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A Green and Frugal Funeral

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Green and Frugal Burial. What if you could be as green and frugal when you enter the hereafter as you try to be now? All the while the two smallest siblings were watching their father make a wood casket and dig the burial hole. Richter writes “ When he was done, they all lent a hand carrying it over to the white oak.

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Five Frugal Things | I bought another dress

The Frugal Girl

I bought another American Giant hoodie dress I don’t know if this is technically frugal or not…but when I was writing my American Giant hoodie dress review post last week, I was poking around online to see what secondhand options were out there. I thought my green dress was a medium, so I wrote off the XS right away.

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Five Frugal Things | a menu-planning hump

The Frugal Girl

I dropped my eggs, but rescued one Not frugal: I accidentally let my carton of eggs slide onto the driveway as I was unloading my groceries. Also on my plate: leftover grilled chicken, plus potatoes, tomatoes, and green onions from my Hungry Harvest box. What frugal things have you been up to lately? So helpful. We shall see.

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WIS, WWA | a Dinnerly week

The Frugal Girl

I made meatball subs on garlic bread, with a green salad on the side. Wednesday Third Dinnerly meal: baked potatoes topped with buffalo chicken and ranch-dressed greens. The post WIS, WWA | a Dinnerly week appeared first on The Frugal Girl. What We Ate Saturday I was out with a friend and the girls fended for themselves.

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It’s official!

The Frugal Girl

I have been eating lettuce at breakfast I don’t know how long I will keep this up but…I’m on a pretty good streak of eating lettuce/greens with my breakfast. But if I do one of my savory egg-based breakfast plates, I usually dress some greens and eat them as a side. But I made it! And I am also just so very grateful.

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Five Frugal Things | a bench cushion repair

The Frugal Girl

I bought it with my piano in 1997, and since then it has endured countless piano students, plus the abuse of my own four children. So I took it for a ride over to my dad’s garage. Note the strap location on the bench pad; that’ll be important later. And he did some serious reinforcing. Click here to see what I mean.

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WIS, WWA | so cheap until Sam’s!

The Frugal Girl

But I did have plenty of greens with my breakfast: Friday I think Zoe and I are gonna make some enchiladas together, using some of the rotisserie chicken from yesterday. appeared first on The Frugal Girl. Monday I made sloppy joes ( here’s the recipe I use ) and we had some fresh produce on the side.

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