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Join me on my journey to live a more frugal lifestyle. Here, you'll find common sense and not-so-common sense on ways you can save money.
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    Saving money on renters insurance




    July 1st, 2008

    It’s time to renew our renters insurance policy, and I’m glad I shopped around!
    I got quotes from about five different companies. Last year, our deductible was $250, and this year, we’re increasing it to $500.
    Last year, we paid $150.25 for our annual policy. With a higher deductible, it would have been $136.25. Not bad, but [...]

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    Tackle it Tuesday: Closet organization




    June 17th, 2008

    After many months of our bedroom closet desperately needing organized, we finally buckled down and tackled it this weekend. It wasn’t so bad! Well, the mess was really bad, but it wasn’t so bad to organize. 
    (By the way, I have before and after pictures, but for some reason, I’m having trouble uploading them.)
    I started by taking everything [...]

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    Operation: Organize closets! pt. 1




    June 10th, 2008

    I started my 4.5 closet organization mission by tackling what I thought to be the easiest job: Our storage space underneath our hot water tank and furnace.
    I overestimated the size of the space (I thought it was about three feet high and deep) when actually, it was much smaller. Still, it was enough space to [...]

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    I need to get organized!




    June 10th, 2008

    Call it nesting, call it frustration with having too much stuff in a smallish apartment–call it whatever you want–I need to get organized!
    Being organized actually can go hand-in-hand with being frugal, in a way. If you know what you already have on hand and can easily get to it, you won’t be inclined to buy [...]

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