Brilliant Frugal Living

If the cost of pharmaceutical drugs isn’t enough to turn you off, how at the mile-long list of side effects? Wait until you hear about the inexpensive foods available at your local grocery store that are often proven to be even more effective that drugs! Check this list with your doctor and see which ones benefit you and your family the most – Frugal On!

The unsung, unbelievably lucrative benefits of having a stay at home/work from home parent on the payroll. Numbers don’t lie, and these figures might just shock you. Frugal On!

Meet the Michigan Couple who teamed up to tackle their debt like a linebacker! Learn the tips, tricks & strategies that blitzed 120K of student debt in 3 short years on a very average American salary – Frugal On!

Looking for new ways to earn more cash, build your nest egg & pay off that debt even faster? In today’s fast-paced, skyrocketing economy, lucrative side hustles are in the rise - merge your many talents with the latest list of high paying side gigs – Frugal On!

A Brilliantly Frugal Wedding Recap Segment, with fabulous advice on slashing travel costs straight from the experts! Don’t miss listeners chiming in with their real-life travel, tux & dress stories. Ready to save thousands and still pull off the gorgeous wedding of your dreams? Frugal On!

Next in our wedding series – Slashing the cost of the venue & clothes! Beautiful wedding locales, fabulous dresses & tuxes are even more gorgeous when you’re spending 50-90% less on them, am I right?! Tune in to catch the effortless strategies that will keep thousands more in your pocket where it belongs – Frugal On!

Next in our wedding series – Slashing the Bar & Cake Costs! The average Bar & Cake costs can hit $7K at some of today’s weddings! Care to take those costs down by 70% or more? Tune in to hear my easy, guest-friendly strategies, as well as feedback from listeners, their wedding planning advice might just surprise you -- Frugal On!

The first in our wedding series! I just enjoyed one of the loveliest weddings ever, and it got me thinking. How much spending is TOO much? Weddings indeed should be memorable, but not for the out of control expenses! Enjoy our easy, effective, cost-slashing strategies, and one of the finest frugal wedding gift stories you’ve ever heard. Frugal On!

Listeners LOVED one of our last segments on outstanding, effective moves to spike your savings FAST, and they’ve added their own experiences! Tune in to catch the best of the best ideas straight from Nationwide listeners on what worked for quick savings, what bombed, and the one proven move they recommend more than anything. Frugal On!!

Kristen talks with Adrienne Appell with the Toy Association about the top toy trends.

When it comes to finances, slow & steady indeed wins the race. And yet sometimes, we all encounter that moment in life when we need to save some big money FAST. Tune in to catch the experts top proven methods to give that savings account a highly motivational spike – Frugal On!

In these crazy workaholic times when our motivation & energy is about as strained as our finances, there’s nothing like a binge indulgence of the most effective & motivational financial rags to riches success stories & sites that can refuel the frugal engines. Enjoy our top picks, and be sure to notice the parallels of some of today’s most successful Americans – every single one of them endured financial tough times & setbacks too! Frugal On!

In an ocean of personal finance blogs out there, how do you know the ones that pack the biggest proven punch? Tune in and hear directly from my blog-addicted self, as well as listeners (and other experts) which blogs were a hit, which are a miss, and why you just might want to start writing your own! Frugal On!

We all know there’s strength in numbers, so try these numbers on for size! Listeners Coast to Coast share stories of how they remodeled & redecorated their homes for 90-95% off with the help of the Fabulously Frugal Trifecta of Goodwill, Craigslist & Habitat for Humanity Homestore! These stores are near just about everyone, not to mention often available online! Listen to their fantastic ideas, then add your own & share with us – Frugal On!

You know I love a great frugal fixer upper rehab! It’s one of the fastest, surest ways to significantly grow your investment portfolio, and empowering as heck! You love the rehab stories about Chateau Hagopian, now hear from a millennial couple who shared their stories for rehabbing & refurnishing their fixer for up to 95% off retail! Frugal On!

Okay, you guys remember “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes”? Thought it was just a corny movie idea, now I realize it was written as a legitimate cry for help by the spouse of a gardening enthusiast. They’re delish & organic & literally pennies each, which you know I LOVE, but I need some good ideas what to do with these, and our FB fan club didn’t disappoint! Catch listeners’ great ideas here! We're gonna need a bigger boat. I mean crock pot. Frugal On!

