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Article Archive


2 Hour Fingerless Gloves, Just in Time for Winter
​3 Great Reasons To Grow Your Own Salad
3 Steps to an Impressive Christmas Dinner Even on a Cheapskates Budget
4 Types of Insurance You May Need (And 3 You Don't)
4 Weeks to Freedom: The Road to Financial Independence​
5 Commandments for Managing Bill Payments, The​
5 Easy Steps to Save $4,000 in a Year

5 Misconceptions Teenagers Have About Money 
5 Ways to Organise Your Finances
​6 Common Reasons You Need Emergency Fund
6 Simple Steps to Financial Stability
6 Techniques to Educate Your Small Children About Money ​
6 Ways to Save on Christmas Holiday Travel
7 Freezer Meals in One Hour for under $30
7 Habits of Successful Savers
7 Ideas to have More Family Fun Cheapskates Style these School Holidays

7 Steps to Organising Your Finances​
7 Ways to Protect Yourself From Robocall Scams​
7 Ways to Save Big with a Simple Savings Jar​
8 Financial Goals to Aim For in Your 20's​

8 Important Differences between Those With Debt and Those Without​
8 Tips to Protect Your Identity While Holiday Shopping Online​
8 Things to Think about when Starting a New Job​
10 Financial Skills That Will Carry You through Challenging Times​
10 Fun and Frugal Christmas Decorating Ideas​
10 Ways to Save for that Family Holiday
14 Ways to Strengthen Your Finances in 2017​
15 Small Moves That Can Lead to Big Savings​
15 Ways to Have a Great Valentine's Day the Cheapskates Way​
21 Ways to Save $1,000​
25 Facts about Spending, Saving and Making Money You Need to Know
30 Minute Meals​
40 Quick Healthy Snacks you can Pack in a Lunchbox​
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50 Great Gift Ideas
1001 Uses for Scrunchies​
2018 Clear the Clutter Challenge​

MOO

MOO Almond Rocca, a Quick Gift Idea​
MOO a Citronella Tiki Torch, How to
MOO Body Butter
MOO Flavoured Coffee Beans Just in Time for Father's Day

MOO Flavoured Water​
MOO Frozen Yoghurt - No Ice-Cream Machine Needed!​
MOO Foaming Hand Wash, How To
​MOO Lime and Mint Foot Soak
MOO Pastry Mats​
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MOO Tomato Soup
MOO W​edding Favours
​MOO Whipped Body Butter​

A - C

$75 a Week Meal Plan, A ​
$100/24 Hour Shopping Rule, The​
Adapting Recipes for the Slow Cooker
Advantages and Disadvantages of Automatic Bill Paying,The​
Am I Australia's Most Boring Shopper?
​An Essential Guide to Safe Online Shopping
Annual Cheapskates Christmas in July Spectacular, The
Are Australians Eating Their Way into Debt?​
Are Generics Really Hurting Australia's Economy?​
Are We A Nation of Money Munchers?​
Are You A Champion Cheapskate?​
Are You a Shopaholic?
Are Your Friends and Family a Threat to Your Finances?
Ask Yourself​
​Attitude Differences between Those with Debt and Those Without
​Back-to-School Budget, A
Bare Bones Grocery Challenge, The​
Beat The Heat
Beat The Morning Rush
Beating Budget Fatigue
Beating the Can't Be Bothered Dinnertime Blues
Before You Lose Your Wallet - Read This!​
Best Before or Use By?
Birthday Freebies​
Budget Ideas for Lazy People​
Budgeting for Your Road Trip​
Build an Emergency Fund Safety Next​
Building Your Emergency Fund​
Butter Me Up
Cash or Credit​
Cashed Up Habits​
Cheapskates Guide to Getting the Best from Op Shopping, The
Cheapskates Ways to Cut Energy Bills​
Cheapskating on Autopilot (Revised)
Chewy Muesli Bars​
Christmas, Early!​
Christmas Gifts to Make Now From Your Summer Garden
Christmas in July - It's Never too Early to Start
Christmas Ready Fridge, A​
​Common Grocery Budget Blunders​
Cooking for One or Two
Create a Christmas Fund Now to Avoid the Year End Christmas Crunch
Create MOO Mixes in 5 Easy Steps​
Create Your Own Homegrown Citrus Garden
Crochet a Simple Shower Puff​
Crumble Kits​

D - F

Dating on a Budget - It Is Possible!​
Deal With the Overspending Habit​
Decorate a Beautiful Easter Table​
Digging Your Way Out of Debt​
Dinner Pressure's Off with a Pressure Cooker, The​
Dishwasher Stuff
Does the $300 a Month Shopping Plan Still Work?
Do-It-Yourself Pest Control​
Do Cloth Nappies Really Make a Difference?​

