What I Spent To start out, here’s a quick reminder that a little soak in water magically revives wilted greens. My downcast cilantro: And my cilantro, revived: This works great for herbs as well as greens like lettuce or kale. And it costs almost nothing! This week, I only spent $76 on groceries; a departure from the […]
Thankful Thursday
New here? Thankful Thursday is something we’ve been doing in these COVID times; an exercise to help us hunt for the good that is in our lives and in the world, even in the midst of a pandemic. This week, I am thankful: -that our power stayed on during the storms Tropical storm Isaias moved […]
I broke my stove (like, REALLY broke it)
If I could start this post off with an emoji, it would be a sheepish one. When I do dumb things like this, I often feel like I don’t want to blog about it, because…embarrassing! (Remember when I melted my hot water kettle by putting it on the stove??) But I usually realize my hesitance […]
Five Frugal Things | pretty much 100% food!
When you all responded to my survey, lots of you said you enjoy Five Frugal Things posts. So, I just wanted to give a hat tip to my friend Katy at The Non-Consumer Advocate, since her blog is where I got the idea in the first place. Katy posts almost nothing other than Five Frugal […]
WIS, WWA | Groceries > Takeout
What I Spent I finally made a trip to Aldi, and I spent $201. So, this means my July grocery spending is waaay over what I usually budget. My average spending is $150/week and this month my average was $174/week. If this continued long-term, that would be one thing. But I’m guessing, based on years […]
Thankful Thursday | I missed one!
New here? Thankful Thursday is something we’ve been doing in these COVID times; an exercise to help us hunt the good that is in our lives and in the world, even in the midst of a pandemic. Well, it seems I forgot to do one of these last week. (Update: I looked back and I […]
