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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 Fun & Frugal Teacher Gifts
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​
9 Ways to Save Money on Groceries in 2022​
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​
​20+ Tasty Ways to Use Up a Glut of Zucchini
21 Ways to Save $1,000​
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24 Movies for Christmas
25 Facts about Spending, Saving and Making Money You Need to Know
30 Day Cash Only Diet
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​
2022 Canning Plan
​

MOO

​31 Days of MOO 2023​
MOO Almond Rocca, a Quick Gift Idea​
MOO a Citronella Tiki Torch, How to
MOO Body Butter
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MOO Egg Substitutes
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​
MOO Sour Cream
MOO Stockpowder

​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
​A New Year, A New Budget​
Ability to Live a Simple Life, The
Adapting Recipes for the Slow Cooker

Advantages and Disadvantages of Automatic Bill Paying,The​
Allocate Money Before You Spend It
Always Ready Muffins
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 Ready for the Coming Food Shortage?
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
Baking for the Weekend
Baking on the $300 a Month Food Challenge
Bare Bones Grocery Challenge, The
Bare Bones Minimum Pantry Stockpile, A
BBQ Chicken Seasoning Rub​
Beat The Heat
Beat The Morning Rush
Beating Budget Fatigue
Beating the Can't Be Bothered Dinnertime Blues
Beating the Lockdown Lunchtime Blues
Best Fried Chicken, The
Before You Lose Your Wallet - Read This!​
Best Before or Use By?
Best & Easiest Chocolate Frosting, The
Best Ever Focaccia Filling
Best Investment You'll Ever Make, The
Best Outrageous All Natural Citrus Planting Trick
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Best Tasting MOO Curry Powder, The
​Best Time to Meal Plan, The
Best Veggie Scrubbers Ever, The
Birthday Freebies​
Boxing Day Shopping Tips
Budget Ideas for Lazy People​
Budget Your Eating Expenses
Budgeting for Your Road Trip​
Bug Out Bags
Build an Emergency Fund Safety Next​
Building Your Emergency Fund​
Bulk Veggies for the Freezer and Pantry​
Butter Me Up
​Butter, Oil or Applesauce? Which is the Cheapest for Baking?
Candle in a Tea Cup, A
Canning Frozen Vegetables
Carrot Cake Jam
​Cath's Brownies

Cash or Credit​
Cashed Up Habits
​Cath's Simple Bulk Pasta Sauce​
​Cheapskates Concepts
Cheapskates Guide to Getting the Best from Op Shopping, The
Cheapskates Ways to Cut Energy Bills​
Cheapskates Way to a Last Minute Budget Friendly Christmas. The​
Cheapskating on Autopilot (Revised)
Cheapskating One Day at a Time

Cheesy Filled & Grilled Quesadillas
Chewy Muesli Bars​
Chia Seed Jelly
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​
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Choices
Choose the Important Things (and ditch the stuff that's not)
Citronella Tea Cup Candle, A
​Cold Drip Coffee, MOO

​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​
Crockpot Caramel Sauce (Dulce de Leche)
Crumble Kits​
Cupcake Crazy
Cute Marshmallow Flowers
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CWA Quick Scones

D - F

Dating on a Budget - It Is Possible!​
Deal With the Overspending Habit​
Debt Doesn't "Just Happen"
Decorate a Beautiful Easter Table​
Delicious Dips
Delicious Homemade Pita Chips
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Depression Era Salad
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?
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Do You Know Your Net Worth?​
Do You Really Need That Extended Warranty?​
Don't be Afraid, be Prepared
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
Easy to Grow Garlic
Eating from the Pantry

Estimating Expenses​
Every Little Bit of Savings Adds Up
Extreme Things I Do To Save Money
Facing an Economic Downturn the Cheapskates Way​
Facing an Uncertain Future​​​
Fast Party Food Cheapskates Style​
Feed Your Family for $80 a Week
Feeling Rich​
FIFO Pantry Management System, The
Filling in a Hole (or How to Darn a Sock)
​Filling the Pantry One Thing at a Time​

Find Money in a Hurry
Finding Free Food in Your Fridge
Fine Line, The
Finding the Time to Live Like a Cheapskate
Five things it's worth Spending More On
Five Minute Funky Shopping Bag, A
Folio Card Kit Gift Idea, A
Foodie Gift Suggestion: Soft Maple Salted Caramels, A
Four Easy Steps to Breaking the Emotional Spending Habit​
Freeze-Ahead Meals and Sauces​
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Frugal February

Fun and Easy (and Frugal) Washi Tape Projects​ 
Frugal Habits of the World's Richest Man, The
Fun Things to do This Christmas

G - J

Guaranteed Peace of Mind
Getting the Balance Right​
Getting the Best Results with Your Cheapskates Washing Powder
Getting the Most From the Black Friday Sales
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​
Gnocchi With Creamy Tomato Sauce

