Top 10 Smart Money Mom Blogs
A truly great way to inspire frugality and simplicity in your own life is to read the blogs of other people with the same goals. The ten great blogs below are written by moms who want to save money and achieve financial goals while living rewarding lives.
This blog is filled with family life hacks and simple living. While most posts naturally have to do with saving money and simplifying, there's also a special section on money management, including tips on holiday budgets, getting out of debt, and more.
Blogger Candace Anderson, who homeschools her five boys, covers everything from frugal meal planning (including recipes) to saving up an emergency fund and creating your own home-based business.
You'll find plenty of money-saving deals, coupons, and freebies here, but Money Saving Mom is more than a coupon blog; there are also special series of posts like "Having a Baby Without Breaking the Bank" and "31 Days to a Better Grocery Budget."
This blog features--you guessed it--dinners for $5 or less, from mom of three Erin Chase, who writes, "I have a little problem. I can not make a meal that costs more than $5. Even if I try." Posts cover everything from canning and gardening to freebies and deals, and Chase pays attention to food allergies and diet restrictions too.
Not just another coupon blog, Mommy's Wish List's tagline is "Where to get it. How not to pay for it." There are loads of deals, freebies, and coupon codes here, but there's also news about free events and activities and essential posts on "how to be a coupon mommy."
"Prudy"'s goal is to feed her family of four "scandalously good food" for about $100 a week, and all her tasty recipes include cost by serving.
"Single Ma" blogs about her journey (along with her teen daughter and Maltese) to financial independence. You'll be inspired to create and complete your own money goals along with her and her family.
The Frugal Girl is a wife and homeschooling mom of four. Her blog has great regular features like "Cheaper than store-bought," "Clearance shopping," and "Frugal Vacations."
Lindsay Edmonds provides lots of great recipes to make natural products--like laundry detergent, even deodorant--at home. She also has fun ideas for "decluttering parties," frugal birthday parties for kids, and healthy, inexpensive meals while traveling.
Frugal Babe knows her personal financing stuff and her posts on buying a house are invaluable--the math on refinancing and real estate nitty gritty posts are especially helpful to families entering the home-buying market.
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