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How Much Money Does Our Brand of Frugality Save? (Spoiler: $56,000+/Year)

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

I’ve honestly wondered about how much our frugal living saved. Let's do the whole math breakdown and find out!Our brand of frugality is pretty typical (to a little extra strength) in the accumulation ...

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Everything ‘Married…With Children’ Did That Kept Them Poor

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

Does anyone remember that show Married...With Children? I use to watch old reruns of Married...With Children on FOX even though it was a little before my time.I didn’t always get the jokes back then ...

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Poking Fun of Deathbed Regrets While Having No Plan to Repeat Any

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

We're all going to die someday babes. #morbidDeathbed regrets should have more research funding. It seems like invaluable information if you take it as advice. See, I don’t see people as lacking in ...

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What The Hell Are Deep Life Goals?

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

I codenamed my pet ideas "M" and "A" for each respectively. I have been unable to retain as much time socializing with fellow bloggers or writing while working out these pet ideas. Thankfully traffic ...

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Seattle Woodland Park Zoo Review + Recap (Pic Heavy)

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

Every good city needs a good zoo and the Woodland Park zoo is our little slice of nature. Everyone's miles may vary but it took us about...6 hours to rush and we skipped a few exhibits. I think at the ...

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The Confessions of a Houseporn Addict

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

I don't know if I have to disclaimer this but this is indeed still safe for work! ;) I don't talk too much about real estate here but this is an obligatory real estate opinion that I feel should be ...

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Seattle CityPASS Review – Is It Worth It? (Pic Heavy)

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

If You Like Vacation Slides...My old high school buddies (Cynthia and Daniel) came to visit us in Seattle. Since Cynthia and my birthday landed right next to each other, we decided to make a grander ...

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I Got 22,000 Days Until I’m Dead.

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

First thought: does that seem like a big number to you?I don’t know but I’m a little 'awww :(' at that number. 22,000 days seems minuscule to me. For some odd reason in my head, I clocked in a ...

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Why I Don’t Think Cheating on Homework Is Wrong

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

Disclaimer: This post probably makes me sound like a bad person x2.So I binged watched 'The Good Place' over the weekend with my husband and despite the eerie similarity of characters between ...

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How To Afford $800 Shoes When You’re $100k in Debt

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

This post was written in aggravation at 3 AM by yours truly.There are barrels of good people out there under a mountain of usurious debt north of six figures. You could argue until the cattle turn ...

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