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 [...]
Posted by FrugalBabe on 08 Jun 2007 at 5:39 am under Debt
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 [...]
Posted by FrugalBabe on 06 Jun 2007 at 5:15 pm under Debt, work
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 [...]