Frugal Link Love For Moms

April 1, 2008

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This is a Guest Blog Post by Patricia Garza of Little Bytes News.

Are you a frugal mom? Would you like to become a frugal mom?

When Kelly McCausey said she was looking for a guest blogger to write about frugal mom tips, I immediately jumped on the opportunity to research this and found some of the best tips and resources I could find online for busy moms. Following is a list of some of the tips and resources I found. Use them all or find the ones that fit your lifestyle. Each resource offers great ideas for a variety of moms and needs:

1. The Frugal Duchess: Four Millionaire Moms Tell Their Secrets

This site provides moms with incentive to shop and spend wisely, along with tips on how to become a millionaire mom.

Some of the best tips for new parents include:

  • budgeting,
  • buying used clothing/baby items when possible,
  • using coupons wisely-purchase items you need or use not just because they are on sale or you have a coupon-
  • check the expiration dates,
  • join a moms group to swap tips and ideas and baby items,
  • join a bulk warehouse store,
  • split the cost with another family to save on membership and quantity needs,
  • join baby clubs through stores and
  • avoid high price specialty shops.

2. 18 Great Gift Ideas for Mother’s Day - Inexpensive Frugal Gifts

Mother’s day is just a few months away, now is a great time to find your mom something special without breaking your budget. Here are some great ideas for inexpensive gifts for moms. This article offers ideas for moms from flowers to homemade cards, food, candy, personalized gifts, maid service, car washing and more! The site also offers moms great ways to save money, organize coupons for shopping and family friendly recipes that are healthy and inexpensive.

3. Daring Young Mom »Dress in Style without Overspending

This post is loaded with great suggestions for moms who need help looking great on a limited budget or while saving money. What mom doesn’t want to look great when they go out and not look like a mom? You will find great ideas from a fashion designer mom. She offers practical suggestions for using old t-shirts to buying classic clothes that look good from year to year.

4. Parenting Tips for Hip Moms

This free download offers moms ideas to save on household cleaning products, baby products, ways to save on dining out, organizing, beauty saving tips, laundry tips, kids homemade activity ideas, grocery saving tips, along with tax saving tips.

5. Top 10 Money Saving Tips for the Frugal Parent

This article offers some more great ways to save money on baby wipes, saving money using the right credit cards, advice on shopping thrift stores, and passing toys and clothes down to younger siblings, (something that has definitely saved us a lot of money this past year with another little boy in the house!)

About the Guest Blogger: Patricia Garza is the owner of Little Bytes Newsletter. For more great ideas for new moms check out this article on Practical Baby Shower Gifts for the Mom to Be.

To learn more, check out the Mom’s Talk eBook’s Guide to Family Budgeting - Step-by-step guide to help you establish a workable budget.

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11 Responses to “Frugal Link Love For Moms”

  1. Tamara Wilson on April 1st, 2008 11:09 am

    Patricia Thanks so much for the tips, I got some great tips from the parenting tips for hip moms. With Mothers day coming up the gift guide is going to come in handy. Thank you so much for sharing these links I really appreciate it

  2. Tracy Roberts on April 1st, 2008 12:15 pm

    With 4 kids from 3mos-16yrs becoming frugal has been a frequent topics in our household.

    Thanks for resources….I’m off to see if I qualify as a “Hip Mom”

  3. Frugal Duchess on April 1st, 2008 12:31 pm

    Thanks so much for including me in this excellent line-up!
    I appreciate the mention.

    Best Wishes,
    Sharon

  4. Tiffany Washko on April 1st, 2008 12:34 pm

    My biggest savings comes from shopping at yard sales and estate sales. I need several pieces of furniture right now and I won’t even entertian buying new.

  5. Tsoniki on April 1st, 2008 12:53 pm

    I love the ideas for Mother’s Day! I usually give my Mom something inexpensive as the saying goes, it’s the thought that counts! I never know what I wish for myself for Mother’s Day but I know I don’t want a lot of money spent. :)

  6. Sharon L D on April 1st, 2008 1:23 pm

    I like giving my mother a flowering plant for mothers day, it’s something she can enjoy all through the summer if you buy the right type. Thanks for the frugal tips.

  7. Alyssa on April 1st, 2008 3:19 pm

    Wow what great links. I especially enjoyed the one about dressing on a budget I still want to look chic. :)

  8. Mom’s Talk News » Blog Archive » Welcome to the New and Improved Mom’s Talk News! on April 1st, 2008 5:32 pm

    [...] This week in our Money & Finance section, Patricia Garza of Little Bytes News shares five websites that help moms live and shop frugally. If you need help saving money, shopping wisely, ideas for inexpensive Mother’s Day gifts, or saving money on clothes, check out Frugal Link Love For Moms. [...]

  9. Mara B. on April 1st, 2008 10:11 pm

    I’m always on the look out for ways to save money, and don’t know of very many moms that aren’t. I’m headed over to each of these places to see what they have to offer. Great job, Patricia!

  10. Bron on April 3rd, 2008 7:18 am

    Patricia,
    I am not familiar with LittleBytes but i will be checking it out now. Thank you for the links; as a single mum of 3, on a pension, I’m always looking for frugal tips.

    thank you.
    look forward to reading more from you :)

  11. Patty on April 7th, 2008 4:25 pm

    Thanks for all the replies! I hope these resources helped you to find some great ideas to save time or money in your life. I am always researching great sites and ideas so check out my site or blog for more great stuff to come!

    Thanks again to Kelly for this opportunity!

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