The Frugal Girl

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Messy, clean, messy, clean = NORMAL

The Frugal Girl

Getting back to clean is what matters If you want to have a generally tidy, clean house, there’s good news: you don’t need to avoid the messy part of the cycle. I think the abandoned house owner got stuck in a messy-messy-messy cycle. I wrote a little post about the messy-clean-messy-clean cycle back in 2012.

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Q&A | cinnamon, SIM, jeans, and grocery spending

The Frugal Girl

The repeated defrosting cycles tend to cause freezer burn on foods pretty quickly, so I try not to keep things in my kitchen freezer for long at all. If you have a chest freezer or other non-defrosting freezer, homemade bread can stay fresh for several months in its frozen state.

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

The Frugal Girl

Can’t believe I live here – a lake near my house Because I’ve lived so many different places, I’ve seen first-hand how good use of available resources can really improve overall community experiences, such as community gardens that utilize city-wide composting programs, to libraries, cycling infrastructure.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

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. Box are some of my favorite authors) and I use the library to borrow both regular books and electronic resources. A few years back, I hit my all-time high by borrowing 126 books over the course of one year.