Another Gorgeous Guest Bedroom Makeover! Learn every tip, trick, store & website we used to create a lovely $800 bedroom makeover for just $50!

No School Like The Old School for saving serious time, sanity, and of course, your wallet!

Fabulously Frugal Lessons “The Wizard of Oz” taught us all.

Easy strategies to increase the mileage, safety & value of one of your biggest assets – your car! Car Expert Lauren Fix joins me to discuss the go-to moves to keep your car in its best shape as we ramp up for winter, as well as an AMAZING new promotion from Hertz! Frugal On!

Insider info straight from listeners who graduated from College DEBT FREE into great paying jobs – America’s Top 30 Community Colleges across the U.S.!

Tis the season to start obsessing about College Costs! Hear our proven tips and success stories from people who made their dreams of a College Degree come true, while slashing the cost by up to 90%!

Ever dream of updating your Dining Room but think you can’t afford it? Think again! Hear how we snagged a fabulous $1000 Dining Room Combo for just $100!

More gorgeous Bathroom Makeover strategies & fabulous tips sent in from listeners! Forget the ridiculous high-priced wallet-busting updates, stick with us for tried & true methods to take your beloved-yet-blah bathrooms to “brilliantly frugally beautiful” & save up to 90% off retail!

Don’t flush your hard earned money! Hear the details on our fabulously frugal & gorgeous Bathroom Makeover! The “expert” calculators price this makeover at $3000+, yet we pulled it off for just $75 in one weekend! Find out the how, where, when & why and how you can easily recreate it in your own home – Frugal On!

Sleep like an inexpensive log with an inexpensive item in your grocery aisle that’s been proven to work better than many of the top pharmaceutical sleep aids, with none of the scary side effects! Also, about 99.9% cheaper, just sayin’. Then, don’t miss our top-notch effortless frugal appliance fixes - don’t replace those pricey appliances until you hear this!

Check out the latest trend (available for the last million years) that’s easy, free, and now proven without a doubt to reduce pain, inflammation & fatigue in people of all ages, often better than pharmaceuticals! I didn’t believe it, so who better to try it? The results were astonishing, and I want you to experience them too!

The Frugal Top 10 list of best items to buy (and hold off on buying) in August! Whether you’re shopping for clothes, furniture, books, vacations or more, August’s best bets to maximize your purchasing power may surprise you – Frugal On!

The average household spends over $800 for Back to School! Enjoy some School Shopping Tips to ensure you’re the “Ruler” of all you Frugally survey & save hundreds! Then, mark your calendars for August’s National Garage Sale Day! Tips for buying AND selling – either way, we’re talking more money in your pocket where it belongs – Frugal On!

Easy, inexpensive weekend Home Improvement Projects for beginners that yield Expert results! Save thousands by transforming ugly-yet-functional appliances into stainless steel beauties, hear about the cement floors that are now a dead ringer for beautiful oak, (done in one afternoon!) turn more mismatched, outdated furniture into gorgeous customized sets, and hear about the run down kitchen that one of our listeners brought back to stylish life with frugal hacks that can save you thousands!

Listeners chime in with fantastic furniture Rehab Before & Afters! Check out the latest addictive frugal craze – Italian Marble Contact Paper – and all of its endless possibilities, including how combining it with stain, paint & a bit of fresh hardware can transform the shabbiest of finds into gorgeous family heirlooms! Plus – got an Astronomy junkie in the house like I do? Find them an updated top-notch telescope for up to 95% off – I’ll tell you how!

Welcome to Brilliant Frugal Living! This week, we save over $2000 on Home Improvement Bedroom Projects & upgrades – what should have cost thousands, cost us only $20! Learn more about the fabulously frugal sites & stores that made it happen. Then, details on our gorgeous Guest Bathroom Vanity & Mirror Makeover - Cabinetry, Antique Mirrors, a new sink & more should have cost up to $750 Retail – we transformed the room for less than $30 in just one weekend! Listen in to learn more!

A weekly podcast featuring interviews with some of the biggest names from Hollywood to DC and everywhere in between. Lifestyle columnist, consumer reporter, personal finance author, and nationally-syndicated radio host Kristen Hagopian reveals money-saving, time-saving ways to live luxuriously while still on a budget.