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First, a little clarification. Yesterday I mentioned that as a second-generation homeschooler, I haven’t felt worried about how well my kids would do. What I meant is that I’ve already been through the process, so I know it can work. MORE
This post contains affiliate links, which earn revenue for this site at no extra cost to you. See my disclosure policy here. This reader question showed up in my inbox today so I thought I’d give it a quick answer. MORE
This post contains affiliate links. At the beginning of 2018, we adopted a 7 year old cat from the local animal shelter. I’m not gonna lie; I was pretty apprehensive about this. MORE
We cleared our own leaves. For a variety of reasons, we never cleaned up our yard leaves last fall. So I got an estimate from someone to blow them and take them away for yard waste recycling. 300, they said. Which suddenly made me want to pick up our leaf blower. leaf blowing; a dirty business. MORE
This post contains affiliate links, which earn revenue for this site at no extra cost to you. See my disclosure policy here. In an issue of Cook’s Country or Cook’s Illustrated (I can’t remember!), I saw that they recommended the Frywall. What’s a Frywall? MORE
What I Spent. Remember how last week, I mentioned that I only had $75 left to spend in April? This week I spent $79 at Aldi and $7 at another store. That adds up to $86 , so I came in VERY nearly on budget. Woohoo! MORE
Because this is a very good exercise to do on the regular. Join me in the comments! The trees are getting leaves. The myriad oaks in our neighborhood are still just sporting ugly flowers, but almost everything else suddenly has baby green leaves. MORE
This post was last updated in April 2019. When I wrote about the downsides of homeschooling , I mentioned that having the kids home all the time can be a little bit exhausting if you’re an introvert. (A A simple definition is that an introvert gains energy by being alone. MORE
This post contains affiliate links, which earn revenue for this site at no extra cost to you. I recently took a bit of a risk and ordered a $100 rescue box of size small tops from ThredUp *. MORE
Kristen, Gosh, time has flown by! Just read your post about having two HS grads — I think I started reading your Frugal Girl when everyone was a baby! Zoe and me around the time I started blogging. So, I was just wondering if you had been doing any advanced planning for an empty nest? MORE
Last updated March 30, 2019. Though I forgot to mention this in my review of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Kondo’s persistent mentions of the hundreds of bags of trash she’s helped her clients throw out…well, it made me a little twitchy. MORE
Hi Kristen! I’m Marie, also a mom of four kids (13, 10, 4, and 2). We’re homeschoolers too and my husband is self employed so money is TIGHT. I just recently had a root canal done and it has cost us $2500! MORE
It is true that occasional big financial decisions (house buying, car buying, private jet buying) are massively important when it comes to your financial situation. But most of us grasp the gravity of these decisions. MORE
(This is a post I wrote 9 years ago, and I thought it needed to see the light of day again.). Ahh, perfectionism. It almost sounds like a virtue, doesn’t it? In reality, it is such a snare in so many ways, not the least of which is its tendency to render us immobile. MORE
This post contains referral links, which earn commission for this site at no extra cost to you. This post is not sponsored by Sixth Continent or Aldi. Ok, so, today’s Tuesday Tip comes compliments of reader Emily H. peaceofcake03 on Instagram). MORE
In 2019, I’m trying one new habit per month that A) promise to increase my happiness levels and B) costs little to nothing. In January, I used my phone less. Definitely will keep doing this.). In February, I tried a gratitude journal. This was not a keeper of a habit for me. One month was enough !). MORE
This post contains affiliate links, which earn revenue for this site at no extra cost to you. I’ve got some miscellany for you all today! I gave up on that one pair of jeans. You know how I’ve mended them a bunch of times? MORE
If you are a person who can come up with great ideas on the fly simply by looking through your fridge/pantry, then you just keep on being you. (I’m I’m envious of your skills, and this post is not for you.). MORE
We had a bargain-full date night. First, we had subs at Jersey Mike’s, using the Sixth Continent gift card I ordered last week. Then we stopped at Rita’s, where I had a coupon for a free Italian ice, due to my birthday coming up this week. MORE
