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It's not too early to start planning for Christmas! Have an amazing Christmas and holiday season this year without going broke or into debt! Create a budget, and make sure your wallet is ready for the holidays too! Start planning ahead with these 6 things you can do right now to be financially prepared for Christmas early.

6 Things to Do Now to Be Financially Ready for Christmas

Want to let your kids do sports, music, or art but are tight on money? Find out how to afford kids' sports and activities on a budget with these 11 simple ways to save on kids' activities and sports! These are great ideas for frugal families!

11 Ways to Save on Kids’ Sports and Activities

Although you might swear by YouTube makeup tutorials that use only the latest, there are so many vintage makeup gems out there that can deliver the same results – if not better! With their glowing skin, tumbling curls and perfect pouts, vintage beauties like Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, and Audrey Hepburn are still the envy of women today!  Here are 8 vintage beauty tips that still work today!

8 Vintage Beauty Tips that Still Work

5 Reasons Your Canning Lids Won't Seal and what to do about it - Running into problems while you're canning? If you're a beginning canner, the most common problem is that your jars won't seal. For some easy troubleshooting, read these 5 Reasons Why Your Canning Lids Aren't Sealing and what to do about it!

5 Reasons Why Your Canning Lids Aren’t Sealing

6 Places to Find Free or Cheap Canning Jars - If you're looking to get into canning, you'll need to find some canning jars! Check out these 6 Places to Find Free and Cheap Canning Jars to get you started! Great ideas to save even more money on a budget for canning!

6 Places to Find Free and Cheap Canning Jars

8 Reasons Why Canning is Being Revived - Have you noticed the lost art of canning making a comeback recently? Here are 8 reasons why canning is being revived! See if you want to join in, too! These are great reasons to actually start canning too

8 Reasons Why Canning is Being Revived

23 Frugal Fall Activities for Kids - Check out these 23 Frugal Fall Activities for Kids of you're looking for some inexpensive, family-friendly fun this Fall for the whole crew. Parenting Tips. I want to do all of these this year!

23 Frugal Fall Activities for Kids

11 Cheap Meals with Potatoes - You can save money by making some frugal meals to stretch your food and your money with these 11 yummy and filling Cheap Meals to Make with Potatoes. Frugal living and saving money with these frugal meals with potatoes. They're sooo good too!

11 Cheap Meals to Make with Potatoes

How to Encourage Kids to Pack Their Own Lunches - Packing school lunches can be a hassle. Make sure your kids love their lunches and take a load off your own shoulders with these 7 Ways to Encourage Kids to Pack Their Own Lunches. Back to school parenting tips

How to Encourage Kids to Pack Their Own Lunches

How to Save Money on Back to School Clothes - Back to school time can be expensive! Save a little money, stay under budget, and send your kids back to school in style with these 6 tips to save money on back to school clothes. Parenting tips

6 Tips to Save Money on Back to School Clothes

How to Beat the Heat without Turning on the AC - Whether you're trying to save money or dealing with a broken air conditioner, sometimes you need to find simple ways to beat the heat without turning on the AC like these 6 tips!

6 Ways to Beat the Heat without Turning on the AC

5 Ways to Save Money on Major Appliances - Thinking about new appliances? Use these 5 simple and easy ways to save money on major appliances to help you save on your next appliance purchase! Frugal living - budget

5 Ways to Save Money on Major Appliances

Don't Toss it! Fix it! 7 Simple Fixes for Clothing Damage - Instead of tossing damaged clothes, save money and resources by fixing them! Use these 7 simple fixes for clothing damage to get the most out of all of your clothes!

7 Simple Fixes for Clothing Damage

Top 5 Best Investments When Renovating an Older Home - Confused on where to start renovating your older home? Some projects are worth more when selling than others, and some will even pay you back! Check out these top 5 best investments when renovating an older home to get started on the right track. DIY Farm house renovation

5 Best Investments When Renovating an Older Home

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Merry Christmas!

Classic Gingersnaps with a bold spicy cinnamon and ginger flavor, crispy edges and a chewy center are easy to make and the perfect holiday cookie! A must make for Christmas and cookie exchanges!

Gingersnaps

Chewy fudgy Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are pretty and easy to make. They're rich and decadent and are perfect for cookie exchanges!

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Chewy Butterfinger Cookies with crispy edges are packed with sticky, sweet Butterfinger pieces and chocolate and peanut butter flavor.

Butterfinger Cookies

Free up your oven with this simple and classic Crockpot Stuffing! A traditional recipe with onions, celery, and herbs, cooked to perfection in the slow cooker!

Crockpot Stuffing

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