and I excel at this. Another one was use smaller plates (read the article to see why) which is something I've been mul...

Today's #ThriftyThursday topic is grocery shopping. Did you hear the loud groan that accompanied those two words? I hate grocery shopping. And I really hate putting them away once I get home. But that's neither here nor there when it comes to thriftiness.  For years I've seen different tips and hints and whatever else's about how to save money on groceries. Of course there are coupons and there was that ridiculous couponing craze a few years back that made people look and act insane. Regardless, I've not been successful at any of these tips, hints, methods, etc. Mostly because it usually requires a lot of driving around to several different stores and getting in and out of your car a lot. Who has time for this? Even people who work from home or don't have another job outside the home - how in the world do you have time to drive to and fro? Plus, the cost of gasoline driving all over the place - uh hello? Anyway, I'm not very good at the whole thin...

Today's #ThriftyThursday topic is about being thrifty when it doesn't seem like you need to be. If you don't feel like you have to carefully watch your pennies then congratulations (yes, I am being sarcastic when I say that. *wink*). But most people in my circles have to be mindful. And those that don't *need* to be still are so that they can retire the way they want to. I saw today's quote (below) and found it so interesting because of who said it. If Rockefeller believes in thriftiness then probably we can all stand to consider it as well! And then I found this article about being thrifty even if you don't need to. The thing is - we can't know what tomorrow brings so practicing thriftiness is wisdom for our future not just for today. Today's #ThriftyThursday Quote:

Today's #ThriftyThursday topic is a mix of ways to spend less thanks to the life experience of the older people in our nation/world. AARP published an article that gathered ideas from its members on how to save and get the most out of the pennies you have. Retired people are especially astute at this topic since they have no income coming in any longer. They know how to get the most bang for their buck.  Here's the top 50 ideas that AARP filtered out of the thousands of ideas they got in.    Today's #ThriftyThursday Quote: