Frugal Village

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After a bath or a shower, it’s refreshing to pull open your dresser drawers or closet doors and enjoy the fragrance of scented liners, sachet envelopes, cedar blocks or candle tarts. Problem is, all of these luxury solutions tend to be costly. Why spend more when you can add scents to your home [...]

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Most frugalites will agree that it’s important to integrate simple pleasures and indulgences into your day to day life. This brings more appreciation for simple joys. You’re worth it. Many indulgences don’t have to cost anything at all;however, there isn’t anything wrong with spending a bit for enjoyment. Whether you call it simple [...]

No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted. ~Aesop
A random act of kindness is doing something nice for someone, other than yourself, without wanting anything in return. Kindness actions can be anything from thanking someone or giving a compliment, to sending a surprise gift or paying for the person behind you, in the [...]

Simplicity discussions often address topics such as, gaining control of your time and money, and identifying and focusing on what truly matters. Frugality and simplicity often overlap, but it’s important to acknowledge that they are not the same.
Although, simplicity often encompasses paring down and takes consumerism into consideration, it’s more of an inward focus [...]