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Sara Noel

Sara Noel knows that being frugal doesn’t mean you have to settle. Her syndicated Frugal Living column – available five times per week through United Media’s United Feature Syndicate - emphasizes simplicity, family values and eco-frugality. From cutting down the food bill to finding alternative uses for everyday items, Frugal Living examines smart, easy ways to save money.

Noel is frugal – not cheap – and applies common sense in cost-cutting endeavors. Her approach is practical and fun and not bizarre or extreme. She lives a frugal lifestyle and inspires her readers, so they know they’re not alone. Noel’s professional background includes special event planning, floriculture, floral and interior design and buying and selling antiques and collectibles. Her personal interests are writing, gardening, secondhand shopping, cooking and photography. Her degree in business and her entrepreneurial spirit led her to found, edit and publish a network of lifestyle and shelter Web sites more than seven years ago that serve as guides to achieving balanced and gracious living.
Some of her web properties include:

Frugal Village.com
Homestead Garden.com
Homekeeping101.com
Budget Christmas.com

Noel has served as a columnist for Midland Daily News and has been a contributor to DrLaura.com. As a trusted expert, she’s a frequent guest on radio. And her work has been recognized in the media by such entities as ABC’s “Good Morning America,” U.S. News and World Report, Forbes, MSNBC, NPR, AskMen.com, Newsday, Miami Herald, The Street.com, The Examiner, Townhall.com, Huffington Post, Breitbart.com, cnbc.com, Star Tribune, Philly.com, LA Times, NJ.com, Seattle Times, Business Week, Seattle PI, Slate, abcnews.go.com, Salon, WUSA (Washington, DC), Sacbee, World Tribune, World News Network, Buffalo News, San Francisco Chronicle, Star Telegram, Fresno Bee, Mercury News, NY Daily News, Atlanta Journal Constitution, The Consumerist, Smart Computing magazine, Comcast.net Finance, Christian Science Monitor, Palm Beach Post, Omaha.com, Oregon Live, MLive, MassLive, Nola.com, Cleveland.com, The Toronto Star, AOL, The Boston Globe, The Washington Times, Lt. Governor of Kansas, Mark Parkinson’s website, Lt. Governor of Wisconsin, Barbara Lawton’s website, The Associated Press, Yahoo Finance, federalnewsradio.com, The Herald News, Signs on San Diego, Treehugger, The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun Times, Timeout Chicago, MSN Money, The Times Online UK, The Wall Street Journal, Skirt!, Good Housekeeping, iVillage, World Net Daily and Kim Komando to name a sampling from hundreds of sources. Currently her syndicated column is featured in many newspapers and Financial Survival Guide-Stretching every dollar through E.W. Scripps Company TV station group.

Arizona
KNXV, Ch. 15, Phoenix, AZ
Florida
WFTS, Ch. 28, Tampa, FL
WPTV, Ch. 5, West Palm Beach, FL
Kansas
KMCI, Ch.38, Lawrence, KS
Maryland
WMAR, Ch. 2, Baltimore, MD
Michigan
WXYZ, Ch. 7, Detroit, MI
Missouri
KSHB, Ch. 41, Kansas City, MO
Ohio
WCPO, Ch. 9, Cincinnati, OH
www.kypost.com
WEWS, Ch. 5, Cleveland, OH
Oklahoma
KJRH, Ch. 2, Tulsa, OK

She has a special place in her heart for disadvantaged and abused children.

She was raised in Rochester, New York and currently resides with her husband and four children in Michigan.

Sara Noel

Photo credit: Danielle Rappaport, Midland Daily News


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