About Kristen

This week, I am thankful: for flowers that I didn’t have to plant  Sometimes I choose to take a walk in the historic downtown area …

I’m on The Finance Girlies podcast today! I met Cassidy and Emily at Fincon, and we hit it off right away. They run a podcast …

1. I bought some jeans on clearance I have (somewhat reluctantly) accepted that skinny jeans look a little dated in this, the year of our …

I warned you last week that I was feeling some complaining coming on, and since you all said you would appreciate an occasional “Let’s all …

What I Spent   I spent: $24 at Safeway $13 at Aldi $21 at Panera And that was it: $58 total.  What We Ate  Saturday I had some …

This week, I am thankful: for our cats This is a kitty who got shut out of a bedroom for interrupting homework. And this is …

This is a thought that has popped into my brain more than once over the last 3.5 years of living in my little rental home. …

1. I got some free cat food for Chiquita Safeway had an offer for a free pack of fancy pate, and since Chiquita is not …

This train of thought began after I saw a headline, and I can’t even remember what the headline was, or exactly where I saw it!  …

YOU GUYS. The delivery men got here with the new washing machine yesterday, and…it was dented. Like, seriously dented on both sides. So it had …

This week, I am thankful: for a few days off I worked five 12-hour shifts in the last six days, and while I didn’t really …

This post is part of a very occasional series of random health-related tidbits I love to teach about. 1. Sad tears are actually productive Unsurprisingly, …

1. I mended my curtain I have some inexpensive curtains from Ikea in my bedroom (Matilda sheers), and I’m kinda glad they are inexpensive because…Miss …

You may remember that last month, I bought a variety of things, but I did not spend my entire $100 budget. And I rolled the …

What I Spent I used to make a lot more sandwiches than I do now, but…two dinner meals were sandwiches this week. 😉  I spent: …