About Jen

My family started feeling the effects of the recession about 1 year before many others (including our friends and family)- as we were self-employed in a luxury industry. Our incomes quickly dropped and we 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 to help people find things that they could get for free and put “frugal strategies” into their everyday lives. I love being able to share these ideas to help others in their financial journeys.

I live in Southern California with my Hubby and we have two little girls (5 and 6) that we adopted through San Diego Foster Care. We felt called by God to adopt, specifically through foster care and although it has not been easy it has been an amazing experience. I have heard people say that it takes someone special to love a child who is not your biological child. Well, maybe I am biased through my own experience, but I don’t think it does.. it just takes commitment and a willingness to love (which most of us have). Our capacity to love simply does not “fill up”, it just grows and grows.

I hope you enjoy your time here!!

Happy Saving,

Jen