Five Frugal Things

1. I found a missing library book. I thought I’d rounded them all up, but I discovered there was one still missing. So, I hunted …

1. We stopped at Aldi for road trip snacks. We loaded up at our home Aldi for the trip out there, and then before we …

Happy Monday, friends! How about Five Frugal Things to start off the week? 1. I joined Shell’s Fuel Rewards program. We noticed that Shell has …

1. I replaced a bathroom faucet. I walked into my kids’ bathroom and noticed that the faucet was steadily dripping. Ugh. I did some googling, …

I get commissions for purchases made through links in this post. 1. I took my laptop in for a free $475 repair. My Apple laptop …

More on that don’t-want-to-cook-dinner thing in item #5. 1. I used up two extra egg yolks. A dinner recipe called for two egg whites, which …

1. I reused a cereal box as a shipping container. Zoe sold another Calico Critter item on eBay, and we didn’t have a box the …

1. I froze some excess bananas. Banana ripening is hard to predict! I usually buy a yellow bunch and a green bunch, but sometimes the …

I have exactly 15 minutes to write a post, so Five Frugal Things it is. 😉 (Update: I finished this with four minutes to spare. …

This post contains affiliate links. 1. I bought a winter coat at half price. The last time I got a new winter coat was before …

Whatever bug this is (I have no idea if either of my bugs were actually the flu, as I did not get tested), it’s shorter …

Sorry I was MIA yesterday! I was out of town last week, and the previous two weeks, I was under the weather. So, it’s been …

1. I shopped clearance clothes for Sonia. She had the good luck of growing out of her clothes at the time of year when all …

1. I took in the waist of Zoe’s pajama pants. She’s in that unfortunate stage where the girls’ sizes seem to get really wide at …

Good Monday to you, friends! I know not everyone feels this way, but I love Mondays. They’re like a mini New Year every seven days…a …