​Do You Have a Spending Plan?​
Do You Really Need That Extended Warranty?​
Don't be Scammed
Don't Blow Your Tax Refund​
Don't Forget to Plan for Unexpected Wedding Expenses ​
Don’t Just Set It and Forget It – A Budget Is a Plan
Earn a $7000 Bonus​
Easing the Financial Burden of Becoming a One-Income Household
Estimating Expenses​
Every Little Bit of Savings Adds Up
Facing an Uncertain Future​​
Fast Party Food Cheapskates Style​
Feed Your Family for $80 a Week
Filling in a Hole (or How to Darn a Sock)​
Find Money in a Hurry
Finding the Time to Live Like a Cheapskate
Five things it's worth Spending More On
Foodie Gift Suggestion: Soft Maple Salted Caramels, A

Four Easy Steps to Breaking the Emotional Spending Habit​
Freeze-Ahead Meals and Sauces​
Fun and Easy (and Frugal) Washi Tape Projects​

G - J

Getting the Most from Your Credit Card Rewards Program​
Gift Ideas from Cheapskaters​
Give the Gift of Relaxation with these Gorgeous MOO Bath Bombs​
Give yourself a MOO Manicure On A Budget​
Golden Rule of Cheapskating: Spend Less, Save More, The​
Gourmet Coffee the Cheapskates Way​​
Greeting Card Gift Set for Christmas, A​
Groceries I don't Buy​
Habits of Financially Successful Singles

Handmade Christmas Challenge, A​
High Cost of Clutter, The
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Holiday Headstart

Household Budgeting Basics​
How Earning Just $5 a Day Can Make You Wealthy​
How I Buy Fruit and Vegetables Once a Month (and they last)​
How Much Money is Enough?​
How to be a Single Cheapskate - a Saving Story​
How To Boil Easter Eggs​
How to Budget for a Great Aussie Summer of Entertainment
How to Build Your Stockpile​
How to Cook on a Budget​
How to Clean Mud from Carpets and Rugs​
How to Dehydrate Bananas​
How to Dry Tomatoes​
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How to Freeze Biscuit Dough​
How to Freeze Eggs​
How to Get Free Meals - Every Week!​
How To Have A Successful No-Spend Month​
How to Hold the Best Garage Sale of the Season
How to Keep your Pantry Organized​
How to Know When to Start Vegetable Seeds Indoors
How to Make Beard Oil

How to Make Melt'n'Pour Soaps​
How to Make a Quillow​
How to Negotiate With Your Credit Card Company in Good Times and Bad​
How to Recognise Elder Financial Abuse​
How to Save $1, $10, $100 a Week​
How to Save for a Home Deposit​
How to Shop Monthly, Save Money and Love It!​
How to Spend the Rest of Your Life Debt Free​
How to Stop Fighting Over Money​
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How to Survive Without Credit

Importance of a Clean Lint Filter, The​
I Say It As I See It​
If Time is Money, Then Money is Time​
Is it Worth the Time to Pack Lunches?​
Jam and Jelly Making Basics
Just in Case Picnic Basket, 
​The

K - M

Keep It Clean for Cents
Keep Your Grocery Spending Under Control
Know the Shelf Life of Your Preserved Foods​
Learn to Haggle and Never Pay Full Price​
Learn this One Shopping Habit Now to Avoid Hating Yourself Later
Learning how to Spend Less and Save More
Learning To MOO (and Actually Enjoy It)​
Learning to Spend Less​
Live like you’re Wealthy the Cheapskates Way​
Living Well Under Budget
Lunch or Dinner on the Cheap Using Intentional Leftovers ​
Made with Love Not $​
Make-do Kitchen Tools​

Make a Pretty Peg Magnet
Make Money with Spring Cleaning​
Make Money with YouTube​
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Make Your Own Granola

Making Sure You Own Your Christmas​
Making Vinegar
Meal Stretchers​
Medical Tourism: Finding the Best Hospitals​

Minimising Your Laundry Costs​
Minimum Wage Challenge, The​
​Mocha Fudge

Month of School Lunches Prepped in 30 Minutes Saves $150 a Month, A
My $$$ Saving Tips on Weekly Shopping​
​My Favourite Cheapskating Habits

