The Frugal Girl

A collection of tiny blog posts

November 16, 2020 By Kristen 100 Comments
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Good Monday morning to ya! (Well. It’s Monday morning as I type this. I have no idea when you will read it.) I’ve got a post full of random things for you today. It’s like a collection of tiny blog posts. The bookshelf is in Sonia’s room Mr. FG and I carried it up there […]

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WIS, WWA | I’m done with the bookshelf

November 13, 2020 By Kristen 37 Comments
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Happy Friday, everyone! I’m happy to tell you that I think we’ll be able to put the new bookshelf in Sonia’s room today. Which is excellent because the shelf and the sawhorses are seriously making it hard to walk downstairs right now. Of course, I will definitely share photos once it’s all set up in […]

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Thankful Thursday | Guess what was wrong with my washer?

November 12, 2020 By Kristen 82 Comments
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New here? Thankful Thursday is something we’ve been doing in these COVID times; a (frugal and free) exercise to help us hunt for the good that is in our lives and in the world, even in the midst of a pandemic. This week, I am thankful: that my washing machine is working again The problem? […]

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How do you make peace with things breaking?

November 11, 2020 By Kristen 52 Comments
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A reader left a comment on my post about my washing machine breaking, with the suggestion that her questions could be a post topic. In part, she wrote: “I am struggling with coming to peace with the fact (?) that things are not going to last forever, and in recent years, they seem to last […]

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Five Frugal Things | I have a new painting project

November 10, 2020 By Kristen 74 Comments
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1. I picked up a free bookshelf for Sonia’s room Which means…I have a new painting project. I am a glutton for punishment. And also I cannot say no to free, paint-able furniture. In my defense, I had been actually shopping for a paint-able bookshelf to buy on Facebook Marketplace. So when a free one […]

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All the details on my new windows (plus lots of photos)

November 9, 2020 By Kristen 70 Comments
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As you probably know if you have read any recent blog or Instagram posts, we recently had two windows installed in a wall that previously windowless. Some of you had asked for a post with more details, so I’m gonna do my best to provide all the pertinent info in this post. Get comfy, because […]

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