Frugal-Me Articles

What successful people have in common?

The below list was lifted from Quora and is authored by Adam Fayed Founder of Global Online Financial Advisory Firm.  I really like this list a lot.  I think just successful is enough though - not just ultra successful.  I am even sure what ultra successful means.  I...
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A Frugal Marriage, Five Years in the Making

This July 2nd my wife and I happily celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary. In our seven years together as a married couple we have experienced loss (mother, aunts, grandparents, friend), gain (our two children, nieces, and nephews) and believe it or not, financial...
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Driving a Paid-For Car on the Road to Wealth

Article written by - Lauren Ray For the thrifty individual, buying a new vehicle is anathema. But sometimes the buy-quality-and-hold approach pays off in the long run. In 1967, my dad bought two new cars: an AMC Rambler and a Chevrolet Stepside C-10 Pickup. He had the...
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