Golden Rule of Cheapskating: Spend Less, Save More, The​
Golden Rules for Saving Money on Your Weekly Food Bill
Good Gravy
Gorgeous Tea Cup Pin Cushion, A
Gourmet Coffee the Cheapskates Way​​
Grandma's Worcestershire Sauce
Great Apple Pie Spice Rip-Off, The
Greeting Card Gift Set for Christmas, A​
Groceries I don't Buy​
Grocery Shopper Beware
Habits of Financially Successful Singles
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Handbag Presentation Case

Handling Hand-Me-Downs​
Handmade Christmas Central​
Happy Birthday on the Cheap
Hawaiian Haystacks
High Cost of Clutter, The
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Holiday Headstart
Hot Cross Bun & Butter Pudding

Household Budgeting Basics
How and Why I Started to Make Cheapskates Washing Powder​​
How Earning Just $5 a Day Can Make You Wealthy​
How I Buy Fruit and Vegetables Once a Month (and they last)​
How I Write My Shopping List
How Much Money is Enough?​
How to be a Single Cheapskate - a Saving Story​
How to Beat Rising Power Bills
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 Cut Up A Whole Fresh Chicken
How to Dehydrate Bananas​
How to Dehydrate Cabbage
How to Dehydrate Minced Beef
How to Dry Tomatoes​
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How to Freeze Biscuit Dough​
How to Freeze Eggs​
How to Get By When You Fall on Hard Times
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
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How to Make a Pullover Baby Bib
How to Make a Stock Soup
How to Make Beard Oil

How to Make Melt'n'Pour Soaps​
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How to Make Pancakes
How to Make a Quillow
How to Make Reusable Veggie Bags
How to Make Seasoned Breadcrumbs
How to Menu Plan
How Much Do You Need In An Emergency Fund?​
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 Stock Your Pantry
How to Stop Fighting Over Money​
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How to Survive Without Credit
How to Turn Old Jeans into a Funky Backpack
How to Use a Peace of Mind Account for Budget Success
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How to Use Canned Potatoes
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How We Are Going to Live on a (Really) Tight Budget
How We Reduced, Then Eliminated, Our Debt
Hypothetical: a Tansport Strike Stops Deliveries

Importance of a Clean Lint Filter, The​
I Had No Idea I Had $1,000 Sitting in the Pantry
I Say It As I See It​
If Time is Money, Then Money is Time
If It's Broken, Fix It​
​Inventory to Stay on Budget
Is it Worth the Time to Pack Lunches?​
Is This All Just About Frugality?
It's Clean Out the Fridge Day
​It's Soup Weather
It's Time to Clean the Dishwasher
Jam and Jelly Making Basics

Just Add Another Spud and Other Meal Stretching Tricks​
Just Can't Say No

​Just Do I​t
Just in Case Picnic Basket, ​The

K - M

Keep It Clean for Cents
Keep Your Grocery Spending Under Control
Keeping Dishcloths Clean
Know the Shelf Life of Your Preserved Foods​
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Last Minute Christmas Gifts

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​
Let Them Eat Steak
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Little Things Cost a Lot
Live like you’re Wealthy the Cheapskates Way​
Living from the Pantry

Living the Cheapskates Way Without Feeling Deprived
Living Well Under Budget
Love Those Laundry Savings
Lunch or Dinner on the Cheap Using Intentional Leftovers ​
Made with Love Not $​
Make-do Kitchen Tools
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Make a Cloth Shopping Bag
Make a Dusting Spray​

Make a Pretty Peg Magnet
Make a Simple Face Mask
Make Money with Spring Cleaning​
Make Money with YouTube​
Make Our Own Potato Salad Saves Heaps
Make Veggie Powder
​Make Your Own Granola
Making Do
​
Making Meals Cheaper

Making Sure You Own Your Christmas​
Making Vinegar
Managing Debt When You're Retired
Meal Stretchers​
Medical Tourism: Finding the Best Hospitals​
Mexican Feast, A

Minimising Your Laundry Costs​
Minimum Wage Challenge, The
Mixed Dried Fruit Comparison, The 2021​
​Mocha Fudge

Month of School Lunches Prepped in 30 Minutes Saves $150 a Month, A
​My Day Off
My $$$ Saving Tips on Weekly Shopping​
​My Favourite Cheapskating Habits
My Non-food Stockpiles
​My Oh Oh Its Happening Survival List

N - P

Never By Herbs Again
New Year Challenge: Save $6,000 This Year
Nix the Midday Lunch Breaks with Co-Workers​
No Power Challenge, The
No Spending Month - With a Difference

Non-Financial Decisions That Impact Your Assets​
Not Necessarily Good Advice
Oh How I Love Freeze-Ahead Meals

One Chicken and the War on Waste
Orange Cake in a Mug​
Organising Your Wardrobe
Our Once a Year Shopping List​
Painless Ways to Build an Emergency Fund​
Pamper Mum with this Beautiful Body Scrub
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Panic Buying v Stockpiling
Pantry Recipes that are Budget Friendly
Pantry Staple Vanilla Substitutes​
Pantry Tour 2023, The
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!​
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Peace of Mind, Priceless!
Plan and Prepare Ahead - It Just Makes Sense
Planning to Retire? 6 Essential Tasks for Financial Stability during Retirement
Plant Now for a Beautiful Spring Show
Portion Control and Free Meals
Pouring Money Down the Drain?
Powdered Milk Butter, MOO
Powdered Milk Butter, MOO​
Preparing Your Home for a Quick Sale​​
​Present Box, The
Pressure Canning Glazed Carrots
Pressure Canning Meatballs
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Putting a Dollar Value on Blessings


