Lola’s Frugal Life Podcast

Today I will be sharing my thoughts on packing light for vacation.  Packing can create stress leading up to a vacation.  You can reduce some of this stress by scaling back on the number of things you pack when you go on a trip. https://www.lolasfrugallife.com https://www.facebook.com/LolasFrugalLife/ Support this podcast:   https://anchor.fm/lolak/support For one month free of Skill...

In this episode, I will share with you my meal plan for the week. Hopefully, it can help you out with your meal planning and give you some ideas for some recipes.  Meal planning helps in so many ways.  It saves you money by allowing you to buy the groceries you will actually be cooking.  It saves you time by knowing what you will be doing for dinner each night! https://www.lolasfrug...

I know that many of us are often trying to cut back on screen time. But some apps definitely have their place in helping us be more productive and organized. In this episode, I share the apps that are currently the most helpful to me! https://www.lolasfrugallife.com https://www.facebook.com/LolasFrugalLife/ Support this podcast:   https://anchor.fm/lolak/support For one month free of Skillsha...

I will not be cooking this week because I will be away! So as an alternative to my weekly meal plan episode, I will be sharing some meal planning tips! https://www.lolasfrugallife.com https://www.facebook.com/LolasFrugalLife/ Support this podcast:  https://anchor.fm/lolak/support For one month free of Skillshare Premium, go to:  skillshare.eqcm.net/lola

So many times we hear people say that eating healthy is too expensive. There are many things you can do to keep eating healthy meals affordable. In this episode I share some tips that have allowed us to keep food costs down so we can eat a healthier diet. https://www.lolasfrugallife.com https://www.facebook.com/LolasFrugalLife/ Support this podcast:  https://anchor.fm/lolak/support For one month f...

In this episode, I will share with you my meal plan for the week. Hopefully, it can help you out with your meal planning and give you some ideas for some recipes.  Meal planning helps in so many ways.  It saves you money by allowing you to buy the groceries you will actually be cooking.  It saves you time by knowing what you will be doing for dinner each night! https://www.lolasfrug...

Gratitude and contentment are one of the most useful practices for leading a frugal life.  When we are grateful for what we have, we more naturally will be content with what we have.  By being grateful and content with all that we already have we can avoid always being on the search for the next best thing.  This allows us to conserve our financial resources to put them towards what...

In this episode, I will share with you my meal plan for the week. Hopefully, it can help you out with your meal planning and give you some ideas for some recipes.  Meal planning helps in so many ways.  It saves you money by allowing you to buy the groceries you will actually be cooking.  It saves you time by knowing what you will be doing for dinner each night! https://www.lolasfrug...

We sometimes might think that we have way too many things to do and we don't have time to relax and do the things we enjoy.  But often this happens because we are too distracted to take care of our priorities with our full attention.  This causes the amount of time to get things done to extend much longer than it might really need to.  By working on minimizing distractions we can ge...

In this episode, I will share with you my meal plan for the week. Hopefully, it can help you out with your meal planning and give you some ideas for some recipes.  Meal planning helps in so many ways.  It saves you money by allowing you to buy the groceries you will actually be cooking.  It saves you time by knowing what you will be doing for dinner each night! https://www.lolasfrug...

Sprucing up your backyard for the season does not have to be expensive.  Just as with all aspects of frugal living, the most essential part is to consider what you value most.  Once you are sure about your priorities you can decide what to focus on.  If you do decide to budget some dollars for improvements you can make sure that they will be making changes that most impact what you...

In this episode, I will share with you my meal plan for the week. Hopefully, it can help you out with your meal planning and give you some ideas for some recipes.  Meal planning helps in so many ways.  It saves you money by allowing you to buy the groceries you will actually be cooking.  It saves you time by knowing what you will be doing for dinner each night! https://www.lolasfrug...

