The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 18, 2024

My kitchen, which is normally a pretty dark room, was so delightfully bright yesterday. for the light reflecting on the snow We had no snow at all last year, so this is my first time seeing snow at this house, and that is delightful. I would dearly love to have a yard coated in snow all winter, just for the bright light!

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The Frugal Girl

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In 2022, I had the carousel on my kitchen table, but I think this year it’s gonna have to go up on a high shelf because Chiquita is 100% going to think this is a fun cat toy, not a decoration. I can tell you, even without a test run, that I am most certainly not going to light my little candle carousel if Chiquita is around.

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The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 30, 2024

I made some croutons I barely looked in my kitchen freezer last semester, so I didn’t really know what was hiding in there. If it was summertime, I’d make a smoothie to use these up, but man, I don’t really love drinking a cold smoothie in January/February! Here’s how I make my one-serving bowl of microwave oatmeal.)

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The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

This means I get brilliant sunshine in my bedroom, and also more sunshine in my kitchen. It’s a combo of the trees being nearly leafless plus the change in the path of the sun. sunlight makes even dirty dishes look nicer ?

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The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

It’s much less overwhelming to do a nightstand than a whole tall bookshelf (or your kitchen cabinets!) Ornate pieces with lots of curves and detail make it harder to sand and paint. do something small. pick something that doesn’t need a bunch of repairs. A simple paint job is a good start.

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Painting Freecycle Furniture 2005 176

The Frugal Girl

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

I bought a “cooking for two” cookbook on eBay I saw that America’s Test Kitchen had published a cooking-for-two cookbook at some point, and I hopped over to my library website to see if I could put a hold on it. I thought he’d charge me a few dollars, but he said he sharpens pocket knives for free all the time.

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Frugal Library Cooking Chiquita 217

The Frugal Girl

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In a recent post, I shared a picture of my messy kitchen. ” But the funny thing is…I didn’t even feel vulnerable sharing my messy kitchen photos! I think it’s because I know that my kitchen never stays that way. I think it’s because I know that my kitchen never stays that way.

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The Frugal Girl

MARCH 6, 2024

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. In a self-defrosting freezer, though, I’d try to eat it up more quickly than that. Here’s my cinnamon bread recipe , in case you want to make some!)

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The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

I am lucky enough to live in an area with groups that will redistribute home gardener’s extra produce to soup kitchens and food insecure families. What’s one thing you aren’t remotely tempted to splurge on? I think my answer to this is covered in #10. If $1000 was dropped into your lap today, what would you do with it?

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Kids and Family Home and Garden Money Frugal 184

The Frugal Girl

AUGUST 23, 2023

Same thing with my flour; I don’t want a huge bucket in my kitchen! I do not want to send chia seeds skittering all over my kitchen floor. If we never saw a kitchen/bathroom/pantry/fridge that looked like a colorful, tidy store, we might think our very normal homes were fine.

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The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

things on Buy Nothing first and then thrift stores or Facebook marketplace, so I found a good play kitchen on marketplace when my little wanted one. I pulled up and backed up my SUV to load up the kitchen and the person came out with a teeny tiny kitchen for a little doll. Thank you for the recommendation.

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The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In case you’ve missed this before, boiling kitchen dishcloths for 10 minutes is a magically easy way to get rid of dishcloth funk. I figured this would kill any bacteria and also get rid of any soap residue. Also, here are my best tips for keeping linens sanitary.

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The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

I learned how to cook and bake at a very young age, and I’ve always enjoyed kitchen work as both creative pursuit and scientific inquiry. For me, being in the kitchen and making food for people is an act of love. What’s your best frugal win? I have two!

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The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

I also have an upside-down bottle of honey in my kitchen right now. ? Anyway, I have a pump bottle of the lotion, and when the bottle got so low that I could not pump any more lotion out, I turned it upside down into a little plastic lidded container. Now I can easily use up the last little bit before I start on a new bottle.

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The Frugal Girl

MARCH 4, 2024

We paid an excavator (to dig the hole for the foundation), a well driller and a cabinet maker (for our kitchen and bathroom cabinets). We lived off my salary and banked Alan’s even before we were married so that we could build our own house (literally), paying cash as we went.

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Green And Frugal Kids and Family Hotel Frugal 178

The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

My neighbor let us pick cherries from their tree – this is my disaster of a kitchen trying to pit them. I would like to retire and not have to worry about every last penny, and to be able to travel a little and treat my kids. What’s your best frugal win?

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The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 22, 2024

We try to rent a house with a full kitchen, and even some hotels now have suites with fridges and microwaves, so we hit the grocery store on the way to the hotel or house and grab frozen meals (in the case of hotels) and groceries (for a house where we’re staying longer).

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