Making Christmas Merry | Start an activity/social plan NOW.
I know it’s still just October, but if you have trouble keeping your December calendar under control, October is not too early to start thinking …
Celebrations
On compromise, unselfishness, and not falling out of the boat on the other side
Though I’ve been pontificating about simplifying and saying no to things at Christmas and giving less weight to other people’s expectations, I do know that …
5 Ways to Spend Less Time Christmas Shopping
I’ve talked quite a bit in this series about having less of a focus on stuff and spending less time shopping. But you might be …
Three ways to lower children’s Christmas present expectations
A number of you have written in to ask about how to help your children be happy with a lower-key, fewer-presents sort of Christmas, so …
Making Christmas Merry | It’s ok to have an “imperfect” Christmas. And it’s ok to say no.
Last time, we talked about making a priority list. But we didn’t really talk about resisting the temptation to have a perfect Christmas (as defined …
Making Christmas Merry | Think about your priorities.
This idea is kind of intertwined with the last one and I almost rolled them both into one post. But that would have gotten kind …
Making Christmas Merry | Think more about serving and less about impressing.
Practical Christmas-celebrating tips abound, don’t they? Every women’s magazine is chock full of them in November and December. These sorts of Christmas tips have their …
This year, it’s Christmas in October here at The Frugal Girl.
As most of you know, I’ve been thinking about writing a Christmas ebook for a while now. And I totally was going to do that …
My Lisey-Bean is 11!
I don’t think I’ve ever done one of those through-the-years posts about Lisey, so I’m going to today! Lisey was born before we switched to …
Sonia has had a birthday.
The other day, Sonia came up to me and said, “Mommy, I think you should do one of those posts where you find pictures of …
Zoe turned six. (Six!)
My goodness. My youngest kiddo is six. I know some of you wanted to see pictures of her celebration, and I aim to please. 😉 …
Christmas gifts I made with photos
The fun thing about giving photo gifts is that the gift is as unique as the photo…I find that they make really meaningful presents. And …
You might think these are just sprinkles.
Indeed, so did I. But Sonia saw eyes, eyebrows, noses, and mouths (and a goatee too, I think?). That, dear readers, is a bad Dryad. …
Easy monogram gift tags
When I wrap presents in wrapping paper, I often just cut out a bit of the wrapping paper, fold it in half, and use it …
Christmas goals (plus an update on my last goals)
Actually, we’ll do the update first. 1. Figure out a new budget with Mr. FG. Nope. Maybe we’ll get it done in time for January? …