My family started feeling the effects of the recession about 2 years ago- as we were self-employed. Our incomes quickly drops and were had to start making some changes.

I really was amazed how easy it was after sitting down with my husband to cut $500 from our monthly budget without it even hurting that much. Things like cutting down cable, finding a new phone plan and changing the way I shopped for groceries were ways that we have saved around $6000 a year.

Because of our own journey looking to save money in hard times and knowing others would be doing this as well I started Frugal, Freebies and Deals helping people find things that they could get for free and how to put “frugal strategies” into their everyday lives. I love being able to share these ideas to help others in their financial journeys.

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