Frugal Link Love For Moms
April 1, 2008 by Kelly
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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