Thankful List, v. 5.0
Since my blog is working on its fifth year of existence, this is my fifth thankful list. For those of you just tuning in, every …
Motivation
When frugality goes wrong (at an office supply store)
In my post about saving money on back-to-school supplies, I mentioned that I try to hit some of the super-duper cheap sales that office supply …
You don’t have to be good at everything.
The internet is a wonderful and crazy thing, and I almost can’t remember what life was like without it. (seriously? I used to use a …
10 Happy Things
SouleMama did a post like this the other day, and it inspired me to make my own. It’s good to sit down and think of …
On Contentment
Contentment is not a natural propensity of man. Covetousness, discontent, and murmuring are as natural to man as thorns are to the soil. We need …
Simple Happinesses
I thought all these pictures on my memory card were random, but really, they’re not. They all capture small, simple happinesses. I take pictures of …
Keeping New Year’s Resolutions?
Hey everyone! Lookee here. I’m on my blog twice in a single day. How about that? (Incidentally, I made it through my presentation this morning! …
The 2011 edition of my Thankful List
Every Thanksgiving since my blog’s inception (um, a whole three years), I’ve made a list of 50 things I’m thankful for. Fifty doesn’t really have …
On Happiness and Contentment
Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would …
On sneaking candy into the movies (+ general thoughts about honesty)
The thoughts I’m going to share today have been sort of percolating in my brain for some time, but after reading the comments on one …
Why talking/blogging about the good stuff is, well, good.
Sometimes, sunshine-y, look-at-the-glass-half-full sort of bloggers get flack from their readers over their incessant cheerfulness. “Be real!” “Life isn’t perfect.” “It’s all a sham.” “No …
5 Tips For Beating Frugal Burnout
If you’re new to this whole being-responsible-with-your-money-thing, you may occasionally hit bumps in the road where you feel like all of your motivation is gone. …
Frugal Girl Confessions
On Sunday, I was chatting with some friends at church, and my friend Karyn told me that I needed to trot out a few more …
Staying up in a down economy
Yesterday I got this note from a reader, and instead of sending my reply back to just her, I thought I’d share my response here …
A current happy list
As you regular readers know, I think contentment is a key part of living a frugal life, and part of being content is focusing on …