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Jen Smith & Jill Sirianni | Backyard Ventures

Controlling your spending is hard to do. On every episode of Frugal Friends, we'll try to help you gain a little more control on one aspect of the countless directions your money is being pulled toward through frugality and a few laughs. If you're trying to save money, spend less, adopt minimalism, pay off debt or reach financial independence, we think you'll like the show.

Frugal Friends Podcast

2026 is just days away, and before you know it you’ll be wondering how to make your budget work for the rest of the year. Let this be your sign if you’re planning a no-buy or low-buy year. Because Jen and Jill are breaking down exactly how to do it without the shame, burnout, or giving-up-2-weeks-in energy.

🎙️ Get full show notes here!

https://bit.ly/ffpnobuylowbuy 

📘 Order the book here

https://bit.ly/BWYL-podcast

💌 Want to save money and spend better in just 5 minutes? Get The Friendletter! Our FREE 3x weekly newsletter with freebies, deals, and savings hacks.

https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/friendletter

📣 Submit your bill of the week and get a shoutout from us

https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/bill-of-the-week/

💸 Check out our monthly challenge community

http://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/club

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How to do a No-Buy or Low-Buy Year in 2026 (Our firsthand experiences!)

“Made in Italy” when it’s really made in China? Appreciating the value of luxury is an art in itself, so choosing the real thing is a valid preference but at what cost? Today, we’re pulling back the curtain on what luxury really means, exploring the rise of dupe culture, and asking whether it’s truly helping us save on quality or simply giving us a new way to justify cheap overconsumption.

🎙️ Get full show notes here!

 https://bit.ly/ffpluxurydupe 

📘 Order the book here

https://bit.ly/BWYL-podcast

💌 Want to save money and spend better in just 5 minutes? Get The Friendletter! Our FREE 3x weekly newsletter with freebies, deals, and savings hacks.

https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/friendletter

📣 Submit your bill of the week and get a shoutout from us

https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/bill-of-the-week/

💸 Check out our monthly challenge community

http://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/club

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https://www.youtube.com/frugalfriends

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https://www.instagram.com/frugalfriendspodcast/

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This TikTok Luxury Dupe Haul Trend is Tacky Overconsumption

Money can be tricky. It can feel like it’s there when it’s not, or feel gone when you actually have enough. That confusion can push us into two extremes: depriving ourselves or overspending. Jen and Jill are here to cut through the chaos with the real fix by aligning your budget with your values so your money finally makes sense.

🎙️ Get full show notes here!

 https://bit.ly/ffpnewbudgeting2026 

📘 Order the book here

https://bit.ly/BWYL-podcast

💌 Want to save money and spend better in just 5 minutes? Get The Friendletter! Our FREE 3x weekly newsletter with freebies, deals, and savings hacks.

https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/friendletter

📣 Submit your bill of the week and get a shoutout from us

https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/bill-of-the-week/

💸 Check out our monthly challenge community

http://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/club

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https://www.youtube.com/frugalfriends

💃🏼 Hang out with us on Instagram!

https://www.instagram.com/frugalfriendspodcast/

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STOP BUDGETING & Start Values-Based Spending in 2026

When we talk about debt payoff, a win is a win. Because anything that gets us to pay them off is good. It is just a matter of how we use these strategies as fast and healthy as we can. Today, we’re breaking down which one fits your money personality, and show how to customize either using values-based spending so you don’t burn out before you’re debt-free.

🎙️ Get full show notes here!

https://bit.ly/ffpdebtstrategy 

📘 Order the book here

https://bit.ly/BWYL-podcast

💌 Want to save money and spend better in just 5 minutes? Get The Friendletter! Our FREE 3x weekly newsletter with freebies, deals, and savings hacks.

https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/friendletter

📣 Submit your bill of the week and get a shoutout from us

https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/bill-of-the-week/

💸 Check out our monthly challenge community

http://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/club

👉🏼 Subscribe for more on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/frugalfriends

💃🏼 Hang out with us on Instagram!

https://www.instagram.com/frugalfriendspodcast/

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The Best Debt Payoff Strategy: Debt Avalanche vs Debt Snowball

In your 20s or 30s, you will encounter MLMs that promise communities, easy cash, and empowerment. It is important that you DO NOT fall for it so easily. Today we’re pulling back the curtain on what you need to know about the worst MLMs of 2025, some of which you may not have known were multi-level marketing.

🎙️ Get full show notes here!

https://bit.ly/ffpmlms 

📘 Order the book here

https://bit.ly/BWYL-podcast

💌 Want to save money and spend better in just 5 minutes? Get The Friendletter! Our FREE 3x weekly newsletter with freebies, deals, and savings hacks.

https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/friendletter

📣 Submit your bill of the week and get a shoutout from us

https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/bill-of-the-week/

💸 Check out our monthly challenge community

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https://www.instagram.com/frugalfriendspodcast/

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Worst MLMs of 2025 Exposed! (they're not the ones you think!)

