Category Archives: Frugality

January 7, 2010

Tips and tricks on how you can achieve savings on your home insurance– also posted in Basics, Consumerism, Home Finance, Insurance, Personal Finance

Here are a few tips and tricks on how you can achieve savings on your next home insurance policy and beat your renewal quote. It has been found that many homeowners today just let their insurance premium renew automatically each year without shopping around and even trying to beat their current quotation and save them [...]

January 4, 2010

Save Money With Planning– also posted in Basics, Budgeting, Consumerism, Free Offers, Personal Finance

The Holiday’s are past us, now we start a New year. With the new year comes plenty of resolutions to fulfill. A big one for many is to save money in the new year. Here are a few thoughts to aid you in this quest. As a part of your overall Budget plans, this should [...]

December 31, 2009

New Year Shopping Tips– also posted in Budgeting, Consumerism, Economy, Personal Finance

Well, the New Year is upon us. Many people will make all kinds of resolutions. One, in particular would getting personal finances in order. I was reading around and ready Christy Jennings blog Makeup Tutorial where she writes some shopping for makeup tips. She inspired me to write some thoughts about approaching shopping in the [...]

October 20, 2008

Don’t Give Up!– also posted in General Information, Home Finance, Personal Finance

This may surprise you since I live in the South, but I am a college football fan. Although, what may actually be a surprise for some of you is that I am a Kentucky fan, even in football. The game this weekend between my beloved Wildcats and Arkansas made me think about personal finance. The [...]

October 15, 2008

The Frugal Lunch– also posted in Basics, Budgeting, Consumerism, Food, Goals and Status, Personal Finance

Probably my biggest waste of money is on food. There is no doubt that there is a lot of waste for me in this area. Especially where lunch is concerned. I average spending about $11.00 a day on lunch or roughly $220 a month. That is just on lunch. This is completely ridiculous. In all [...]

October 14, 2008

Finances of Dating– also posted in Networking, Personal Finance, Relationships

I am a single guy in the south. Good, bad, or ugly the gentlemen are expected to pay for a date. However, that is not what I want to talk about, well not exactly. What about meeting a girl? Is this a setup at dinner? Are you out at a club? some of these situation [...]

October 6, 2008

Great Tool for Getting a Handle on Your Finances– also posted in Basics, Budgeting, Free Offers, Personal Finance

Last week, I wrote about my basic budgeting strategy. Something that I use to to aid me in this is Mint. This is a great website that can allow you to track your finances in one place and setup a budget. Also, the great thing that makes this Frugal Rebel happy is that it is [...]

September 30, 2008

My Budgeting Strategy– also posted in Basics, Budgeting

Often times, when one is starting a budget, it can be overwhelming. How detailed should I get? Do I need to label every purchase? What if I miss something? All of these questions can inhibit us from coming up with a spending plan. The following is how I was able to get on a budget. [...]

September 29, 2008

All We Need is a Little Patience– also posted in Basics, Consumerism

We all want and need new stuff all the time. And since you are reading this blog, I am pretty sure you want to be wise about your decisions. The key to doing this, is patience. Impulse buying is a major problem in getting our personal finances in order. It is one of my MAJOR [...]

September 26, 2008

If You Don’t Ask, the Answer is Always No– also posted in Basics, Consumerism, Credit, Free Offers, General Information, Networking

When I was in college, I worked for several retail stores. There was always some promotion/sale going on to draw n customers. This didn’t happen often, but every now and again I would have someone pick out what they wanted and come to me asking if I could knock a little more off the price. [...]