Welcome to Frugal Franny
Well here it is, three months later, and I finally decided to start a blog about frugal living and how to live on a budget because I honestly am an expert on the subject. That’s not really bragging. Sometimes I wish I WEREN’T so frugal! I am almost a tightwad. Well, actually, ok, I AM a tightwad.
But I came by it naturally. I was raised by the queen of tightwads. My grandmother raised four sons by herself in the 1930s, all of them picking cotton, her sewing for neighbors and trading eggs and chickens for milk because she couldn’t afford a cow. Now THAT’S poor. But she did it. After her sons became older she moved from the country into town, bought her own house and spent the next 30 years working at a sewing factory. I admire my grandma and have the utmost respect for her. However, I have to laugh when I think about how I used to go over to her house and clean out the refrigerator. She would not throw anything away. She would keep, like, one spoonful of mashed potatoes in a butter dish–she was to tight to buy Tupperware–until they started growing funny green beards.
When I divorced the father of my kids in 1981 I ended up raising them with basically no child support, often working two jobs. But I did it. Now that they are grown and I am single once again, I have only myself to be responsible for. That is except for my great little dog, Good Girl. I make decent money but I don’t make enough to splurge very often. So as you can see I have always lived on a budget. But I feel rich in the fact that I don’t require much in the way of material things to be happy. I am easily satisfied and require very little. My focus is more on spiritual matters and human relationships.
And with that said, I hope that our relationship will be one that will help you learn to live on a budget and do it with a smile on your face. I know a lot about handling money, shopping, cooking and decorating on a budget. I believe you will find that the tips and tricks I want to share with you are extremely helpful.
Learning to manage your money is an art. I am here to teach you.
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