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Your Favorite Summer Frugal Joys

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Your Favorite Summer Frugal Joys

Frugal joys are free or inexpensive things and experiences that make us happy. The best part about them is that we can add more of them to our lives without increasing our expenses. We can also use them to replace more expensive things to reduce our spending (without losing the joy in our lives). 

Summer is an amazing favorite frugal joy season because there are so many great options when the weather is warm.

I polled the Fiscal Femme community to come up with a list of the best summer frugal joys and you all delivered!

Your Favorite Summer Frugal Joys

Without further ado, here are your favorite summer frugal joys.

  • Spending time in the woods

  • Hiking state parks

  • Admiring nature (specific shoutout: watching pollinators in my native plants)

  • Picnics at the park

  • Riding bikes

  • Tripes to the library

  • Ice cream

  • Popsicles (specific recipe shoutout: blending watermelon and strawberries)

  • Photographing nature

  • Puzzling with the fam

  • Playing catch

  • Running through water / visiting splash pads

  • Gardening

  • Making iced coffee with coffee ice cubes and cold brew

  • Picking berries

  • Bonfires in the backyard

  • Walking around somewhere fun or new

  • Free concerts (specific shoutout: concerts on the library steps)

  • City attractions like the botanical gardens or museums that are free for residents

  • Walking with friends

  • Sunsets

  • Sitting in the sunshine at the park

  • Fancy ice cubes

  • Taking an old vase and old paint and making a new vase

  • Beach time

  • Mountain trails

  • Watching birds at the feeder

  • Hammock on the porch

  • Being a tourist in your own community

  • Reading a book in the sun

If you are looking to increase the joy in your life (who isn’t?!), test out one or more of these frugal joys each week and see how it goes! I’d love to hear about it. Send me a note and let me know.