So yesterday evening, my son comes to pick up his mail and says to me, "I forgot to tell you. Your contract with Verizon is up for renewal." Ok, so it's almost 7 pm, I'm almost finished cooking dinner, I'm beat (was running around all day), I was looking forward to retiring early to bed, and he comes and springs this on me! I am the sort of person who likes to do things right away. No procrastinating for me. So I tell him "Let's go to the mall!" My phone contract is under...

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One of my favorite subjects! Not only do I read PF articles, forums and blogs galore, but I put into practice ideas I've read, and, on a very small level, I will advise and/or counsel people on PF. Now I only do this when my advise is solicited, and only to a few of my family members and a few friends. By no means am I a Financial Advisor. But I will talk about my experiences, and choices I have made or plan to make. And, if at all possible, I try to talk to those in the know before I initiate...

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My younger son recently broke-up with a lovely girl with whom I have become very close to. She has a little girl, and this little girl is very affectionate towards me. And I towards her. Her real grandmothers are not much of a presence in her life, (long stories), so I had become a surrogate, if you will.

Anyho, last Friday was her birthday, her mother had her for the weekend, so we decided, (her mother, my SO, and myself), to go out and do kids stuff, since the mother could...

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Salutations!

Ok, so here I am starting my very first blog. What can I say about myself? First, as the title indicates, I am frugal, sometimes to a fault. My mother used to say I was cheap. I would try to explain to her the difference between being cheap and being frugal. After some years, and especially after I got married, she noticed I was on to something. As with my usage of coupons, although she never quite got it. It was only after her death, that I found out, she was very...

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