Posts from: June 2011

I always feel a little bit silly posting a bunch of pictures of myself, but I know that I really, really love to see other …

I was going to take a day off today, but I thought I’d just type some random stuff here instead. If you hate random stuff, …

As you long-time readers know, the FG family often vacations (frugally, of course!) in Myrtle Beach. Though I don’t usually do such area-specific posts, Myrtle …

Several of you were wondering where my blueberries came from. Here’s what the side of the box says: I think my friend that picks them …

Smurf ice cream is…extremely blue. (it’s blueberry flavored) Zoe really wanted to be in the blue-tongue picture by herself. But I wanted her AND Sonia. …

It wasn’t an official grocery shopping week, but I did buy 40 pounds of blueberries. They’re not organic (though the farm uses less pesticide than …

Even though I’ve been faithfully eating spinach salads at lunch, I didn’t manage to get all of this eaten. Oddly enough, it seemed to go …

SouleMama does “right now” posts on a fairly regular basis, and that kind of post just felt right to me today. –looking forward to eating …

Before I started shopping at Goodwill regularly, I thought there wasn’t really much good stuff there. However, Katy’s sharing about her Goodwill finds inspired me …

How often do you bake bread and make yogurt and any other foods that you make on a regular basis? -Sloan I bake rolls and …

These groceries wouldn’t fit onto the counter, so they get their own picture. This week I spent $78.80 at Aldi and $38.34 at Weis for …

It’s been a loooong time since I wasted so much of something. Two weeks ago, my kids had a friend here and I made two …

Our latest favorite smoothie combo is frozen strawberries, frozen mango (both from Aldi) and homemade vanilla yogurt. Super yummy. And if you put in a …

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 …

We’ll start things off with two related questions from the comment section of last week’s Q&A post. How do you feel about taking destination vacations? …