Frugal Babe

My in-laws are visiting us this week - they arrived today, and they’ll be here through next Tuesday.  I get on really well with them, and I’m excited that they’re here.  This morning I got up early and went to the grocery store for lasagna ingredients.  I already had noodles in the cupboard, so I [...]

Today I went to the thrift store to look for some chairs for our deck. We’ve been using folding camp chairs since we moved here, but they’re a bit worse for the wear, and not all that sturdy to begin with. My husband’s parents are coming to visit next week, and we’d like [...]

I noticed a Yahoo Answers question today about how much money one should spend on a wedding gift.   The fact that this was even a question up for discussion suprised me - isn’t that a personal decision?  But when I started reading the answers, I was laughing at first, and after a while I was just [...]

My husband and I are both health insurance agents, and I also work at the library part time.  My library gig pays about $20,000/year, so it most certainly would not keep us afloat on its own.  For quite a while now, we’ve been discussing what we’ll do if and when the US gets a national [...]

I’m back from my weekend with the girls.  We had a blast - it felt like we were back in college, and we laughed until our sides hurt.  We went for a great hike on Saturday, and the town we were in was having an arts and crafts fair while we were there.  One of [...]