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What’s the Point of Saving Money?

What’s the point of saving money? The whole point of getting more for less, from a froogalist perspective, is so that you have more for the things that matter to you. Continue reading ...

11 Things I WON’T Do to Save Money

A froogalist has priorities.  Saving money on some stuff enables me to focus on spending on the things that really matter to me the most; namely, my daughter, my family and friends, and my hobbies and interests.  I don’t do without like a miserly Scrooge shivering in the dark of winter eating a cold can of beans with my fingers.  A froogalist has purpose – focusing my energy and limited… Continue reading ...

Top Ten Things Dads Should Tell Their Daughters

Here is my top ten list of things all dads should tell their daughters. Of course, this top ten list is a work-in-progress and I always reserve the right to change it as cirrcumstances change. Right now, though, these are the things that I think are most important to tell my daughter. Continue reading ...

Raising Happy Children – A Frugal Family Benefit

Children are happy and learn many important things while being raised in a frugal family. There are some key reasons why being raised in a frugal family will help your children to be happy and to grow up to be happy adults.

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Frog Sitting on a Bench Just Like a Human – Commentary

I don’t normally comment on stuff like this, but the fact that this is so trivial blows my froogal mind. So let’s see, we have 40,000 children dying each and every day from diarrhea (a totally preventable disease with access to clean drinking water), and world governments around the world facing major debt crises; yet a frog sitting on a bench gets over one million hits in two days. Continue reading ...