The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 1, 2024

Mainly, my hope is to keep up the status quo, doing things like: passing nursing school maintaining my exercise habits maintaining my eating habits maintaining my sleeping habits maintaining my relationships with my kids maintaining my blog If I can manage to keep all of that going in this nursing-school phase of life, I’ll be content.

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The Frugal Girl

DECEMBER 13, 2023

But I DO feel grateful that my schedule is very flexible; a blogging job is very easy to work around whatever clinical schedule I get assigned. that I have schedule flexibility Clinical assignments are given out based on people’s schedules and locations, and you can put in requests, but they are not guaranteed to be honored.

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The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

8:30 I worked on finishing up my blog post for the next day and I scheduled it to publish the next morning. 2:00-2:30 Break time! Since I’d been gone most of the day, I chatted with Zoe over dinner and got caught up on her day. By 8:00, dinner was cleaned up and I sat down to catch up on writing down my day.

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The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

What We Ate Saturday Domino’s had sent me a “free emergency pizza” (I think lots of people got these, because my friend Katy blogged about getting this offer as well!), Chiquita is rarely stressed, except for when I am too slow about dishing up her salmon pate. ? so I redeemed it that night.

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The Frugal Girl

MARCH 7, 2024

But I can see upsides of my shift (which starts at 1:00 pm)…I have time to get in a walk, a workout, a shower, some schoolwork, some blog work, and still have plenty of time to pack a dinner meal before I leave. for perks of afternoon/evening clinical hours Given my druthers, I’d have chosen the shift that starts at 7 am.

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The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 9, 2024

I think that I heard about Kristen’s blog through Katy, the Non-Consumer Advocate. I don’t know how I heard about Katy’s blog first! I ‘ve been reading The Frugal Girl for 4+ years now, definitely pre-pandemic but I’m not sure how much before. How did you become interesting in saving money?

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The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

For many, many years, I blogged in the basement of my other house, and my goodness, I so much prefer having a desk by a window! And knowing that there’s sun ahead helps me get through the cloudy days. that my office has a window When I moved in here, I purposely put my desk right by the window. that my friend is coming to visit me!

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The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

I was searching for ways to cut back on expenses and found this blog. My oldest child and our dogs not too long before I started reading this blog! My oldest was barely a year old and I had just been laid off from my job as an architect. I quickly became a daily reader. How did you get interested in saving money?

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The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

for encouragement from all of you The other day when I was feeling a little bit like my frugal efforts were futile , several of you pointed out that at the very least, my money-saving ways have had a positive effect on people through my blog. And I like that way of thinking!

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The Frugal Girl

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Partly this is because I spent quite a bit of time Friday mapping out school life, meal plans, blogging plans, exercise, and so on. But, I do feel happy for this good start; it makes me feel like I’m gonna be fine, and that my usual study habits will serve me as well in nursing school as they did in my prereqs.

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The Frugal Girl

MARCH 11, 2024

I’ve been reading The Frugal Girl since retiring in 2015 and look forward to the blog every week. Joaquin, our sweet, trusted, good-looking companion lives with us rent-free. How long have you been reading The Frugal Girl? I especially enjoy Meet the Reader, Thankful Thursday and Five Frugal Things.

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The Frugal Girl

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Scribbles over my friend’s face because I dunno if she wants to be on a blog! Like…you’d have curtains, sheets, and a comforter all made from the same flowered fabric. This was after a redecorating session, but the comforters and curtains still match!

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The Frugal Girl

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Anyway, I remembered that today is Labor Day, which means that a lot of you will not be reading blog posts. I was busy yesterday getting a whole big post done, showing you what I did with these two nightstands. Spoiler alert: I didn’t paint either of them white. Are you proud??) Tomorrow is Five Frugal Things day, of course.)

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The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Here’s what she said: I am curious how you and fellow blog members handle tipping. Bee wrote in, wanting to pick the collective brain of the Frugal Girl community about tipping! It seems that tips are requested nearly everywhere I go now. I used to have a good idea of what to tip and who to tip, but I am suddenly at a loss.

