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"We are seeing, what I call, the redefinition of the American Dream. People report having fallen out of love with the rat race. They are passionate about redefining

My efforts to wean my family off the earn-and-spend treadmill hit an ideological snag a few weeks ago when my seven-year-old son became obsessed with Monopoly. We

Today, a friend reminded me of this funny Saturday Night Live skit in which Chris Parnell,

[caption id="attachment_1102" align="alignleft" width="125" caption="Brent Kessel"][/caption] I thought it would be appropriate for a site dedicated to frugal living to hear a few words from someone who spends his

[caption id="attachment_1078" align="alignleft" width="590" caption="Aidan\'s Independence Day Decorations"][/caption] What does the recession (ephemistically referred to as "the current financial crisis") have to do with Independence Day? First read this:

By Carolyn Lengel I grew up frugal—or, as friends put it, “cheap”; my family had the whole reduce-reuse-recycle thing down, or at least the reduce and reuse part (municipal

[caption id="attachment_407" align="alignleft" width="136" caption="Money may not grow on trees, but does come on the roll."][/caption] Growing up, I thought banks were meant to hold onto the checks that