Big wins, sudden breakthroughs, and “aha!” ” moments are what we’d all love to experience. But in my experience (ha), those happen really, really rarely. In pretty much every area of my life, progress has happened slowly over time. MORE
This post was in my 2010 archives, and I’m republishing it today with a printable recipe card. I made this on Easter of this year and was reminded how tasty it is. And it’s SO easy. You should give it a try! Today’s recipe is not at all healthy. Not in the slightest. MORE
Recently, I was out with Mr. FG for dinner and I saw a big snickerdoodle cookie at the cash register. I hadn’t had a snickerdoodle in ages, so I decided to give it a try. Friends, let me tell you: It was a crushing disappointment of a cookie. MORE
This post contains affiliate links, which earn revenue for this site at no extra cost to you. See my disclosure policy here. Oddly enough, until a few years ago, I’d never had a popover, despite having seen them in cookbooks for years. MORE
This post contains affiliate links, which earn revenue for this site at no extra cost to you. See my disclosure policy here. (I I originally found these muffins on All Recipes years ago, and I’m resharing the recipe now with a printable recipe card!). MORE
What I Spent. I’ve been busy attending end-of-year dance stuff with Zoe…but I’ve also been grocery shopping and cooking. I spent $166 at the grocery store and $25 on my Hungry Harvest box. So, I’m at $191 for the week. May Spending. Week 1 : $119. Week 2: $191. What We Ate. MORE
This post contains affiliate links, which earn revenue for this site at no extra cost to you. See my disclosure policy here. We are mostly finished with school, the weather is warm, and we had watermelon this week. So, basically summer. What I Spent. MORE
Kneading is probably the number one thing that discourages people from making bread. I did write a “ How to knead” post , but in case you are still terrified of kneading, I have a recipe that requires no such thing! MORE
This post contains affiliate links, which earn revenue for this site at no extra cost to you. In case you missed Monday’s post, I recently took a bit of a risk and ordered a $100 rescue box from ThredUp *. MORE
This post contains affiliate links, which earn revenue for this site at no extra cost to you. See my disclosure policy here. What I Spent. I spent $94 at the grocery store, plus $25 on my Hungry Harvest box. Related: What’s Hungry Harvest? So, I’m starting May off at $119. Woohoo! MORE
This post contains affiliate links, which earn revenue for this site at no extra cost to you. See my disclosure policy here. Hello, frugal people! I’ve been under the weather this week with a throat infection, which is why there was no post yesterday. MORE
This post contains affiliate links, which earn revenue for this site at no extra cost to you. See my disclosure policy here. (I I thought about it for a long time and could not come up with a better title than that. It’ll be what it’ll be.). MORE
For years, I have wondered if it’s cheaper to: a) make my own trail mix with Aldi ingredients. b) buy the pre-mixed Aldi trail mix. If I didn’t have a blog, I’d probably just spend the rest of my life wondering. MORE
It’s been a good Monday morning so far…I worked out, showered, took Sonia to her tutorial, went to Aldi and another store, and did some laundry. And it’s not quite 11:00 am. But I did not write a blog post. So, we’re gonna just have a quick little Five Frugal Things today. MORE
For the last two months, I’ve been taking a photo a day, using lists of prompts from the internet. I enjoy taking photos, and having a daily prompt makes me pick up my camera more often than I otherwise would. And it also makes me take photos of things I otherwise wouldn’t! MORE
Time for Five Frugal Things, people. I used a cereal bag to freeze turkey. I saved the enormous plastic bag from a Costco-sized box of Cheerios because I thought it might come in handy. And it did, yesterday! MORE
I took advantage of Sixth Continent’s 30% back deal. On Monday, Sixth Continent had a several-hour offer that gave 30% credit back on any gift card purchase. I’d gotten the email about it, but forgotten until a reader messaged me on Instagram to remind me. Phew! MORE
This post contains affiliate links, which earn revenue for this site at no extra cost to you. What I Spent. I spent $144 at the grocery store, plus $25 on my Hungry Harvest. So, $169 to start out April. MORE
In 2019, I’m trying one new habit per month that A) promise to increase my happiness levels and B) costs little to nothing. I allllways seem to be late posting about each new month’s challenge. Maybe in June I will actually post about the challenge at the beginning of the month. MORE
