About Kristen

As I begin to type this, it’s 9:15 pm, and I am really supposed to be in bed at 9:30 pm because I have another …

This week, I am thankful: for all the Piper updates I get It makes me so happy to see how much joy Lisey is getting …

A reader recently messaged me this question: “Can you do a post about adding more fun to our daily lives? Lately, I feel like all …

As we have established, I am not a person who puts a lot of time and energy into my hair. I wouldn’t say, as Ginger …

Today we’re meeting a reader whose frugal fail matches with a lot of other readers (but with one addition!) 1. Tell us a little about …

What I Spent Well, after last week’s high spending, this week I only spent $47 on groceries, and all of it was at Aldi. I …

This week, I am thankful: that we’ve had some thunderstorms We are still pretty rain-deprived* here, so I am grateful whenever the sky opens up! …

Since I’m doing my test-run of online personal training with Ben Palocko, I’ve mentioned here and there that I’ve been working hard to eat enough …

1. I tried Altra Provision 6s So, the Altras I’ve been wearing are the Provision 7 model, but as I’ve been looking for deals on …

Today we’re meeting a reader who is super new; she’s only been reading for about six months. I love it when people hop right in …

What I Spent Starting off with a gratuitous Chiquita picture, as we usually do: This week, I spent: $9 at Giant (for cottage cheese, because …

This week, I am thankful: for how right my job feels to me I know that when I started nursing school last fall I said …

Alrighty! Time for the third edition of our trip through the Tightwad Gazette books. 🙂 This time around we are in spring from the first …

Item #2 on this list does not start with a B, sadly. I was so close to perfect alliteration! 1. I used multiple small discounts …

When I wrote that recent post for Purex, I had more tips to share than would fit in the post length they wanted. Soooo, here …