N - P

New Year Challenge: Save $6,000 This Year
Nix the Midday Lunch Breaks with Co-Workers​
Non-Financial Decisions That Impact Your Assets​
Oh How I Love Freeze-Ahead Meals
One Chicken and the War on Waste​
Organising Your Wardrobe
Painless Ways to Build an Emergency Fund​
Pamper Mum with this Beautiful Body Scrub
Pantry Staple Vanilla Substitutes​
Parent’s Guide to Shielding Your Child from Identity Theft, A 
Paying Off Debt in the New Year - Make 2017 the Year You Ditch Debt!​
Planning to Retire? 6 Essential Tasks for Financial Stability during Retirement
Portion Control and Free Meals​
Preparing Your Home for a Quick Sale​​

Q - S

Quark
Quick Christmas Decorating Ideas
Ready to Double your Income?​

Real World Tips to Stop Spending and Start Saving​
Retirement Investing Checklist, The​
Rosebud Heart Tie-on Decorations​
Rules of Re-gifting, The
Salad Bowls Make Great Gifts​
Sale Shopping Strategies​
Satisfy Your Inner Book Nerd with Thousands of Free Books​
Saving Story: Waste Not, Want Not​
Secrets to a Successful Spending Freeze, The
​Setting up your own Tutoring Business
Simple Dough Ornaments​
Simple Grocery Shopping Challenge, A
Simple Soap for Beginners, A​
Signs That You're Carrying Too Much Debt​
Simple Things You Can Do To Reduce Your Cooling Costs This Summer​
Simple Tips Make Packing Lunches Easier​
Simple Ways to Slam the Brakes on Impulse Buys this Boxing Day
Simple Will: What to Include, A
Simplest Way to Save Money on Fresh Produce: Grow Your Own, The
Simply Scented Solid Lavender Perfume​

Six Months to Becoming a Stay At Home Mum​
Six Multitasking Tips to Get More Out of Your Day​
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Slush Fund, The
Smart Money Moves for Busy Boomers Who Don’t Plan to Retire​
Smart Stockpile, The

Spending Freeze​, The
Spice House V Supermarket - Why Pay 900% More?​

Spice Things Up
Spring Cleaning Checklist
Spring Cleaning Your Finances
Spring Cleaning Your Wardrobe - from Chaos to Fabulous in 5 Easy Steps
Stages of Cheapskating, The​
Step-by-Step Guide For Achieving Your Goals, Financial or Otherwise, A​
Stop Before You Shop
Stove Top Potpourri​​
Stuck Inside? Get a Head start on Your Summer Clothing Saving Plan​
Sugar Scrub Recipes Just in Time for Christmas​

Super Easy, Really Fun and Frugal Birthday Gift Ideas

T - V

Take Control of Your Finances in 28 Days​
Taming the Grocery Budget Part 1
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Taming the Grocery Budget Part 2 - Seasonal Shopping and Eating
​Taming the Grocery Monster Part 3 - Grow Your Own Grub
Teacher Appreciation Gifts Cheapskates Style
Teaching Kids to Manage Money​
Ten Ways to Save Money on Christmas Dinner​
That Four Letter Word "Free"​

Things I Buy Once a Year​
Things we didn't Spend Money on when we had None (and we still don't!)​
Throwing the Best Budget Birthday Parties​
Top 5 Money Mistakes Part 1​
Top 5 Tips for the Best Barbecue Season Ever​
Top 11 Qualities of an Outstanding Insurance Agent​
Top 11 Ways to Save Money on Gifts this Christmas

Top 12 Crafty Things to Buy at the Op Shop​
Top 18 Ways to Throw Away Money, The​
Top Tips for Saving for a House Deposit​

Treasure Hunt​, The
Tricks Retailers Use to Make You Overspend​
Turn Leftovers into Lunches​

TVP – a Meat Budget Friend​
Twas the Night Before Christmas
Two Simple Savings Tricks​
Upside of Being a One-Income Family, The
Use It Up​
Use Online Worksheets and Forms to Save You Money and Time​
Using Your Freezer
Vacuum Sealer Product Review: Save money, time and energy and reduce food waste 

W - Z

Want to Save Money? Stop Spending!
Wardrobe Organisation​
We Call it Zen Spending​
Well-Stocked Pantry for Christmas Cooking,​The​
Weird, Wacky, Wonderful Things We did to Become Debt Free​
What Deal or No Deal Can Teach You About Financial Risk Management
What To Do With Outgrown Clothes
What to Make for Dinner When It’s Too Hot to Cook

What's Important to You?​
What's in the Fridge?​
When to Invest, When to Pay Off Debt, and When to Do Both
Where to Sell Your Extra Craft Supplies​
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Wrapping Box, The
Zesty Summer Decorating​
Zucchinis and Zinnias​

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