It seems that no matter how long we have been budgeting, there is always something unexpected.  It might be something costing more than you expected, or something you just didn't expect at all.  Building contingencies into our budget can help us deal with some of these items without having to dig into our savings.  It can also help us stay out of debt.  Contingencies are an imp...

In this episode, I will share with you my meal plan for the week. Hopefully, it can help you out with your meal planning and give you some ideas for some recipes.  Meal planning helps in so many ways.  It saves you money by allowing you to buy the groceries you will actually be cooking.  It saves you time by knowing what you will be doing for dinner each night! https://www.lolasfrug...

Do you ever have one of those days where you can't handle making one more decision?  Something that might have seemed minor had it occurred in the morning can feel like it's just too much to have to deal with later in the day.  Decision fatigue is when we have trouble making a good decision, or in making a decision at all, after a long day or period of decision making.  Just like ou...

In this episode, I will share with you my meal plan for the week. Hopefully, it can help you out with your meal planning and give you some ideas for some recipes.  Meal planning helps in so many ways.  It saves you money by allowing you to buy the groceries you will actually be cooking.  It saves you time by knowing what you will be doing for dinner each night! https://www.lolasfrug...

There are so many things we hear when it comes to retirement and other investment accounts.  Knowing the basics of what some of these different accounts are and what the general benefits are can give us an idea of what we might want to have for ourselves.  Whether you are just thinking about starting to save for retirement, or if you want to start some other investments, there are some b...

In this episode, I will share with you my meal plan for the week. Hopefully, it can help you out with your meal planning and give you some ideas for some recipes.  Meal planning helps in so many ways.  It saves you money by allowing you to buy the groceries you will actually be cooking.  It saves you time by knowing what you will be doing for dinner each night! https://www.lolasfrug...

So often we don't save anything because we don't feel like the amount we have to put aside is enough to make any difference.  Even if you don't think that the amount of money you have to allocate to savings is not enough, it's still better than not saving at all.  We can end up spending those little bits of money that we can save on things that don't really matter much to us.  It fe...

In this episode, I will share with you my meal plan for the week. Hopefully, it can help you out with your meal planning and give you some ideas for some recipes. https://www.lolasfrugallife.com https://www.facebook.com/LolasFrugalLife/ Support this podcast:   https://anchor.fm/lolak/support For one month free of Skillshare Premium, go to:   skillshare.eqcm.net/lola

A recipe is just something that someone created to make a meal.  There is no rule that a recipe must be followed exactly as written.  Most times you can substitute or leave out ingredients and still have a good meal.  This will help save on spending money on extra ingredients that you might not really need. https://www.lolasfrugallife.com https://www.facebook.com/LolasFrugalLife/ Su...

In this episode, I will share with you my meal plan for the week. Hopefully, it can help you out with your meal planning and give you some ideas for some recipes. https://www.lolasfrugallife.com https://www.facebook.com/LolasFrugalLife/ Support this podcast:   https://anchor.fm/lolak/support For one month free of Skillshare Premium, go to:   skillshare.eqcm.net/lola

This episode marks two years since I started my podcast!  Coincidentally, I happen to be having one of those crazy busy weeks.  The topic that I chose of Progress over Perfection, could not have been more fitting.  This idea of focusing on progress over perfection has helped me in so many ways over the years.  It's something that I love to share with others! https://www.lolasfr...

In this episode, I will share with you my meal plan for the week. Hopefully, it can help you out with your meal planning and give you some ideas for some recipes. https://www.lolasfrugallife.com https://www.facebook.com/LolasFrugalLife/ Support this podcast:   https://anchor.fm/lolak/support For one month free of Skillshare Premium, go to:   skillshare.eqcm.net/lola

Frugal living is all about spending in alignment with our values.  The same applies when we go on vacation.  Whether you are going on a luxury vacation or a low-cost getaway being in control of your spending is still important.  With just a little bit of effort, you can make sure you stay within the amount of money you would like to spend on your vacation!  https://www.lolasfru...