Frugality and Adoption

Hello Everyone!

I am working as a nanny, a job we all know does not pay well but it affords me the opportunity of spending my time with children until I am a mommy (sigh)! Another project is getting the concierge service going, there are so many steps, like everything else in the world nothing comes easily. Any who, in my quest to raise funds for all the steps to my adoption and taking care of myself. I have become, wait for it....A frugalista. I did a mega Internet search on ways to live a debt free life. Mostly it requires research and planning. The mantra being never pay full price for anything so you can save the difference. This was not that hard for me as I already made most of my own clothing and cooked the majority of my own food being that I do not eat a lot of meat products. I would like to one day be a full fledge vegan, living in a place where I can growing my own food and live a simpler life with my children, but baby steps, no pun intented. Being fabulously frugal requires, in essence, the desire to spent the time and energy to save money. For examples, buying beans, while the can would be easier the bag of raw beans are way cheaper but requires a lot more work on my part. In addition, I soak the beans overnight which cuts way down on the cook time(frugality to the fullest) so for the same price of one can of beans I get a pot of them that can be divided and frozen to be used at a later date. Yeah I love saving, plus people in this economy is there really another choice?