Frugal Babe

A couple days before Christmas, I started wishing we had put up a tree, since I really do think they’re pretty.  But we had decided it would just be a waste of time and money, since we don’t really celebrate the holiday anyway, and since we were going to my parents’ house for Christmas dinner [...]

I’ve always been a goal setter. Be it school, work, or money, I set goals. I don’t normally write them down, but they’re always front and center in my head. I just read a post by Millionaire Artist about her new goal screensaver - very creative. It got me thinking - should I write down [...]

This has been quite a week for our appliances.  On Monday, we had to replace the heating element in our oven, and today we had to get a new thermostat.  I hope this pattern does not continue.  We started having trouble with our thermostat/furnace last spring, just at the end of furnace season.  Then summer [...]

During the week that I couldn’t access my blog, the Festival of Under 30 Finances went up at Money and Values.  I liked the list of best financial decisions One Frugal Girl has made.  I consider a lot of those decisions (going to a state school, paying off a car, buying a house, getting married) [...]

I was reading a post from Tired but Happy the other day, about the financial help she’s had from her family over the years.  She mentioned that it’s not easy to talk about the gifts she’s received, but that it’s been a big part of her financial picture.  It got me thinking about what we’ve [...]

I must apologize to my legions of devoted readers for the lack of posts over the past week.  I have not been able to access my blog site due to some unspecified error in cyberspace.  I called Bluehost and Comcast, and they both said that the problem was with AT&T.  I didn’t even know they had [...]

Yesterday I spent about 5 hours cooking.  It was off and on, and I was able to do other stuff during the “simmer” parts of the process.  It wasn’t strenuous by any means.  But now our freezer is stocked: a spinach lasagna, spaghetti pie, baked ziti, lentil curry, chili, red clam sauce, pumpkin muffins, and chocolate muffins.  [...]

I’ll start this post by saying that I have no problem with sounding like a grinch when it comes to the commercial part of Christmas.  And for that matter, I’m an atheist, so the religious aspect of the holiday has no significance for me either.  What do I like about Christmas?  I like the lights.  [...]

Last night I was working at the library, and talking with some of my friends there about a book I’m currently reading.  It’s called Not Buying It - My Year Without Shopping.  I waited on the hold list at the library for over two months for this one, as it seems to be a pretty [...]

The Festival of Frugality is up at Frugal For Life.  It looks like she put a lot of thought into it - very creative.  I liked the entry from Not Made Of Money with ideas for homemade gifts - one of my favorite things about Christmas.  Happy reading everyone.