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The Frugal Girl

MARCH 6, 2024

I’ve seen you mention on your blog that you sometimes listen to your textbooks instead of reading them. (Here’s my cinnamon bread recipe , in case you want to make some!) Related: A post about freezing food in glass jars. And here’s a post about freezing food odds and ends.

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The Frugal Girl

DECEMBER 11, 2023

I love this blog because it feels like you are talking to a friend. I can’t remember exactly, although I do know that I had read a few posts in years prior, but for some reason, it didn’t stick as a habit until a few years ago. homemade bagels! Kristen is honest, kind, genuine, practical, relatable, and a great writer!

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The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

I also had a blog several years ago (a little more on that below), but these days I write periodic essays at A Word on Substack as well as short, inspiring (I hope) messages most mornings at Good Notes. It was during that time that I came across Kristen’s blog and I loved her voice and practical tips. Fun fact: J.D.

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The Frugal Girl

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Lina is a relatively new reader (she found me at kind of an odd time in my blog history, which you will see), and she’s lived in Germany, Asia, and Sweden. The post where Kristen wrote about her separation was one of the first ones I read on the blog. I found the blog looking for frugal recipes. Meet a Reader is back!

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The Frugal Girl

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

for a job that is so flexible I just could not make it work to get out a blog post yesterday, and the wonderful thing about blogging is that it is ok to miss a day here and there. I couldn’t remember when I’d gotten this battery, but I did remember that I had blogged about it. Nothing dreadful happens.

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The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

I first stumbled across Kristen’s blog about 10 years ago. I didn’t relate to the homeschooling posts at that time so I ended up re-discovering her blog about 6-7 years ago and have been reading regularly ever since. This is completely inspired by this blog. How long have you been reading The Frugal Girl?

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The Frugal Girl

DECEMBER 4, 2023

I saw on your blog you enjoyed both of them, and I love memoirs about survival and tenacious, creative people. Also, right now they are offering three months free when you buy a three month plan , so it’s a pretty sweet time to switch. Have you read and would recommend any books similar to Unorthodox or Educated?

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The Frugal Girl

MARCH 4, 2024

I enjoy blogging and biking, and I usually cycle between 15 and 20 miles a day indoors when I’m not getting out to hit a bike trail. I author a blog to document our adventures ( Reflections Around the Campfire ) because I enjoy creative writing and because I wanted a permanent record of our travels, especially for our kids. Go figure.

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The Frugal Girl

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Like… raising my kids teaching piano lessons for 20 years playing the piano at church for over ten years blogging for 15 years starting life on my own after over 25 years of marriage going back to college Plus a million other small things.

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The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Today we’re meeting a reader who only found my blog a few months ago; I love that she already volunteered to do a Meet a Reader post. Hey everyone! Here’s Andrea: 1. Tell us a little about yourself I’m Andrea, I’m in my 20s. I live in the Midwest with my fiancé (soon to be husband in March!),

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The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

I used to read intermittently before then but got a regular blog rotation going once I quit social media 3. Most of my evenings/weekends are just hanging out (largely at home and in the yard with my family). How long have you been reading The Frugal Girl? I started reading faithfully about 2 years ago. Out of necessity originally.

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The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 29, 2024

As mentioned, this blog has changed my POV on what’s “actually” frugal, so that makes me feel more successful & victorious! Except for that one-off year of stupidity, the deliberate intentional mindset of “Do I need it/can I afford it/do I have something else to sub for this/can I fix it??” How has reading The Frugal Girl changed you?

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The Frugal Girl

OCTOBER 18, 2023

If you want to watch me navigate all this, well, keep reading my blog. Cooking at home is important to me for both monetary and health reasons (same goes for packing my lunch.) And when something is important to us, we usually figure out how to make it happen! We know I’m gonna write about it. ?

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The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 22, 2024

Thank you, Kristen, for all you do with your blog! He’s generous with his time and resources, he’s just always looking for a more economical way of doing things so we can be better stewards of the gifts we’ve been given. It’s one of the bright spots on the internet, as far as I’m concerned.

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The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The Frugal Girl is one of the few blogs whose URL I have memorized, so I’ve never missed an entry! Oh, I think it’s been nearly 15 years now! I found Kristen while searching for a recipe for something, and just fell in love with her writing style & pictures. How did you get interested in saving money?

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