Frugal Babe

We’re sitting in the waiting room at the hospital where my husband has his knee surgery last month, waiting to see the doctor for his follow up appointment.  We’re very optimistic that he’s going to get some additional mobility clearance, and hopefully we’ll be able to do the rest of his treatments at the physical [...]

We had a prenatal visit today - everything’s still going really well with the pregnancy, and the days seem to be flying by.  We paid another $1000 to our midwife - we only owe her another $650, which we’re scheduled to pay in mid-April.  I remember when we were thinking about having a baby and [...]

Yesterday I bought some cloth diapers from a lady I found on Craigslist.  She sold me six diapers and three waterproof diaper covers for $21.  And she threw in a box of nursing pads and a changing pad for free.  The diapers are shaped with elastic at the legs, but no velco closures.  She said [...]

I just got my hair cut.  It was the first time I’d had it cut since the beginning of October, and I’m stoked with my new style.  I’ve had my hair long and a little bit layered for the last couple years, and I was getting tired of it.  I always go to Fantastic Sams [...]

Mighty Bargain Hunter has posted this week’s Festival of Frugality.  Check it out for inspiration, motivation, and ideas on keeping more of what you earn, living simply, and living the good (frugal) life.  Enjoy!

My parents live near a Habitat for Humanity home store (a thrift store that only carries remodeling and building supplies - quite the score if you happen to be working on a house).  This morning they went to the store to see if they could find any cabinets that would work for our new kitchen.  [...]

Our kitchen remodel is off to a great start.  We spent all day yesterday gathering supplies, in true Frugal Babe fashion.  We bought a stove on Friday night that we found on Craig’s List for $175.  It was in a town about midway between my parents and us, so they met us at the lady’s [...]

Our house is wonderfully warm right now, thanks to my parents.  When our furnace died on Wednesday, I had described the problem to them, and told my father that we had removed the igniter from the furnace in hopes of getting a replacement on Thursday (we knew the problem was the igniter based on the [...]

Our kitchen project has taken a temporary backseat to our furnace, which stopped working today.  Big bummer, since we’re expecting a snowstorm tonight and the high tomorrow is supposed to be 26.  Good thing we bought a radiator space heater earlier this winter (we normally use it to heat my husband’s home office while I’m [...]

The Festival of Frugality is up today at Lazy Man And Money.  Loved the post from The Happy Rock about free exercise.  I do have a gym membership (free with my part-time job), and I go to the gym about four days a week.  But on the other days, I love to come up with [...]