Frugal Babe

We spent today painting our house.  It’s starting to really come together and look nice.  We’re doing the same colors that were already there, but the new paint looks all shiny and fresh.  The sides that are finished look fantastic - the trim really makes it look great.  We should be able to finish it [...]

I just spent the last hour playing with my new sewing machine.  I made a new diaper, using yellow fleece that I bought at Hobby Lobby for the liner, layers of old towel for the soaker inside, and super cute rubber ducky pajamas that I found at a thrift store as the outer layer.  The [...]

I bought a sewing machine today.  Now I can make things without having to wait until we’re visiting my parents.  We’re in the middle of painting our house (I took a break from it this evening to go pick up the sewing machine), so I have to wait until that’s done before I get into [...]

My parents go thrift store shopping every Monday.  It’s mostly a hobby for them; they enjoy the scavenger hunt that ensues in a thrift store.  And Savers stores - in our state anyway - have 99 cent sales every Monday.  Items with particular color tags are 99 cents on Monday.  So the goal is to [...]

Yesterday I put the baby in his sling and we walked over to Hobby Lobby. I was on a mission to find a scrapbook to use as a baby book for him, and I wanted to get a couple of 8.5 x 11 scrapbooks that are going to become Christmas presents. When better [...]

I had a good money day today.  I went to a maternity clothing consignment store and sold three items that never fit right while I was pregnant.  I got them for a total of $7 in thrift stores, and the store I took them to gave me $15 for the three.  Sweet!  I have a [...]

Last Sunday, I had to work a 4 hour shift at the library, but I was off by 5pm.  I rode my bike the one mile to our house, and was loving what a beautiful afternoon it was.  We ate dinner on our front porch, and then decided to go for a bike ride together.
Normally, [...]

I just got back from taking my card samplesto the store I found on Sunday… now I have to wait a week for them to look over my stuff and get back to me about whether they want to carry my cards in their store.  I decided to hold off on the other two stores [...]

For the last few years, I’ve been making greeting cards for our family and friends.  I’ve also made sets of photo greeting cards and given them as Christmas presents, with 10 cards and envelopes tied in a bunch with pretty string.  Time and again recipients have told me that I should sell my cards, but I’d [...]

Ok, so much for my decision to not run any more races for a while.  I have no idea what went wrong on Monday, but I had my worst-ever 10k finish.  They haven’t posted exact times yet, but my watch was showing about 48 minutes.  Ouch.  That’s almost 4 minutes slower than I should have [...]