Comparison Shopping

How to Shop as a Frugal Lifestyle Champion

Do Your Very Own Comparison Shopping

We were looking for an iron --- with steam and spray. We started looking around and price shopping. Our target was to go to three stores in a mall and compare the prices of the iron we were looking for.

Note: We were looking for an iron with steam and spray (whatever the brand did not matter as long as we "think" it is in good quality and it is a cheaper price)---- that's the goal.

First store stop---3 different brands 2 unknown brands and one known brand. The same features. The other unknown brand is the one I really liked because it's heavy but it's so expensive. So we decided to look around more.

We went to another store. There we found one remaining iron with the features we were really looking for. It's a lot cheaper and well it's a known brand and heavier. (I like a heavy iron because it can press the fabric easily) I said to my lovey dovey (David Breth) ;-) one more store to go then we will decide which iron to invest in.

Usually during the month of January the stores have many New Year sales. But this time their irons were not on sale! Anyway.... From the last store stop we decided.....FINALLY....to buy  the iron from the second store! It was the best deal that we can get!!! Why? It has the features we are looking for plus it is the cheapest one plus it has one year warranty!!!

So you see... What I am trying to portray here is being frugal. Do not rush to buy things! Research where to find stuff and get a BETTER DEAL!!! By doing this you save money. Yes it takes time but it's worth it!!!

Do you have any FRUGAL STORIES? Please SHARE below in the comment section!! We want to hear your story....

Reasons to Consider Living as a Frugal Lifestyle Champion

Like we’ve said before, there are many people that are opting in to living as a frugal lifestyle champion for many reasons.  Let’s talk about these reasons why you too may want to consider living as a Frugal Lifestyle Champion...

• Job Loss – many people in this day in time have suffered from a job loss. With all the uncertain twists and turns of the economy around the globe (nearly in a recession), businesses and big corporations are closing their doors at neck-breaking speeds to many of their locations, leaving thousands upon thousands of people without a job or an income for their family. A person that suffers from a job loss is virtually forced into living frugally and find that living as a frugal lifestyle champion allows them the time to find another job and not lose everything that they have worked hard to earn. 

• Debt Relief – everyone, in some shape of form, has debt, whether it is educational debt, loan debt, medical debt, or credit card debt, to name a few.  As we all know debt can start out small and in little to no time at all can grow to be a hefty chunk of debt (interest) barreling over your shoulders. For many people their first option is to run to the nearest loan office to retrieve yet another debt only to pay off their old debt. When you think about it, this really makes no sense and doesn’t clear you of any debt it only piles more debt up and more worry on your mind.  Why not start living the frugal lifestyle and start slowly watching your debt fall until there is no more?

• Retirement - this is a big reason people are finding themselves transforming into as a frugal lifestyle champion. Many companies don’t offer a retirement plan and if you are self-employed you are also faced with creating your own retirement fund -- YIKES! Therefore transforming your lifestyle as a frugal lifestyle champion allows you to keep the extra money you need to put back for a retirement plan. Many people don’t think about a retirement plan, especially if they are young, they simply use every cent of their money on living expenses, leisure and fun, and other cash throwing away methods, not thinking about what they will live off of when they become older and unable to work. 
• This is very easy to do and without the extra money to set-up a retirement plan, people simply put the whole thought on the back burner, until of course they get to retirement age and realize that they can’t retire because they have no funds to fall back on. Living as a frugal lifestyle champion now however, can help you start your very own retirement plan for the future.

• Low Income or Little to No Pay Raises –living as a frugal lifestyle champion has also become very popular amongst those who work minimum wage jobs or simply have a job where raises are never mentioned or given.  This is another instance where people are virtually forced to live frugally. However, living as a frugal lifestyle champion can also help them a great deal in relieving stress due to not having the money necessary to pay their everyday expenses and still give them the money to enjoy life as they should while pay for their everyday expenses with leisure. Living as a frugal lifestyle champion for low income families has become what many would call a trend that even the richest of families are tapping into in this day and time.

Those are just a few of the top reasons why many people are striving to become frugal lifestyle champions, but there are many reasons why a person should consider living as a frugal lifestyle champion. For whatever reason, obviously you are interested in learning how you and your family can start living a frugal lifestyle to help you with living a richer lifestyle tomorrow. 

Please place your suggestions below in the comment section how you are living a frugal lifestyle -- your input, tips and advise is very much welcomed and can possibly enhance someone's life and/or save them from total ruin/depression.

 

 

 

 

Welcome to Living as a Frugal Lifestyle Champion

As you know, more than ever people and families are jumping on the “frugal lifestyle champion” band wagon. With our economy in complete shambles nowadays, living as a frugal lifestyle champion has become a "cheaper" way of life for many people and families throughout the entire world. 

Although frugal living was once thought of as a lifestyle for retirees, penny pinchers, fixed incomes, and the “poor” working class, a frugal lifestyle champion is now seen quite a bit differently. More and more people are now opting in to the frugal lifestyle finding that they can still enjoy the things they love and still be able to manage and afford their everyday needs….Cheaper. 

There are many reasons why people of various cultures and financial classes are opting to live as a frugal lifestyle champion:

      1) Some due to a job loss

 

      2) Drop of income

 

      3) Saving for retirement

 

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      4) even an upper hand at paying off their towering debt faster

Whatever your reason may be, you will find that living frugally can make you a "richer" and financially smarter human being. 

You, yourself may be thinking about becoming a frugal lifestyle champion but don’t know the first place to go to find how to get started living frugally. However, this shouldn’t be a big, flashing, stop-sign for you, there are a plethora of resources today that give you helpful tips and suggestions to live as a frugal lifestyle champion and still have the fun and enjoyment of life with more money in your pocket and time at the end of the day.

We will be going over various factors to changing your lifestyle to becoming a frugal lifestyle champion such as................

• Getting your mindset and families mindset into thinking like a frugal lifestyle champion
• Ways to shop frugally
• Creating your very own frugal meals that the whole family will enjoy
• Clothing yourself and your children the frugal and "cool" way
• Affordable family fun and entertainment
• How to save more money on your monthly expenses and utilities
• Helpful tips for frugal lifestyle champion travelers
• and of course how to keep living frugally once you have made the frugal lifestyle champion change. 

If all this sounds good to you then strap on your seat belt and let's go........

Let’s not waste any more time and start learning how you can start living a better, cheaper, and richer life in the end through a new frugal lifestyle!

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