Tightwad Gazette Tour | Credit cards sure have changed!
Look at me, with only two weeks between Tightwad Gazette installments. Let’s go. 🙂 Turn your jeans into a japron, a jote bag, a jorganizer, …
Reviews
Tightwad Gazette Tour | active and passive frugality
I finally had a moment to flip through the Tightwad Gazette again! We’re starting on page 343 in my big blue Tightwad Gazette book, with …
Tightwad Gazette Tour | Summer, from Book One
Ah! We are finally in a section of the book that is seasonally appropriate, at least for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere. 😉 …
Tightwad Gazette Tour | Spring, from Book One
Alrighty! Time for the third edition of our trip through the Tightwad Gazette books. 🙂 This time around we are in spring from the first …
Tightwad Gazette Tour | Winter, from Book One
After I shared my last Tightwad Gazette post, a lot of you said you’d love for this to be a continuing series. Your wish is …
The Tightwad Gazette, revisited | Edition 1
I mentioned recently that I’m doing a reread of The Complete Tightwad Gazette. It’s been years since I have read it (probably since the very …
A Zoijurushi Griddle review (not sponsored)
Could you possibly put a link to the pan you used for the French toast? I have been looking for a new griddle, and I …
I don’t use regular antiperspirant/deodorant anymore
Like most of you, I’d heard for years that regular deodorant/antiperspirant is possibly not the most healthy thing to be putting on my armpits. But …
My medical memoir list + tiny reviews
As you probably already know, I have been on a serious medical memoir/medical non-fiction bender since early 2021. I adore memoirs, and I am interested …
Our robot vacuum story: one loser, one winner
Last year at Christmastime, Lisey announced that her present to our household would be a robot vacuum. I had never seriously considered buying a robot …
My thoughts on LuLaRich (and MLMs as a whole)
Recently, Mr. FG and I, along with much of America (!) watched Amazon’s LuLaRich documentary. And after I watched it, I got the itch to …
Mint Mobile vs. Ting and Republic Wireless
A reader recently sent me this email: I was wondering if you still use Ting wireless. My oldest son is 15, and we are considering getting …
What’s up with Sixth Continent?
Hi Kristen, I was wondering if you have any current information on Sixth Continent? I know they’ve been a mix of good and bad, so …
An Orta Self-Watering Seed Starter Review (from a non-gardener!)
This spring, I got a little seed starter pot as freebie from that gardening bundle I participated in. (I just had to pay for shipping, …
A review of Thinx and Knix (from a household of ladies!)
Please note: this post is gonna talk about period products. If that squicks you out or you think it’s inappropriate to talk about or anything …