Donate Used Copies of Jonni's Books  to Women in Need (women in need are waiting for a free book)

Welcome to Miserly Moms. It is my goal to help people (especially moms) get the tools that their family needs to spend more time together. Through the use of the tips I share and the other resources recommended, I hope that many people will be able to afford to cut back on working hours or quit altogether in order to spend more time with their family.

I believe this can be done because it happened to us. I was a successful business woman with a career in Silicon Valley. After my son was born, I wanted to be at home full-time with my children. I didn't believe that I could afford to quit, because we were living in the expensive San Francisco Bay Area, and I was bringing home 50% of our income. But I did it anyway because my family was my priority. I realized that being a stay-at-home mom was the best for my children.

I had to learn quickly how to stretch a dollar-especially in our grocery budget. I had little training in frugality, having grown up in an affluent surrounding. We didn't sell our home or cars. Our household expenses remained the same (except those for childcare). I did my homework, learned from trial and error and the experiences of other frugal moms who had gone before me.

My books shown here share how we cut expenses and made it work. They were written for the purpose of helping others get home.

I hope these tools help you get to your goal!

Jonni McCoy 

To read the entire article by Jonni on their family's Odyssey Into Frugality, click here 

Back to School Shopping Tips

Look for tax-free days. Some states offer special shopping days in the summer. This can save you up to 9%!

Buy mix and match pieces instead so that you can make many outfits out of a few pieces.

Check your on-hand clothes and supplies. Don't replace what is still usable. Just because it's back to school does not mean they have to have a new wardrobe.

For fast growing kids, buy one size too large and cuff the pants or sleeves.

Visit resale shops.

Plan out what you are going to need to avoid impulse shopping.

Watch what is on sale. Every type of store is featuring a sale item or two for dirty cheap. Stock up on those.

Avoid going to the mall to get everything...you will spend hundreds of dollars extra.

Plan your trips to these sale stores and drop in while you are running other errands. This will save on gas.

Save on gasoline by using a gasoline rebate card. I use the Shell Platinum MasterCard  which pays me 5% on my gasoline. That's 20 cents per gallon!  I also get a 1% rebate on all non-gasoline items I purchase.

Looking for Money Saving Ideas? Try these book suggestions:    

  Cut hundreds from the grocery budget with little effort........................Miserly Moms

  Holiday activities and gifts..........Frugal families, Homespun Gifts 

What to do with leftovers..............Use It Up Cookbook

Getting out of debt.......................Frugal Families

Healthy Meals on a shoestring................Miserly Moms

Saving with kids and babies..............Miserly Moms, Frugal Families

Effortless ways to save $10,000.......................Miserly Moms

Visit our bookstore for these books and other practical ideas (click here)

Order the Bible for Leftovers! This book lists numerous ways to use a leftover without the family knowing it's leftovers! Foods are listed alphabetically!

I love old cookbooks....especially the ones from the 1800's, The Depression and WWII. I am always scouring old bookstores looking for them. And now you can read them for free! A reader sent in a web address for the Michigan State University project called Feeding America which has all of the pages for these great old books scanned and available on their site! Check it out for yourself

We update the website as often as we can. However, please be patient since we are just one family and stretch our time between homeschooling, church, this ministry and scouting. :)

Miserly Moms® is a trademark and servicemark of Jonni McCoy

Be sure to read the rules governing all material in this site.

All content on all pages of this site Copyright © 1992-2008  Jonni McCoy 

contact Miserly Moms