Common Sense Makes Cents

Number 4 in the Remarkable Bloggers© series.

Finding this week’s Remarkable Blogger was no easy task. There are so many great blogs out there, with so many great stories behind them. Ultimately, we selected a frugal living type blog, but with a twist.

Sense to Save is written by Kacie, a young woman in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. (A sometimes expensive place to live) She and her husband went from a two-income household to a household that has one main income source and a few trickles of side income, last September. That set Kacie on a mission- saving money and still living comfortably was her goal.

 

Ultimately, we don’t want to have credit card debt or live paycheck to paycheck. We want our dollars to go as far as they can, and that’s why I started my blog — to share ideas for how to save money.

I like Dave Ramsey’s ideas and have read some of his books and listen to his radio program when I can. As far as bloggers I admire, they include Crystal Paine at Moneysavingmom.com and the first personal finance blogger I found, Trent Hamm at Thesimpledollar.com.

When I read Sense To Save, cover to cover, I discovered some interesting ways to save money myself. (And I thought I had found it all) Most of these methods are easy to follow and involve only a little extra time and attention in your normal day.

I don’t know exactly how much money we’ve saved by not spending, but I’m sure it’s in the thousands already. For our grocery bill alone, we went from spending $400-450/month on food to about $200-250 or less per month. I’ve gotten over $500 worth of toiletries for less than $20, and by becoming more conscious of our budget, we’re just making the choice to not spend our money on frivolous things, and to try to find the best deals we can.

The most important message behind Kacie’s blog is that you can live frugally without living like a pauper. And according to Kacie,” Living frugally has many more benefits besides saving money. You become more self-sufficient, less wasteful, healthier, and more content with your life.” And those words, my friends are worth a million bucks in and of themselves.

Thanks Kacie! You truly are a Remarkable Blogger© !

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