I've invited a few of my friends to post their own ideas and experiences with thrift. We're an eclectic and diverse group, with a few things in common. We all are, or have been, stay-at-home moms, we all homeschool, and we all have lived on small incomes. Our kids range from almost 21 to under 1, two of us are single moms, two are married, and we're scattered from Texas to the Pacific NW. There are lots of great ideas on how to live thriftily and why.