If you live outside the U.S., I’d love to hear from you!
Hello, everyone! I have a few miscellaneous things to tell you today. Outside the U.S.? We want to meet you! We’ve had a lot of …
WIS, WWA | Hello, July!
What I Spent $25 on a Hungry Harvest box $20 at Harris Teeter $72 at Aldi $20 at BJS $20 at Sprouts And that adds …
Thankful Thursday | a catch-up
I missed last week’s Thankful Thursday post because I’d just gotten back from our wedding trip, and I’d just taken Sonia to the ER. So …
Ikea published a free anti-food-waste cookbook and I have mixed feelings
Ikea, purveyor of home goods with Swedish names, has recently published a free downloadable e-cookbook focused on food waste fighting. (Click the link above to …
Five Frugal Things | The teeny savings edition
I have a collection of not-that-impressive things to share with you today! But hey, over time, small savings do add up too. You can get …
A review of Thinx and Knix (from a household of ladies!)
Please note: this post is gonna talk about period products. If that squicks you out or you think it’s inappropriate to talk about or anything …
Help Maggie with a housing question!
Hi Kristen! I love your blog that I started reading maybe a year ago! I’ve been pondering a question so much lately and thought maybe …
WIS, WWA | This made me laugh
What I Spent Well, I got the giggles when I started typing this post up because there were so many receipts and most of them …
Thankful Thursday | It’s going to stay!
I got lots of feedback from you all when I asked if we should keep doing Thankful Thursdays, and 100% of the feedback was of …
Food Waste Fighting Breakfasts and Lunches | Edition #3
Every so often, I share a collection of my breakfasts and lunches because those are the meals where I typically work hardest at fighting food …
Five Frugal Things | $10 wedding shoes
1. I kept a cheaper pair of shoes This was inadvertently frugal! I had ordered a larger pair of my original DSW shoes, but then …
I am not trying to tell anyone how to eat
I’m about to publish another big ol’ post comprised of nothing but food-waste-fighting breakfast and lunch meals. Last time I did this, some of my …
“It’s just money.”
This is a much-ballyhooed phrase in the personal finance world, largely because people use it to justify all sorts of irresponsible financial behavior. Maxing out …
Strawberry Banana Ice Cream
Just bumping this up from the archives, in case you’ve got some bananas that need to be used up! Back in our teen years, my …
Pardon the changes!
Google is rolling out some new standards that websites need to meet. Which means I needed to change my blog’s theme. It still needs some …