The Frugal Girl

WIS, WWA | also some kittens

June 19, 2020 By Kristen 55 Comments
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What I Spent First, how about a kitten picture? The cat rescue we volunteer at has opened back up again, with social distancing measures, and we had a lot of kittens this week! Kittens are so so cute, but every time Zoe and I take care of them, we remember why we like our older […]

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Thankful Thursday

June 18, 2020 By Kristen 65 Comments
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Things are hard in the world right now for multiple reasons, so we’ve been doing weekly thankful posts around here. Even in the midst of hard times, there is always something to be grateful for if we hunt hard enough, and this weekly post is our chance to hunt together. Sonia got her learner’s permit. […]

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a 2020 summer bucket list (such as it is!)

June 17, 2020 By Kristen 55 Comments
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This summer is probably not going to be quite like any of us had anticipated. Pandemics have a way of interrupting plans a bit. In fact, I hadn’t even though about my annual summer bucket list until a reader emailed to remind me. So. Let’s see what pandemic-friendly things I can come up with. (And […]

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Five Frugal Things | swimsuit flip, hot sauce + 3 more

June 16, 2020 By Kristen 66 Comments
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1. I sold a Target return. This was such a weird situation. Let me explain. One of the swimsuits we ordered was too small for Zoe, so I went through the online returns process. Target refunded me, but said I didn’t need to bother to return the suit. (I’m surprised Target does this, and I […]

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5 reasons your homemade pizza is terrible (or meh)

June 11, 2020 By Kristen 58 Comments
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If you’ve tried making pizza at home, odds are good that you’ve turned out some pretty mediocre pies. Not disgusting pizza…just very meh pizza. I spent years making unremarkable pizza myself, despite having a pizza stone. And then Cook’s Illustrated changed my pizza-making game. Now I know how to produce pizzas with a browned, bubbly, […]

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