What I Spent, What We Ate | Three left until 2020
There are only three more WIS, WWA posts left in 2019! What I Spent I didn’t do a WIS, WWA post last week, but I …
Are non-food Aldi Finds frugal or wasteful?
Aldi, my favorite discount grocery store, offers fantastic prices on food. But they also have an aisle dedicated to seasonal products, which are called Aldi …
Five Frugal Things | Even though it’s Cyber Monday!
I know it’s Cyber Monday today, but I felt like writing a frugal post instead of a deals post. 😉 1. Mr. FG and I …
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 …
One of you is getting a $100 Visa gift card!
Rakuten, the company formerly known as Ebates, emailed to ask if I’d like to host a $100 Visa gift card giveaway for one of you. …
Stop saying things are easy when they’re not!
In our current headline-driven, Pinterest-y culture, I see many promises of “easy”. Five Easy Ways to Meal Prep Easy Workout Plans for Busy Moms Easy …
10 Inexpensive DIY Christmas Tree Ornament Ideas
Yesterday, I was adding a printable to my no-bake cinnamon applesauce ornament recipe, and I started googling to find other easy DIY Christmas ornament ideas. …
WIS, WWA | Plus a little gratefulness
Last Friday when I wrote the WIS, WWA post, we’d been to the ER twice (once for Sonia’s asthma, once for Mr. FG). We brought …
Five Frugal Things | a $217 medical bill error, for starters!
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It’s going to be imperfect. Keep trying anyway.
This post contains affiliate links, which earn revenue for this site at no extra cost to you. See my disclosure policy here. The other day, …
What I Spent, What We Ate | We certainly ate out less!
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Five Frugal Things | 20’s haircut, a fabric shaver, applesauce, and more
1. I gave Sonia a haircut. After watching Downton Abbey and seeing Edith’s 1920s haircut, she was itching for a change. So, we cut off …
You don’t have to like it; you just have to do it.
This is a phrase that I have most definitely said to my kids. And I’m pretty sure that my parents said it to me! There …
What I Spent, What We Ate | Not exactly a role-model week!
What I Spent This week I spent: $105 at the grocery store $25 on my Hungry Harvest $68 on takeout (!) See the rest of …
Pumpkin cookies, pumpkin carving, pumpkin painting (and regular painting…)
Usually I try to post on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. But I posted on Monday and Tuesday, and the gap from Tuesday to Friday seemed …