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January 2, 2022 Frugal

2021 in review: a year of twists, turns, dead ends and success

Last year required a lot of resilience. Yet through it, I got serious with ETFs, wrote another book and developed a website. Yah!

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February 1, 2021 Frugal February

Frugal February

This February, we are tightening our belts (hopefully literally) and embracing Frugal February! We’re back to basics and going to enjoy it.

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March 5, 2019 $5 Friday / Food / Frugal

DIY pancake mix (save your wallet, save the environment)

Make this pancake mix in a jar for your next camping holiday (or any excuse).

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August 14, 2017 Uncategorized

Day 5 – energy challenge – sleep, frugality and creativity

Use solar energy by going to bed earlier every night.

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May 5, 2017 $5 Friday / Uncategorized

$5 Friday: fancy pants frugal cheese board biscuits

You know what it’s like – people are coming over for drinks, or you need to go to a happy

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April 21, 2017 $5 Friday

$5 Friday: Chocolate Zucchini Cake

Chocolate cake. Yum.  Yum.  Yum.  It is so evocative.  And so decadent.  It is something my kids never tire of

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April 18, 2017 $50 grocery challenge / Uncategorized

$50/week challenge – and then there was Easter

Happy Easter!  Did you have a good long weekend.  Well, we certainly did in the Ms Frugal Ears household.  And

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April 17, 2017 Financial / Money Monday

Why I am passionate about saving money and personal finance (aka what is a frugalista)

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April 7, 2017 $5 Friday

Japanese style pickled watermelon rind

Sometimes it is the little frugal things you do that add up without you realising it. So it was that

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March 26, 2017 $50 grocery challenge / Uncategorized

$50/week – 26 March, splurging out

This week I went shopping. I really went shopping. For the first time in months I used a shopping trolley

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thejoyfulfrugalista

Author of The Joyful Frugalista, host of The Joyful Frugalista podcast, founder of The Joyful Business Club and living large yet frugally.

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Family cruise time. We've just finished a three da Family cruise time. We've just finished a three day 1980s cruise, and are about to embark on a Pacific adventure. Being financially secure means you have $$$ to live with joy and create some happy memories. Yes there are a lot of cheaper ways to holiday, and you don't need to go on holidays just to spend time with family. But being in a good financial position does mean you can save for special times. My kids went be young forever. We've had a lot of fun. 

Our budget includes holidays. Each fortnight we put an amount aside into a special holidays account, and we use that for all our holiday expenses. The best part of a holiday? Coming home without a credit card hangover. 

#frugallife #cruising_australia #cruise @pocruises #pacificadventure
Boom! Some days you wonder if your message matter Boom!  Some days you wonder if your message matters, and then suddenly, you get a phone call from a journalist to say @Havas  has put out a report about how 67% of Australians think being joyfully frugal is a good thing.

https://zurl.co/hcbY
Feeling posh:) Abundance is a mindset. You don't h Feeling posh:) Abundance is a mindset. You don't have to spend a lot of money to live well. What are you grateful for? I'm grateful for my sparkly new tiara (bought for a charity event, and I'm determined to wear it more than once).
Lest we forget. Lest we forget.
I've been baking! Feeling very virtuous, although I've been baking!

Feeling very virtuous, although a bit tired. And fresh baked hot cross  buns with butter that melts into them are the best.

What are you baking over Easter?

#hotcrossbuns #easter #homebaking #frugallife #thejoyfulfrugalista
With tech job layoffs and high inflation, how do y With tech job layoffs and high inflation, how do you talk to your kids about money? I shared some thoughts in this article for @Money Magazine Australia, with wisdom from Helen Baker at @On Your Own Two Feet https://zurl.co/4NyH
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