I’ve been writing here for 15 years
Fifteen years ago today, I typed the first post on this blog. Man. I just wrote that sentence out and I can hardly believe it. …
Blog Business
Some bloggy housekeeping
Hey everyone! I’m here with a quick little weekend note about a few things. 1. I need some more meet-a-reader submissions I have a few …
Happy 14th to my blog!
Today, it’s been 14 years since I first hit “publish” on a Frugal Girl post. In case you were interested, I started out my blog …
What do I even title this? (a hard life update)
Deep breath. Ok. More than one of you has noticed that any marital mentions have been conspicuously absent from my posts for the last two …
The Vitamix One winner!
Hey everyone- Just a super quick announcement to let you know that reader Jaimee D. is the winner of the Vitamix One. Congrats, Jaimee! You …
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 …
Dryer balls or Food Huggers?
In honor of Earth Day tomorrow, I have a fun offer for you guys from Mighty Fix! Mighty Nest runs a subscription service called the …
The 2020 cookie guessing contest
Congrats to DarleneH for getting all the cookie guesses correct! You can see all the answers in this post. Long-time readers know that at our …
Want to stop throwing food away? Give me four weeks!
If you are an average person (and most of you are, by definition!), and you live in a somewhat wealthy, developed country, such as …
Can I ask you two quick questions?
Ok, well, it’s really three questions, counting the one in the title! As I’ve been thinking through future blog post plans, I’ve found myself wanting …
The Christmas Cookie answers (and a winner!)
Last year, no one got them all right, so I had to sift through the guesses and find the closest one. But this year, Rhonda …
The 2019 Cookie Guessing Game!
Alrighty, readers. It’s time! Joshua wasn’t able to join us this year, so I just have five cookies for you, which should make things very …
All the “How do I start a blog?” questions!
The Frugal Girl is most definitely not a blog about blogging. But I get blogging-related questions pretty frequently from readers who want to start their …
What’s a mastermind group? and more related questions.
Lots of you had mastermind questions after I posted about FinCon, so even though this is a little off-topic, I’m going to answer them here. …
Everything you wanted to know about Fincon!
Last week, I went to Fincon19, my very first blogging conference. Well, actually, I think it was the first conference of any type I’ve gone …