This post contains affiliate links, which earn money for this site at no extra cost to you. See my disclosure policy here. 1. I mended a camp chair bag. When we packed for camping last weekend, we discovered that one of our camp chair bags had a big hole in the side. So, when we […]
Would you rather be good at earning or good at saving?
Obviously, we’d all choose to be good at both. But if you HAD to choose between one or the other, which would you pick? This will probably come as no surprise, but I think I’d rather be good at saving. Why? If you aren’t good at saving, you can never earn enough. As I was […]
What I Spent, What We Ate | we went camping!
What I Spent We took a camping trip last weekend in the Shenandoah valley with my brothers and my parents last weekend, which was a lot of fun! We did a pretty big bike ride together (Zoe did a 32 mile trip for the first time ever!) It was pretty chilly weather for sleeping, which […]
A Dollar Shave Club review from a household of women!
This Dollar Shave Club review is not sponsored. I pay for my own subscription to Dollar Shave Club, and they have no idea I exist except as a paying customer. This post contains referral links, which earn credit for this site at no extra cost to you. See my disclosure policy here. Some years […]
Five Frugal Things | I mended a sweater and I am quite excited about it.
1. I asked for a ThredUp discount. Sonia found me a $14 Ann Taylor cashmere sweater, and when it arrived, we discovered it had a small hole in it. ThredUp does not, as a rule, sell clothing with imperfections, so I emailed them and said I’d be willing to keep the sweater if they gave […]
What I Spent, What We Ate | A week of requests
What I Spent I spent $148 this week on an embarrassing number of stops! In addition to Costco, I have five other stops recorded. Geez. It was not my most organized week, to be sure. But hey, at least I am on budget this week. October Spending Week 1: $260 (!) Week 2: $148 What […]
