I honestly forget to promote my other writing here, but here's an excerpt from my latest article in the Phoenix from this last weekend. Since it is timely with Halloween last weekend, I thought I would add it in here with a link back to my "content management site" (DIYFrugal) for my frugal articles.

Some lessons are more painful to learn than others. After several return visits to the dentist this last month, I finally asked my dentist how I could avoid so many trips to come see him. Some answers I knew and hung my head in dental shame but some surprised me.

“I wish I could quantify how a minute a day flossing would help people save a lot of money in dental care,” says Dr. Dan Thomas of Springford Family Dental. He reminded me that the cost of dental floss is significantly less than the amount people spend annually on the repercussions of allowing food to sit in between their teeth and rot the enamel. Chewy candy is especially harmful since it sticks to the teeth in hard to reach places.

For the rest of the article, click HERE to read the whole thing over at DIYFrugal. Head over for tons of frugal resources I've gathered at that site just for you! The articles also show up weekly over at Chester County Moms on Frugal Finds Friday.