Here’s what I started with last week: The flank steak is thawed in the fridge for something for dinner tonight. Haven’t decided! The frosting is still in the freezer. The bread is currently in the oven as a french toast casserole. We ate the pulled pork for dinner one night. The ground beef is still […]
Five Frugal Things | my jeans ripped again
1. I fixed a ripped pair of jeans. Remember my pair of jeans that I ripped by pulling on the belt loop? Well, that repair is holding up fine, but the jeans developed a split by the bottom of the zipper. I repaired this basically the same way that I repaired the belt loop (click […]
Tuesday Tip | Make a no-sew rice sock
If you have some random orphan socks at your house, use them to make a microwaveable rice sock. These are so great to put on a sore muscle, and they work especially well around your neck. And you can freeze them to use for calming down an inflamed muscle. Also, even if you don’t have […]
Q&A | Homeschool books, chicken broth, and high-priced drugstores
Today we have one question from the mailbag and two questions from the comments on recent posts. I know not everyone reads the comments, so I thought it might be worth answering the questions here too! Hi Frugal Girl, Do you have a recommendation on the best way to sell used (and some new) homeschool […]
What I Spent, What We Ate | $65.50
What I Spent Let’s see. I started out with a $25 Hungry Harvest box. Next, I made a $22 Aldi trip, a $6.11 stop at Food Lion, and a $12.50 trip to Costco (I did buy some other things at Costco, but they were non-food items, such as light bulbs.) So, I’m only at $65.50 […]
The freezer challenge, it is back!
I kind of fell off the freezer challenge wagon this summer when I was about 75% of the way through. But I really do want to finish cleaning this thing out so that I can easily defrost it. And I’d love to have a nice clean slate to start with! If you weren’t here this […]