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas everywhere we go. But when the ‘spirit of giving’ looks more like a corporate marketing campaign, it’s time to talk. Today, Jen and Jill reacts to the most over-the-top holiday hauls on social media, breaking down why they’re so addicting, and showing you how to deinfluence your own holiday spending before it snowballs.

🎙️ Get full show notes here!

https://bit.ly/ffpchristmasoverload 

📘 Order the book here

https://bit.ly/BWYL-podcast

💌 Want to save money and spend better in just 5 minutes? Get The Friendletter! Our FREE 3x weekly newsletter with freebies, deals, and savings hacks.

https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/friendletter

📣 Submit your bill of the week and get a shoutout from us

https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/bill-of-the-week/

💸 Check out our monthly challenge community

http://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/club

👉🏼 Subscribe for more on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/frugalfriends

💃🏼 Hang out with us on Instagram!

https://www.instagram.com/frugalfriendspodcast/

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Christmas Overconsumption AT ITS WORST | Deinfluencing Holidays

Social media made you buy that thing. And yes, it was on purpose. Today’s episode breaks down exactly how marketing psychology manipulates you and how companies use emotion, identity, and guilt to encourage you to buy things you don’t need with money you don’t have. 

🎙️ Get full show notes here!

https://bit.ly/ffpmarketingmanipulation

📘 Order the book here

https://bit.ly/BWYL-podcast

💌 Want to save money and spend better in just 5 minutes? Get The Friendletter! Our FREE 3x weekly newsletter with freebies, deals, and savings hacks.

https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/friendletter

📣 Submit your bill of the week and get a shoutout from us

https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/bill-of-the-week/

💸 Check out our monthly challenge community

http://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/club

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https://www.youtube.com/frugalfriends

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https://www.instagram.com/frugalfriendspodcast/

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How Marketing Manipulates You to Spend Money You Don't Have

NOT EVERYTHING IS ON SALE THIS BLACK FRIDAY. It's dopamine. Sales are through the roof but what we don’t see are the recycled discounts, fake price drops, and psychological traps designed to make you spend more. And we’re talking all about it on today’s episode.

🎙️ Get full show notes here!

https://bit.ly/ffpblackfriday

📘 Order the book here

https://bit.ly/BWYL-podcast

💌 Want to save money and spend better in just 5 minutes? Get The Friendletter! Our FREE 3x weekly newsletter with freebies, deals, and savings hacks.

https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/friendletter

📣 Submit your bill of the week and get a shoutout from us

https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/bill-of-the-week/

💸 Check out our monthly challenge community

http://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/club

👉🏼 Subscribe for more on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/frugalfriends

💃🏼 Hang out with us on Instagram!

https://www.instagram.com/frugalfriendspodcast/

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Black Friday 2025 is OFFICIALLY A SCAM (Can you call these deals?)

If you’ve ever wondered whether hiring a financial advisor is actually worth it or just another money trap, this episode’s for you. We’re breaking down exactly what financial planners do, how to know if you need one, and how to find someone who actually works for you, even on a frugal budget.

🎙️ Get full show notes here!

https://bit.ly/ffpfinacialadvisor

📘 Order the book here

https://bit.ly/BWYL-podcast

💌 Want to save money and spend better in just 5 minutes? Get The Friendletter! Our FREE 3x weekly newsletter with freebies, deals, and savings hacks.

https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/friendletter

📣 Submit your bill of the week and get a shoutout from us

https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/bill-of-the-week/

💸 Check out our monthly challenge community

http://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/club

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https://www.instagram.com/frugalfriendspodcast/

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Financial Planners Explained: Do you Need a Financial Adviser?

Confession time is either a cry for help or a gentle reminder to get it together. In this episode, we’re diving into some wild Reddit money confessions about how people got into debt and we’re going to give some insight on what we'd do if we were in their situation.

🎙️ Get full show notes here!

https://bit.ly/ffpmoneyredditstories 

📘 Order the book here

https://bit.ly/BWYL-podcast

💌 Want to save money and spend better in just 5 minutes? Get The Friendletter! Our FREE 3x weekly newsletter with freebies, deals, and savings hacks.

https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/friendletter

📣 Submit your bill of the week and get a shoutout from us

https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/bill-of-the-week/

💸 Check out our monthly challenge community

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💃🏼 Hang out with us on Instagram!

https://www.instagram.com/frugalfriendspodcast/

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$96K in Debt w/ a $900 Car Payment!?!? | Reading Money Reddit Stories

We talk a lot about the difference between being frugal and being cheap and one essential defining factor is that frugality makes room for spending on the things we value. Of course, this does require some thoughtful and intentional budgeting around these values. While there are many ways to approach budgeting, we feel a values-based budget has the highest likelihood of actually sticking. Listen in on HOW to budget around your values!

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What Is Values Based Budgeting & How Do You Practice It?

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