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Often informally referred to on her popular Radio Talk Show, blog, website and lectures as "Keeping Up With The Hagopians", Brilliant Frugal Living is a detailed handbook describing how one middle-class American family slashed their spending by $50,000 in one year's time, without sacrificing a bit of quality!
Organic food, designer clothes, antique furniture, gorgeous shoes, the beautiful lifestyle you deserve - whatever it is you seek, Kris has compiled easy, proven strategies on how to acquire it for 50-90% off.
We all have our pre-conceived notions of what is truly "frugal" and what is not. To many, the simple suggestions in this book will come as jaw-dropping revelations. To others, the tactics described here will be your idea of an Intermediate course in Money Management. Most readers will find themselves somewhere between the two. All readers will find new ways to save money in this book!
This book is not about how to MAKE money. Americans already know how to make money. We're workaholics - working hard is one of the things we do best. This book is about making your money work hard for you!
Brilliant Frugal Living details the proven tactics our household used to compensate for a huge downturn in salary. The tactics in my book saved us over $50,000 a year and kept our finances beautifully on track, just in time for one of the most dramatic economic downturns in American history.
For my household, the 50% reduction in income was a planned decision, when I stayed home after the birth of my first child. We intentionally cut our household income in half. For many of the fantastic people I've met at my book signings and workshops, a reduction in income may not have been deliberately planned, but the need to significantly reduce spending is just as urgently necessary to keep your finances in line. You can do it!
This book is for households of all income levels. My goal is to add to your current money management skills with solid strategies that have saved us tens of thousands of dollars a year. Complete with personal stories and perhaps a touch of humor around the edges, we've made every effort to keep the suggestions straightforward and feasible for everyone.
AUTHOR BIO: Kristen Hagopian is a 40-something wife & mother of two. Born in Green Bay, Wisconsin to two fabulous frugal parents, she took the gentle, relentless lessons of a frugal-yet-gorgeous childhood and combined them with today's modern technological resources to create Brilliant Frugal Living.
Through her book, blog, website and workshops, Kris has connected with countless others who are devoted to living the fantastic lifestyle they know and love, while keeping their budget in line, dramatically paying down debt and increasing savings.
The Hagopians reside happily in their as-of-yet unfinished fixer-upper in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
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