Frugal Babe

We bought a new dishwasher today!  New to us anyway - we found it on Craig’s List and drove to the other end of town today to pick it up.  We paid $100.  It currently retails for $645, although the lady who sold it to us said that it’s about 7 -8 years old.  It’s fully [...]

Mapgirl has just had laser eye surgery, and she wrote a really informative article about the experience and the cost.  My husband has been pondering LASIK for years.  He can’t see much of anything without glasses, so I can understand his desire to have eyes that just work.  I have glasses but I only really [...]

It’s been a crazy week here at the Frugal Babe house.  My husband is doing really well with his recovery, but he’s still pretty limited in terms of activity, since he’s in an immobile leg brace and attached to an ice machine most of the day.  He’s been putting in tons of hours at work [...]

Two of my girlfriends have offered to host a baby shower for us recently, and in both cases I’ve politely but firmly declined.  My friends think I’m a little nuts, but they know me and respect my opinions and there will be no showers.  (I hosted a baby shower for one of them - at [...]

After my husband’s knee surgery on Monday, the docs and physical therapists were going over all the things we need to do for the next few weeks to give him the best chance of a full recovery. One of the things they emphasized was ice, and their recommendation was an automatic icer. It’s [...]

We’re back home after our medical adventure week.  My husband is doing great; his knee is progressing much faster than anyone had expected, and we’ve been entertaining ourselves with home physical therapy sessions on his knee.  He’ll start going to a local physical therapist next week, and we expect that he’ll make a full recovery within a few [...]