America’s Test Kitchen did not pay me to write this post. I bought my own second hand cookbook copy and I’m just posting about it because I love it! This post contains affiliate links, which earn revenue for this site at no extra cost to you. See my disclosure policy here. MORE
I called Method about their soap dispensers. I like foaming soap because it seems to be a lot less wasteful than regular liquid soap. But the last two dispensers I got from Method became nearly unusable after just one refill. The top just stayed down when you pressed it.). MORE
This post contains affiliate links, which earn revenue for this site at no extra cost to you. When you are trying something new, whether it’s budgeting, bread baking, menu planning, cooking, sewing, or any number of other things, you should expect to be rather terrible at first. MORE
I’m using up pumpkin in my oatmeal. I made a batch of pumpkin muffins on Monday and annoyingly enough, they did not use the whole can. So, I’ve been stirring a few tablespoons of pumpkin into my oatmeal, along with spices like allspice and cloves. MORE
See Thursday’s meal for my fail. Also, thank you all so much for your helpful comments on yesterday’s post. Maria has so many good ideas to help her navigate family life without dental insurance now. You guys are the best! What I Spent. Let’s see. MORE
Ok, plus salt and vinegar too. But the post title was getting a bit long. If you’ve got some tarnished jewelry, you should really give this Apartment Therapy tutorial a try. MORE
The Frugal Girl
MAY 23, 2019
Kristen, Gosh, time has flown by! Just read your post about having two HS grads — I think I started reading your Frugal Girl when everyone was a baby! Zoe and me around the time I started blogging. So, I was just wondering if you had been doing any advanced planning for an empty nest?
The Frugal Girl
MAY 22, 2019
Time for Five Frugal Things, people. I used a cereal bag to freeze turkey. I saved the enormous plastic bag from a Costco-sized box of Cheerios because I thought it might come in handy. And it did, yesterday!
The Frugal Girl
MAY 25, 2019
This post contains affiliate links, which earn revenue for this site at no extra cost to you. See my disclosure policy here. (I I originally found these muffins on All Recipes years ago, and I’m resharing the recipe now with a printable recipe card!).
The Frugal Girl
MAY 24, 2019
This post contains affiliate links, which earn revenue for this site at no extra cost to you. See my disclosure policy here. We are mostly finished with school, the weather is warm, and we had watermelon this week. So, basically summer. What I Spent.
The Frugal Girl
MAY 15, 2019
Big wins, sudden breakthroughs, and “aha!” ” moments are what we’d all love to experience. But in my experience (ha), those happen really, really rarely. In pretty much every area of my life, progress has happened slowly over time.
The Frugal Girl
MAY 13, 2019
It’s been a good Monday morning so far…I worked out, showered, took Sonia to her tutorial, went to Aldi and another store, and did some laundry. And it’s not quite 11:00 am. But I did not write a blog post. So, we’re gonna just have a quick little Five Frugal Things today.
The Frugal Girl
MAY 6, 2019
Recently, I was out with Mr. FG for dinner and I saw a big snickerdoodle cookie at the cash register. I hadn’t had a snickerdoodle in ages, so I decided to give it a try. Friends, let me tell you: It was a crushing disappointment of a cookie.
The Frugal Girl
MAY 7, 2019
This post contains affiliate links, which earn revenue for this site at no extra cost to you. See my disclosure policy here. (I I thought about it for a long time and could not come up with a better title than that. It’ll be what it’ll be.).
The Frugal Girl
MAY 4, 2019
(This is a post I wrote 9 years ago, and I thought it needed to see the light of day again.). Ahh, perfectionism. It almost sounds like a virtue, doesn’t it? In reality, it is such a snare in so many ways, not the least of which is its tendency to render us immobile.
The Frugal Girl
MAY 17, 2019
See Thursday’s meal for my fail. Also, thank you all so much for your helpful comments on yesterday’s post. Maria has so many good ideas to help her navigate family life without dental insurance now. You guys are the best! What I Spent. Let’s see.
The Frugal Girl
MAY 14, 2019
This post contains referral links, which earn commission for this site at no extra cost to you. This post is not sponsored by Sixth Continent or Aldi. Ok, so, today’s Tuesday Tip comes compliments of reader Emily H. peaceofcake03 on Instagram).
