Stop saying things are easy when they’re not!
In our current headline-driven, Pinterest-y culture, I see many promises of “easy”. Five Easy Ways to Meal Prep Easy Workout Plans for Busy Moms Easy …
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10 Inexpensive DIY Christmas Tree Ornament Ideas
Yesterday, I was adding a printable to my no-bake cinnamon applesauce ornament recipe, and I started googling to find other easy DIY Christmas ornament ideas. …
WIS, WWA | Plus a little gratefulness
Last Friday when I wrote the WIS, WWA post, we’d been to the ER twice (once for Sonia’s asthma, once for Mr. FG). We brought …
Five Frugal Things | a $217 medical bill error, for starters!
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It’s going to be imperfect. Keep trying anyway.
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What I Spent, What We Ate | We certainly ate out less!
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Five Frugal Things | 20’s haircut, a fabric shaver, applesauce, and more
1. I gave Sonia a haircut. After watching Downton Abbey and seeing Edith’s 1920s haircut, she was itching for a change. So, we cut off …
You don’t have to like it; you just have to do it.
This is a phrase that I have most definitely said to my kids. And I’m pretty sure that my parents said it to me! There …
What I Spent, What We Ate | Not exactly a role-model week!
What I Spent This week I spent: $105 at the grocery store $25 on my Hungry Harvest $68 on takeout (!) See the rest of …
Pumpkin cookies, pumpkin carving, pumpkin painting (and regular painting…)
Usually I try to post on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. But I posted on Monday and Tuesday, and the gap from Tuesday to Friday seemed …
Five Frugal Things | plus a $15 offer from Top Cashback
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One tip to avoid food waste: Eat things that don’t go together
One of my readers left a comment recently saying that my menu posts had inspired her to not worry so much about making meals where …
WIS, WWA| Name-brand crackers are better. The end.
What I Spent Incidentally, on Instagram and Facebook this week, we chatted about off-brand crackers. My thought is that there are almost no good generic …
Five Frugal Things | $5 coats, two mending jobs + more!
1. I got 2000 bonus points with Fetch. I got a promo email about Fetch, which is an app kind of like Ibotta, where you …
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 …