The Frugal Girl
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
I’ve been an architect, day-care teacher to toddlers, and library clerk, but am currently a SAHM to a 14yo son and 9yo daughter. After I had kids, I swapped that time to growing all sorts of interesting heirloom foods in my backyard. We rented at first, but the rental situation in our new town was poor. Childhood joy.
The Frugal Girl
JANUARY 22, 2024
I’m fifty years old, married almost 25 years, with four sons of various ages ranging from all grown up to still-working-on-it. ? an illustration I did for one of my son’s books. We rent now and are much happier. Today we’re meeting a reader who is an artist, a homeschooler, a boy-mom, and a renter by choice.
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Saving Everyday
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
If we stopped at 7-Eleven or picked up fast food, he’d take that notebook out and write down what was spent before driving away. Food is a major expense! We already pay for Netflix, and my son-in-law lets us use his Apple TV account, so I’ll report back with an update on this post after we’ve tried it for a couple of months!
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MAY 23, 2012
Your son or daughter visits different relatives in different cities, taking a temporary job in each to earn gas money and pay back their hosts for food and etc. Rent a luxury yacht or car for the day and take them on a lets pretend voyage or sign them up for a rich kid camp. Your graduate volunteers for an overseas mission.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
NOVEMBER 6, 2014
We went by train, rented a car to see the sights at Yellowstone and flew back home. There were certain things that were must see, must do for me – such as touring Windsor palace and eating British food in a pub, but I had each of our son’s pick at least one thing they wanted to do.
The Frugal Girl
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
We rented the scaffolding for $50 from Menards so I could finish this massive painting project. My son has a job at a local pizza place and he gets a free meal after every shift. Fancy restaurant food. I’d send some to my nieces to help with their college expenses and would donate half to our local food pantry.
Family Balance Sheet
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
Renting, not having super nice furniture or cars, having mismatched dishes and bedding. Here I was, leaning against his $20,000 truck, while my $15,000 car is sitting in the drive way of our $150,000 house, and through all this our 8 month old son was sleeping in his $400 crib, and I didn’t have $20 bucks of my own money to get gas.
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