The Tao Of Frugality

Welcome to the Tao of Frugality. This is a blog meant to bring together random hints and tips on frugality, particularly, the way of frugality (which is exactly what the Tao of Frugality means). While there are many sites that are here to help people make money, save money, and all that fun stuff, the Tao of Frugality is the brain-child of two former college students (and by former, we mean, just graduated) who as newly minted, responsible (some of the time), adults who are realizing just how awesome frugality is - and we want to share the wealth and the love. Especially the love, like how much love you feel when you realize you just scored an awesome deal on your favorite meal or book or CD. Whatever. Another aspect of this blog is to connect frugality to having 'the good things' in life. Like a concert or gourmet chocolate, like owning a home free and clear or traveling the world. (I'm thinking long term goals as well as short term goals, work with me!)

Anyway, before we start sharing the wealth, we'd like to introduce ourselves. First off, there is the Queen of Frugality, my friend Heather. She's been doing this for years, even before we met and she still shocks me with how much she can get away with while still being frugal. She knows how to do stuff for next to nothing and will probably be posting on some of the more general tips... or whatever she feels like. ;)

Then there is me, the lowly plebe of frugality. I'm still learning the ropes, but I sometimes come across a few gems. I am mostly interested in how to be healthy and frugal, because both are uber-important to me. I'll probably end up tossing out general tips as well or anything else that I find interesting. Btw, I'll go by Lorali in most, if not all of my blog posts.

Finally, we bring to you the first tip of this blog:
Meal-pricing
This is actually pretty fun to do. It's like a game. You find the prices (average price or whatever you paid) of whatever ingredients you are using. Add all of those up and divide the cost by how many portions you will get out of a meal. Multiple that by how many portions are in each meal you eat. Voila! You have both your portion price and your meal-price. Some items I have cooked, come up with totals such as 25 cents a portion and 37.6 cents a portion. Both were hearty meals. Definitely worth the time taken to cook them!


Well, next blog should be Heather's turn. *Pokes Heather repeatedly* Whatever it is , it should be good!