About Kristen

Miscellany posts are random because they are collections of unrelated things from my own brain. But Q&A posts are random because they are collections of …

1. I used a furniture marker on my bedframe I was rearranging my bedroom furniture recently, and I noticed my bedframe had some scratches on …

If you came over to my house and took a tour, you’d hear me saying, “Oh, I got that for free from my Buy Nothing …

What I Spent I spent: $95.57 at Aldi (click here to see an item-by-item rundown of that shopping trip) $17 at Safeway  So, $112.  The …

This week, I am thankful: that I am out of the “hole” with working hours You know how HR switched me to a different position …

Someone asked me recently what I like to buy at Aldi, and honestly, that felt like a huge post to write because I got the …

1. I poured boiling water on driveway weeds After I mowed my yard the other day, I got motivated to pull some curb and driveway …

Some of this miscellany is frugality-related, some is not. But all of it is overflow from my brain. 😉 (Which is honestly true of every …

What I Spent I actually spent $0 at the grocery store (I just ate from the fridge/freezer/pantry), but I did spend $30 on poke bowls …

This week, I am thankful: for the chance to be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud The other day when I was at work, a …

The first article is one that made me think of the adage, “There is nothing new under the sun.”   Because…it is about how, at …

Mending shows up so often on my lists of Five Frugal Things; I guess it’s one of my core competencies. And it is a necessary …

I mentioned on Friday that I’d taken a short trip to Seattle, and I promised to tell you a little more about that.  I’m on …

What I Spent I’ll tell you more about it in a post next week, but I took a quick trip to Seattle after I passed …

This week, I am thankful: that there are only six more weeks until September  I know some of you adore summer, but I’m over here …