A collection of the best frugal living posts from 2016 on the Thrifty Frugal Mom blog.
One of the things that I enjoy doing at the beginning of a new year is to look at my blog stats to see what posts resonated with you all the previous year. It helps me learn more about you and also think about what kinds of things to post in the future. Just for fun, I thought I’d share a little of what I learned in the form of a round up of my top 10 Frugal Living posts that were published in 2016 (based on the traffic they received). You just might find a new favorite!
But before I do that, I just wanted to thank you all for giving me the honor of your time and for helping make the Thrifty Frugal Mom what it is. My goal is to help you all succeed at this thing called homemaking and to be the best homemaker that you can possibly be! I love sharing the things that I’ve learned and am learning with you all and I love learning new things and perspective from those of you that comment and email me.
And I’m so excited about what all I have planned for the Thrifty Frugal Mom in 2017 and think you will love it too! As a lot of probably know, we are in the process of relocating to a new house and are currently in the middle of remodeling it. So along with the usual easy recipes, money-saving ideas and homemaking tips and inspiration posts, it only seemed to make sense that I also start sharing some home renovation tips and hopefully some fun home decor related posts as well. I already am working on some posts about our kitchen remodel and can’t wait to share them with you in a couple of months!
Now…for the best frugal living posts in 2016. Here you go!
The Best Frugal Living Posts in 2016
1. $200/Mo. Menu Plan for Our Family of 5
My menu plans were by far my most popular frugal living posts! You all love meal planning ideas, which is really no surprise since I think we all get hit with that “what should I make for dinner?” quandary. I didn’t link to any menu plan in particular, because they all were quite popular and high on the most-read posts list.
2. 12 Ways to Be a Blessing on a Budget
Honestly, this post is one that I wrote on a whim and didn’t know if people would even connect with it, so I was happily surprised when it started getting a lot of traffic. I love that so many of you care about blessing other people!
3. Confessions of a Frugal Mom: 12 Money Saving Things I Don’t Do
You know that popular saying ‘confession is good for the soul’? That was true for me with this post. It just felt good to be honest and let you all know that I have my splurge areas too!
4. BIG List of Freebies
Who doesn’t love free? This list with everything from classes to improve life skills to baby leg warmers to free photo prints was one that you all enjoyed!
5. 6 Reasons Smart People Use a Budget
Often people hear the word budget and immediately think of words like restrictive, bondage and hard. But the truth is, using a budget is one of the smartest things you can do and it honestly can be easy and even fun….which is what this post is all about.
6. 15 Frugal Spring Family Activities + {a Free Printable}
Frugal ways to enjoy Spring with your family? You all were into this! And the free printable was just fun. 🙂
7. The Easiest Way to Save Money on Groceries
One of my favorite ways to save money on groceries and one that I love telling other people about because it’s so crazy easy!
8. How to Save Money on Groceries (and get more for your money!)
Saving money on groceries is always a hot topic. I love how Monica, one of my readers, shared her tips in this post and showed how being a little strategic can help you not just save money, but get more groceries for less money too!
9. 50 MORE Awesome Gifts for Kids that Cost $10 or Less
My gift ideas posts have always been popular, so it didn’t really surprise me that even though this post was published at the end of the year, it still made it in the top 10 posts list! And really, you can’t beat great gifts that cost $10 or less, can you?
10. A Frugal Mom’s 11 Favorite Baby Items
I’m one of those crazy people that loves telling others about products that I love- I seriously could probably have a whole blog just reviewing products and telling you about them. So I was gratified to see that so many of you enjoyed this post where I shared my favorite baby products. Oh, and I just updated the post with 2 more items that are my favorites….because they are so good that you totally deserve to know about them too!
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