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Transforming Your Money Mindset: Unlocking the Pathway to Financial Success The way we think about money can significantly impact our...

Money is a gift from God. It is important that we see money the way God does… as a resource to allow His love for people to flow through...

A recession can often evoke feelings of fear and uncertainty, plunging many into a state of financial worry. However, surviving and...

Instead of an article this month, I decided to share this great recipe that came to us via www.myrecipes.com. My husband changed it by...

Cole, you are THE UBER-FRUGAL Millennial as judged by me and my millennial daughter, Hannah, with whom you began ...

The Frugal Catholic had the privilege of meeting Whitley Osterhout, a professional wedding planner in Washington state, in 2018. I was...

In 2017, the flu got many people, my husband and me included. It hit hard with little warning.  And we weren’t alone: a lot of friends...

Wild Thoughts #1 You will spend 12-18% more when you use a credit card versus cash, according to a Dun and Bradstreet study.  In other...

Our last blog looked at the first part of "The Frugal Catholic Depression Era Slogan"– Make it do. Do without: Use it up: and Wear it...

Being the frugal-minded soul which I know you are, I am sure you've heard this depression-era slogan before, “Use it up: wear it out:...

My father-in-law, Captain David L. G. King, USN Retired, used to say that life held three stages: schooling, work and family, and...

Happy New Year!!! The holidays are finally over; congratulations, you’ve survived 😊, and things are back to normal–whatever that may be....

In September of 2015, my husband of 35 years and I embarked on a new phase of married life, retirement! We took off together in our...

My husband Michael, of 35 years, and I were riding home in our 15-year-old car when I asked him, "Hey, I need to write a blog; so what do...

Years ago, while attending a lavish wedding for the daughter of a high school B.F.F., I turned to another friend, Laura, and announced,...

Frugal ideas are like softball pitches: they arrive in various styles.   My softball pitcher daughter has taught me that play areas...

In the last TFC blog post, Glean Outside Your Home to Save Big, we discussed how gleaning outside (collecting little by little) can help...

My daughter-in-law, Caroline Avant, said she had an idea for my writing. Caroline mentioned that her neighbors (this past fall) would...

You’ve probably seen those colorful aluminum containers that grasp your credit cards and are RFID resistant, meaning that thieves can’t...