The Frugal Girl
APRIL 27, 2019
This post contains affiliate links, which earn revenue for this site at no extra cost to you. See my disclosure policy here. Oddly enough, until a few years ago, I’d never had a popover, despite having seen them in cookbooks for years.
The Frugal Girl
MAY 1, 2019
For the last two months, I’ve been taking a photo a day, using lists of prompts from the internet. I enjoy taking photos, and having a daily prompt makes me pick up my camera more often than I otherwise would. And it also makes me take photos of things I otherwise wouldn’t!
The Frugal Girl
APRIL 30, 2019
This post contains affiliate links, which earn revenue for this site at no extra cost to you. See my disclosure policy here. In an issue of Cook’s Country or Cook’s Illustrated (I can’t remember!), I saw that they recommended the Frywall. What’s a Frywall?
The Frugal Girl
MAY 3, 2019
This post contains affiliate links, which earn revenue for this site at no extra cost to you. See my disclosure policy here. What I Spent. I spent $94 at the grocery store, plus $25 on my Hungry Harvest box. Related: What’s Hungry Harvest? So, I’m starting May off at $119. Woohoo!
The Frugal Girl
MAY 2, 2019
I took advantage of Sixth Continent’s 30% back deal. On Monday, Sixth Continent had a several-hour offer that gave 30% credit back on any gift card purchase. I’d gotten the email about it, but forgotten until a reader messaged me on Instagram to remind me. Phew!
The Frugal Girl
MAY 10, 2019
What I Spent. I’ve been busy attending end-of-year dance stuff with Zoe…but I’ve also been grocery shopping and cooking. I spent $166 at the grocery store and $25 on my Hungry Harvest box. So, I’m at $191 for the week. May Spending. Week 1 : $119. Week 2: $191. What We Ate.
The Frugal Girl
MAY 21, 2019
This post contains affiliate links, which earn revenue for this site at no extra cost to you. See my disclosure policy here. This reader question showed up in my inbox today so I thought I’d give it a quick answer.
The Frugal Girl
MAY 18, 2019
This post was in my 2010 archives, and I’m republishing it today with a printable recipe card. I made this on Easter of this year and was reminded how tasty it is. And it’s SO easy. You should give it a try! Today’s recipe is not at all healthy. Not in the slightest.
The Frugal Girl
MARCH 27, 2019
Last updated March 30, 2019. Though I forgot to mention this in my review of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Kondo’s persistent mentions of the hundreds of bags of trash she’s helped her clients throw out…well, it made me a little twitchy.
The Frugal Girl
APRIL 19, 2019
First, a little clarification. Yesterday I mentioned that as a second-generation homeschooler, I haven’t felt worried about how well my kids would do. What I meant is that I’ve already been through the process, so I know it can work.
The Frugal Girl
APRIL 20, 2019
Kneading is probably the number one thing that discourages people from making bread. I did write a “ How to knead” post , but in case you are still terrified of kneading, I have a recipe that requires no such thing!
The Frugal Girl
APRIL 26, 2019
What I Spent. Remember how last week, I mentioned that I only had $75 left to spend in April? This week I spent $79 at Aldi and $7 at another store. That adds up to $86 , so I came in VERY nearly on budget. Woohoo!
The Frugal Girl
APRIL 23, 2019
This post contains affiliate links, which earn revenue for this site at no extra cost to you. When you are trying something new, whether it’s budgeting, bread baking, menu planning, cooking, sewing, or any number of other things, you should expect to be rather terrible at first.
The Frugal Girl
APRIL 22, 2019
We had a bargain-full date night. First, we had subs at Jersey Mike’s, using the Sixth Continent gift card I ordered last week. Then we stopped at Rita’s, where I had a coupon for a free Italian ice, due to my birthday coming up this week.
The Frugal Girl
MARCH 18, 2019
I called Method about their soap dispensers. I like foaming soap because it seems to be a lot less wasteful than regular liquid soap. But the last two dispensers I got from Method became nearly unusable after just one refill. The top just stayed down when you pressed it.).
