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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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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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Wishing you all abundance in the Year of the Rabbi Wishing you all abundance in the Year of the Rabbit.

恭喜发财 新年快乐 gongxi facai Happy Chinese New Year
What is abundance? Some great insights from intern What is abundance? Some great insights from international psychic @Suzy Cherub - Holistic Spiritual Teacher, Author, Speaker on the podcast. What does abundance mean to you?

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This is Peaches the Pug. She is nine weeks old and This is Peaches the Pug. She is nine weeks old and very cute. She's not mine, but I get to play with her when I visit.

Pets can be great for mental health but not so great for your wallet.

Do you own a pet? If so, do you have any frugal pet tips?

#pug #puglife #frugal #frugalliving #frugallife
What are you goals for 2023?Mine is to find a bit What are you goals for 2023?Mine is to find a bit more zen in my life. So far this has involved decluttering (decluttering or putting away five items a day), more time for meditation and tai chi and reducing what I buy. In particular, I want to pause buying so much bling (jewellery) for a while and instead concentrate on enjoying what I already have. I even walked into an op shop - twice - and left empty handed in January! (After our holidays that is.)

What are you aiming for in 2023?

P. S. Photo is not mine. I gave away the calligraphy (which was mine) in my Buy Nothing Group and someone with more artistic flair than me has made us a thing of beauty.
So this happened: I set a goal to reach 100,000 do So this happened: I set a goal to reach 100,000 downloads for The Joyful Frugalista podcast. And with your help, I did it! (Waiting now for the official Podbean badge to share.) 

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Do you ever feel guilty about manifesting abundanc Do you ever feel guilty about manifesting abundance?  Do you feel it's not quite right to be rich?  Sometimes, we hold ourselves back due to our limiting beliefs. I had a great chat on the podcast with international psychic @Suzy Cherub - Holistic Spiritual Teacher, Author, Speaker about manifesting and receiving, and choosing to follow your dreams.

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