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What I Spent You know how sometimes I have weeks where I eat tons of sandwiches and I don’t even notice? Well, this week it …

This week, I am thankful: that my jury duty got officially postponed! I submitted the paperwork they asked for, and I got a letter saying …

I recently (like 2 weeks ago) filed for divorce. Oof, it’s a lot to process. I’m having such a hard time finding real stories of …

I don’t know how exciting this list will be because shew, the first week of school was nutso for me. I don’t think I did …

Today’s a holiday here in the U.S., so I’m gonna just throw out a few random things in today’s post! 1. A preemptive political request …

What I Spent As you know, nursing school started up again this week. And my goodness, what a week it has been. I will not …

This week, I am thankful: that I passed my math exam Oh my goodness, you guys, I was SO STRESSED out waiting for those math …

I am currently drowning in first week of school tasks, plus my mental state is super distracted because we are all waiting for our math …

Some of you will raise your eyebrows at what I did with my moldy Parmesan (see #4), but I promise, it’s not crazy behavior. 😉 …

I’m back at school as of today (!!!), so I thought this would be a good day for a to-do/bucket list update. Let’s see how …

What I Spent Let’s see! I spent: $20 on a box of bruised peaches $45 at Sam’s Club $10 at Safeway And that’s it! $75 …

This week I am thankful: for the gorgeous weather that is here We had a record low the other night, and it was chilly enough …

We discussed this topic briefly in the last Tightwad Gazette post because Amy wrote an essay about the possibilities that open up when you don’t …

1. I mowed my grass and did a dump run with Donna I know, I know…I keep considering hiring someone, and I think I will …

As I’ve been working through our Tightwad Gazette series, I’ve been thinking about how frugal strategies have changed just since the 1990s. Since I moved …