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Nonconsumer Vacation

My husband and I went camping in the Sierra Nevada mountains last week. It was a decidedly nonconsumer holiday, as well as being frugal. Since the Sierras are one of the most beautiful places on earth,...

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Nonconsumer Vacation Part 2

I thought I’d share a few more photos of our nonconsumer camping trip. It’s not easy to find a lake this big and this remote in the Sierras. The access to this one involved a nail-biting 20-mile drive...

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Barter, swap, or trade

Whatever you like to call it, I’m big on this form of commerce. In fact, after I wrote two posts about our recent Nonconsumer Vacation, I was surprised that I had left out a successful trade I made...

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Recent Estate Sale Finds

A couple of weeks ago I was driving through the neighborhood fairly early in the morning and noticed a line up of people outside a residence. That seemed unusual, and then I noticed an “Estate Sale”...

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Support your local museum and get back more than you put in

Over the past few years, my husband and I have become members of two  area museums and the experience has become such an integral part of our lives I wanted to tell you about it. Initially, we were...

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Holiday gift ideas

For those of you who need some last-minute, non-consumer holiday gift ideas in a hurry, here are some reprints of previous posts that might help you out. Super-frugal holiday gifts Holiday gift ideas...

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The January Pantry Challenge returns

My sister-in-law gave us this delicious rum cake for Christmas, and I was hoping it would last long enough to fill our dessert needs for January, but it’s so delicious I don’t think it’s going to...

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Frugal and free

It occurred to me recently that I haven’t been spending much money lately. In fact, I tend to keep a $20 bill in my wallet for weeks sometimes, when a few years back I could easily breeze through $80...

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Recycled Garden Projects

My friend Betsy Talbot of Married With Luggage turned me on to this awesome Facebook page called Recycled, UpCycled, Freecycled Garden Projects, and I can’t get enough of it! How cool is this recycled...

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Why be a non-consumer if you can afford to consume?

My husband and I both work freelance and so our income fluctuates widely. Sometimes I can afford to buy new, and sometimes I can’t, but either way I still try to buy used first. Being a non-consumer...

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