The Frugal Girl
MAY 16, 2019
Hi Kristen! I’m Marie, also a mom of four kids (13, 10, 4, and 2). We’re homeschoolers too and my husband is self employed so money is TIGHT. I just recently had a root canal done and it has cost us $2500!
The Frugal Girl
APRIL 10, 2019
This post contains affiliate links, which earn revenue for this site at no extra cost to you. In case you missed Monday’s post, I recently took a bit of a risk and ordered a $100 rescue box from ThredUp *.
The Frugal Girl
FEBRUARY 25, 2019
This post contains affiliate links. At the beginning of 2018, we adopted a 7 year old cat from the local animal shelter. I’m not gonna lie; I was pretty apprehensive about this.
The Frugal Girl
MARCH 13, 2019
For years, I have wondered if it’s cheaper to: a) make my own trail mix with Aldi ingredients. b) buy the pre-mixed Aldi trail mix. If I didn’t have a blog, I’d probably just spend the rest of my life wondering.
The Frugal Girl
APRIL 25, 2019
This post contains affiliate links, which earn revenue for this site at no extra cost to you. See my disclosure policy here. Hello, frugal people! I’ve been under the weather this week with a throat infection, which is why there was no post yesterday.
The Frugal Girl
APRIL 5, 2019
This post contains affiliate links, which earn revenue for this site at no extra cost to you. What I Spent. I spent $144 at the grocery store, plus $25 on my Hungry Harvest. So, $169 to start out April.
The Frugal Girl
APRIL 4, 2019
In 2019, I’m trying one new habit per month that A) promise to increase my happiness levels and B) costs little to nothing. In January, I used my phone less. Definitely will keep doing this.). In February, I tried a gratitude journal. This was not a keeper of a habit for me. One month was enough !).
The Frugal Girl
APRIL 8, 2019
This post contains affiliate links, which earn revenue for this site at no extra cost to you. I recently took a bit of a risk and ordered a $100 rescue box of size small tops from ThredUp *.
The Frugal Girl
APRIL 9, 2019
If you are a person who can come up with great ideas on the fly simply by looking through your fridge/pantry, then you just keep on being you. (I’m I’m envious of your skills, and this post is not for you.).
The Frugal Girl
APRIL 18, 2019
Because this is a very good exercise to do on the regular. Join me in the comments! The trees are getting leaves. The myriad oaks in our neighborhood are still just sporting ugly flowers, but almost everything else suddenly has baby green leaves.
The Frugal Girl
APRIL 29, 2019
America’s Test Kitchen did not pay me to write this post. I bought my own second hand cookbook copy and I’m just posting about it because I love it! This post contains affiliate links, which earn revenue for this site at no extra cost to you. See my disclosure policy here.
The Frugal Girl
MARCH 21, 2019
This post contains affiliate links, which earn revenue for this site at no extra cost to you. I’ve got some miscellany for you all today! I gave up on that one pair of jeans. You know how I’ve mended them a bunch of times?
The Frugal Girl
APRIL 1, 2019
We cleared our own leaves. For a variety of reasons, we never cleaned up our yard leaves last fall. So I got an estimate from someone to blow them and take them away for yard waste recycling. 300, they said. Which suddenly made me want to pick up our leaf blower. leaf blowing; a dirty business.
The Frugal Girl
MAY 9, 2019
In 2019, I’m trying one new habit per month that A) promise to increase my happiness levels and B) costs little to nothing. I allllways seem to be late posting about each new month’s challenge. Maybe in June I will actually post about the challenge at the beginning of the month.
The Frugal Girl
MARCH 26, 2019
It is true that occasional big financial decisions (house buying, car buying, private jet buying) are massively important when it comes to your financial situation. But most of us grasp the gravity of these decisions.
The Frugal Girl
APRIL 13, 2019
This post was last updated in April 2019. When I wrote about the downsides of homeschooling , I mentioned that having the kids home all the time can be a little bit exhausting if you’re an introvert. (A A simple definition is that an introvert gains energy by being alone.
The Frugal Girl
MARCH 19, 2019
Ok, plus salt and vinegar too. But the post title was getting a bit long. If you’ve got some tarnished jewelry, you should really give this Apartment Therapy tutorial a try.
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