I’ve been trying The Mighty Fix. Here’s what I think about it.
Good morning, readers! This seems to be the month where we’re talking about subscription services, doesn’t it? First, I wrote about how Blue Apron etc. …
It’s the What We Spent, What We Ate feature!
I missed two weeks of food reports due to the holidays, but I’m baaaack! (Hi.) Just in case you all were sitting on the edges …
Five Frugal Things
So, every other Thursday, I usually do a Five Frugal Things post. Yesterday, I was gone most of the day, though, so this might be …
How to be a frugal moderator (aka Why I Don’t Do Challenges)
Gretchen Rubin (of Happiness Project fame) has written frequently about the differences between people who are abstainers and people who are moderators. Basically, moderators are …
What we bought for our kids this Christmas
Several of you asked for a little rundown of what we bought for our kids this Christmas, so, this post is for you! What I’m …
Get your year off to a clean start with a Mrs. Meyer’s cleaning set!
Good Monday morning to you, frugal people! Today marks the return to normal life for us here at Chez FG. School, dance, and martial arts …
The Top Five FG Posts from 2015
In recent years, I’ve dug through my analytics at the end of the year to see which 2015 posts ended up being the most popular. …
Why Blue Apron/Hello Fresh don’t tempt me
In the last year or so, several ingredients-in-a-box services have been popping up (I see them on blogs, in ads, and so on.) When I …
A Christmas Recap
Christmas of 2015 will be remembered as the warmest one we’ve ever experienced. On Christmas Eve, I said, “You know, I can’t remember a Christmas …
Oh, Christmas tree, oh, Christmas tree…
I realized I hadn’t shared a picture of our tree this year (except on Instagram, where I was freaking out over the fabulous way that …
Two days left. Dear me.
I know lots of readers are out of town and out of their regular blog-reading routine, and I’ve got plenty to keep me busy in …
This is Huckle. (hamster alert)
tuesdays = a photo and a few words (I’m putting the hamster alert up there because when I did my reader survey, one reader said …
I planned a menu. Did I stick to it? Mostly.
(not this week’s menu plan. Although, mmm, hibachi sounds good.) On the menu planning front, I did improve over last week. However, on the grocery …
Christmas stream of consciousness
I published the Five Frugal Things post yesterday instead of today. Whoops. So, hows about some miscellany/stream of consciousness for today? (random photo of …
Five Frugal Things
Every other week, I share five frugal things I’ve done recently. Before we get to that, I wanted to tell you that the winner of …