Frugal

Are You Prepared For Summer Costs?

by Glen Craig

This is a guest post by Heather Johnson, who is an industry critic on the subject of Business Cards. She invites your feedback at heatherjohnson2323 at gmail dot com. Summertime is just around the corner and if the rising temperatures don’t make you sweat, the rising costs certainly might. From utility bills to gas expenditures, [...]

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Our Economic Stimulus Check Arrived

by Glen Craig

I checked our ING Direct savings account today and the government was true to it’s word – Our economic stimulus check came in! In total it was $1800. This is $600 each for my wife and I and $300 for each of our kids. Fortunately we had our tax refund direct deposited into ING so [...]

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Free Nine Inch Nails Album the slip

by Glen Craig

Know what I won’t be spending my economic stimulus check on? The new Nine Inch Nails album the slip. Know why? Not because I don’t want to spend the money. It’s because I don’t have to spend the money! Nine Inch Nails is offering their new album for free. From the site: as a thank [...]

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Don’t Waste Money On Oil Changes

by Glen Craig

That sticker has been staring at your for a couple of weeks now. You see it out of the corner of your eye. Right there in the upper left hand corner of the windshield. It’s telling you that you need an oil change every 3000 miles or when your mileage gets up to xx,xxx. “Are [...]

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Beware Deceptive Gas Prices

by Glen Craig

So I’ve seen this now at two gas stations: You drive up and see a great price on gasoline (ok, maybe not great but better than the competitors in the area). You’re about to start pumping and then BAM! you realize that great price is for cash only! How do you know it’s cash only? [...]

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April 2008 Review

by Glen Craig

April has been pretty wild for Free From Broke. If you’ve been a reader for a while then you know I’ve changed the way the site looks, moving from Blogger to WordPress. I managed to only lose sleep in the conversion and no hair! I’m still making changes so don’t be surprised if the site [...]

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Festive Link Love Carnivality #6

by Glen Craig

photo by nattu I’m bringing back the Festive Link Love Carnivality! Why? I like the title for one. Two – there’s celebrating to be done! This week mark’s the introduction of the new and improved Free From Broke. After many months on Blogger I finally took the leap to WordPress and self-hosting. If you can [...]

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I Switched To Sprint SERO And Saved Some Money

by Glen Craig

A little over a week ago I signed my wife and I up each for the Sprint SERO cell phone plan. We were already on Verizon Wireless. So why switch? First let me explain our Verizon experience: We had been looking into upgrading our phones since they were over two years old and we were [...]

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SwapTree As A Frugal Alternative To Buying New

by Glen Craig

Do you have any books, CD’s, DVD’s, or video games laying around that you won’t use anymore? I know I do! So what to do with them? One option is a site I was just introduced to call SwapTree. The idea here is that you can trade the books, CD’s, DVD’s, or video games you [...]

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A Spring Cleaning Frugal Workout

by Glen Craig

It’s Spring which means it’s also time for Spring cleaning! It’s a great time to go throughout the house and get rid of all the clutter. Also you can clean all of those nooks and crannies in your house that may not get the attention they could throughout the year. But should the benefit only [...]

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