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The Difference Between Frugal and Chea...

The Difference Between Frugal and Cheap We use the word frugal quite a bit here on SAHM, but how do you know if your frugality is really just you being cheap? With jobs getting harder to come by and money getting tight, the concept of being frugal is something that gets thrown around all the time. It's easy to just be cheap while using frugality as an umbrella term for everything you do, but there's a lot more to being...
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Raising Five Boys on One Wage

Raising Five Boys on One Wage We are living proof that it is possible to have a stay at home Mum (or Mr Dad) while raising five boys on one wage. Our Promise To Our Boys Over 16 years ago David and I made a pact. A pact on our wedding day, where one parent would always stay home to raise our family….16 Years later five boys and that promise still stands true. Raising Five Boys Did we ever think...
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Less is More

Less is More Living With Less Is Living With More! Sounds like a crazy statement to be making! It doesn’t even make sense when you say it out loud…”Living with Less is Living with More”? Are you wondering how our family of seven knows this to be true? How We Live With Less, But Yet We Get To Live With More We are living in a Motorhome, travelling Australia. We don’t have the normal type of Motorhome….with storage bins under...
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Crap Products I have Bought

Crap Products I have Bought Over the years, even though I've been very careful, I've bought some crap. I think we are all guilty of buying crap at one time or another. Crap comes in many varied forms: Products that have promised the earth and under-delivered ie lemons! Product you think your going to use, then get them and don't (ie fitness equipment) Fads and Trends (ie YoYo's) Anything that comes in a showbag or you get for free Any clothing...
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Saving Money in the Kitchen

Saving Money in the Kitchen Guest Blog by Dayl Kelly A few people have asked me about my tips on saving money in the kitchen. People almost fall over when I tell them that I shop for four people on less than $100 a week including meat, fruit, veges and the occasional luxury. My husband travels a lot, sometimes 2-3 days every week which means there are some nights when I don’t have to cook for four people. The kids...
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Babies and Bonnets

Babies and Bonnets Within months of the arrival of Baby Number Six, Tracey gleefully packed up any maternity clothes which weren’t threadbare and gave them to a pregnant friend. We were done. The car was full, the house was full and the bank account was empty. As young Miss 1 filled out and grew we bundled up bags of clothes and gave them to friends, and after six kids there were lots of bags of clothes. Sometimes the trailer was...
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Learn How to Negotiate

Learn How to Negotiate What a lot people don’t realise is that prices for most products and services are not set in stone. They’re up for negotiation, it’s just most businesses hope you don’t realise this. For those of us that do negotiate or haggle it tends to be on big ticket items like cars or furniture only. You would be amazed though, at the range of products and services you can negotiate to get a better price with. The...
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