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This is the chit chat and hangout area.

Featured articles for community discussion. (New threads restricted to admin only.)

This forum is for questions to be asked and answered. If you're new to frugality, this is a great place to start to get answers.

Find someone that lives near you. Snail mail pals, email pals, chat pals, and swaps forum too. Find out what a city is like before visiting, relocating or moving.

Discussions on debt reduction, credit cards, consolidation, debt free living, and money. Snowballing debt, paying yourself first, and money management.

This forum is post free samples.

This board was set up to talk and ask questions about coupons.

Talk about your latest garage sale find, dumpster dive, secondhand deal, thrift store, flea market fun, estate sales, new to you's, antiques and collectibles too here. Questions, open discussions,and tips are welcome.

Discuss and review products too. Brick and mortar deal talk for Walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid and grocery stores. Discuss and review products too

Stockpiling discussions. Organizing, building, and pics too. Can post pics in the gallery or in the forum.

A forum for members that work outside the home. Topics can include interviews, returning to work, and work related issues.

Have items to sell, swap or trade? This is the FV Garage Sale forum. Place ads in the marketplace and they'll show on the main site and automatically post to this forum, too. In search of something? Want to barter? Post here.

Back to the basics cooking without ready made conveniences. Cooking from scratch. Discuss kitchen topics and food. ATTENTION: Tried recipes that didn't fail are to be posted in the FV cookbook forum. If it's a recipe that simply looks good and you haven't tried it, it can be posted here.

Get organized. Plan your menu. Share your meal plans and inspire others. This is for folks that plan ahead for the week, month, gasp year?! Talk about organizing meals.

Tried recipes that didn't fail go here. Recipes that haven't been tried are to be posted in the Kitchen Basics forum and its sub categories.

Health, fitness, weight loss and beauty topics, specific health issues, disabilities, disorders, syndromes, chronic illness, and diseases support. Healthy lifestyle. Discuss specific weightloss programs. Discuss nutrition & fitness. Rewards & Goals.Beauty topics such as hair, makeup, fragrance, fashion too.

Hugs, vibes, good thingies, and prayer forum. The place when you need the support of friends. Grief, Loss, survivors, care givers, addiction, recovery, disability, etc.

Looking for craft or hobby ideas? Do you have a project that you want to share? General craft section.

Share your favorite tv shows, soaps, movies, books, and magazines here. This is the entertainment and media forum. Movie reviews, celebrity gossip and talk, sit coms, reality tv, hgtv, lifetime, etc.

Discuss tourism, travel, vacations, and getaways. Get tips and offer suggestions on hotels, transportation, activities, and restaurants. Post your vacation pics too.

Share frugality here.

Frugal tips, laundry tips, cooking tips, kitchen tips, organization tips, beauty tips, timesaver tips, cleaning tips, and home remedies. Reuse common household items. Second use, repurpose

Simple living & inner simplicity. Deliberate choices, joys, daily gratitudes & redesigning our lives. Reconnecting with ourselves. Inner balance, slowing down, true values, mindfulness, self purpose, personal development, reinventing, rediscovery.

Eco-friendly, sustainability, fair trade, environmental, human rights, animal rights, activism, veganism,vegetarian topics. Natural living. Organic-Whole foods, Green living, recycling.

Homesteading and garden topics.

Forum for our 40+ members. Special stage of our lives. Empty nesters, midlife talks, grandparenting and more.

Parenting, parenting styles, family, friends, family activities.

Organization, cleaning, space management, decluttering, time management. Disperse or dispose.

Discuss festivities, party planning, preparations, stress, traditions, recipes, gifts and crafts for the upcoming holidays. Celebrations & birthday wishes & anniversaries too.

Includes do it yourself topics such as remodelling, appliances, automotive, computers, electrical, plumbing, hardware, pest control, decks, patios, greenhouses, insulation, doors, windows, masonry, home plans, plastering, tools, garages, etc.

Green living, vegetarian, self sufficiency, homesteading, simple living and frugal living challenges.

Debt reduction, saving, budgeting, grocery, no spend, change jar, coupon, emergency fund, business, stockpiling, secondhand and utility challenges.

Meal planning, freezer, crockpot, cooking, no eating out and try new recipes challenges.

Book, writing and hobby challenges.

Cleaning, organizing, holiday, kindness and home projects challenges.

Health, fitness, self improvement, body and soul, and me time challenges.

Plant the seeds of your dreams here. Share your dreams, goals, ambitions, and aspirations. Gain support and encouragement.

Resources

Community rules, questions, comments, and suggestions.

This forum was created to keep members updated on what's happening on the website.

How to use the forum features. (read only)

Links to member blogs and sites. Click and read before posting your link

Aspiring writer? Post and share your articles here. Read and discuss home and family related articles, too.

Recognition for the best topics of the week as selected by community members.