Q - S

 Quark
Quick Christmas Decorating Ideas
Quick & Easy Dusters
Quick Pantry Lunch Ideas​
Ravioli Pasta Bake
Ready to Double your Income?​
​
Really Easy Meal Planning

Real World Tips to Stop Spending and Start Saving
Reduced to Clear​​
Retirement Investing Checklist, The
Rhubarb Sour Cream Pie
Road Less Travelled, The​
​Roast Your Own Coffee Beans
Rock Cakes - An Afternon Tea Tradition
Rosebud Heart Tie-on Decorations​ 
Rosemary Salt
Royal Puddings
Rule of Half, The
Rules of Re-gifting, The
Salad Bowls Make Great Gifts​
Sale Shopping Strategies​
Satisfy Your Inner Book Nerd with Thousands of Free Books​
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Saving for the Future
Saving Story: Waste Not, Want Not​
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Scosies
Scrumptious Savoury Scones​
Secrets to a Successful Spending Freeze, The
September is Preparedness Month
​Setting up your own Tutoring Business
Shelftember 2024
Simple Dough Ornaments​
Simple Grocery Shopping Challenge, A
Simple MOO Tzatziki, A
Simple Slice and Pie Base
Simple Soap for Beginners, A​
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Simple Trim Makes Pretty Face Washers
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​
Slow Cooker Soups​
​Slush Fund, The
Smart Money Moves for Busy Boomers Who Don’t Plan to Retire​
Smart Stockpile, The

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

Spice Things Up
Spice Up Your Cooking with These Simple Food Storage Mixes​
Spring Cleaning Checklist
Spring Cleaning Your Finances
Spring Cleaning Your Wardrobe - from Chaos to Fabulous in 5 Easy Steps
Stages of Cheapskating, The​
Steamed Puddings, the Ultimate Grocery Budget Friendly Winter Treat
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​
Stuffed Potatoes - Feed the Family for 40 Cents Per Serve
Sugar Scrub Recipes Just in Time for Christmas​

Summer Holiday Projects to Keep the Kids Busy​
Super Easy, Really Fun and Frugal Birthday Gift Ideas
​
Surviving Without Money

T - V

Take Control of Your Finances in 28 Days​
Taking Care of Me (or You)
Taming the Grocery Budget Part 1
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Taming the Grocery Budget Part 2 - Seasonal Shopping and Eating
Taming the Grocery Budget Part 3 - Grow Your Own Grub

Tea Cup Coasters
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!)​
Three Simple Treatments for Dry Hands That Won't Cost $4,300!
Throwing the Best Budget Birthday Parties​
Too Much Month, Not Enough Money
Top 5 Money Mistakes Part 1​
Top 5 Tips for the Best Barbecue Season Ever​
Top 7 Favourite Icy Pole Ideas
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​
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Top Tips for Saving Money Every. Single. Day.​
Treasure Hunt​, The
Tricks Retailers Use to Make You Overspend​
​
True Price of Meat, The
Tuna Tempters
Turn Leftovers into Lunches​

TVP – a Meat Budget Friend​
Twas the Night Before Christmas
Twist on MOOing: Making Something New Out of Something Old, A
Two Quick and Easy Mexican Meals for Summer
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 
Value of Self-Sufficiency, The

Vegan or Almost Vegan Recipes You Can Make at Home

W - Z

Want to Save Money? Stop Spending!
Washing the Washing Machine​
Waste Not, Want Not Muffins
Watermelon Rind Pie
​
Watt Savings
Wardrobe Organisation​
Ways to Use the Powdered Milk in Your Pantry Stockpile
We Call it Zen Spending​
Welcome to 2024
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 Does Yuor Fridge Say About You?
What Should You Keep in Your Cleaning Stockpile?
What To Do With Outgrown Clothes
What to do When You Need Freezer Room? Make Veggie Powder
​
What to do With 20 Kilos of Brown Onions?

What to do with 20 Kilos of Potatoes​?
What to Make for Dinner When It’s Too Hot to Cook
What's Important to You?​
What's in the Fridge?​
What's the Point of a Stockpile?
When It Comes to Being Shopping Savvy, It's First Things First
When to Invest, When to Pay Off Debt, and When to Do Both
Where to Sell Your Extra Craft Supplies​
Why I Say Keep What You Eat in Your Stockpile
​Why Won't My Yoghurt Set?
​Wonder of Saving Bread Bags and Other Stuff, The
Wrapping Box, The
You Can Bake in Summer and Stay Cool
You Don't Need to Spend $140 to Make Great Pizza
Zesty Summer Decorating​
Zucchinis and Zinnias​

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