Frugal Babe

We just finished a wonderful, productive, almost-free Saturday.  My husband spent a good chunk of the day putting the finishing touches on the greenhouse (adding insulation around the edges of the doors, and chains to hold the doors open while we’re inside the greenhouse).  Right now, he’s in the crawl space doing some work on [...]

Yesterday I rode my bike over to the library to pick up a book that had come in for me - Jeff Yeager’s Ultimate Cheapskate book.  Since the library is a 5 minute bike ride from our house, and since just about everything known to woman can be found on the internet, I don’t buy [...]

I remember one day in 6th grade our teacher asked us each to tell the class our favorite song, and he wrote our answers on the board.  I don’t remember what the point was - probably something about opinions and diversity.  It was 1988 - Big Hair bands were huge - but I was mostly [...]

David from My Two Dollars wrote a post last week about how his new neighborhood is much easier-going than where he used to live in the city of angels.  In his words, his new neighbors “don’t give a crap what kind of car we drive.”  I felt very at home reading his post.  My husband [...]

So, do you need a car or not?  Here’s a website that will crunch the numbers for you and give you a “walkability” score based on where you live. (found the site thanks to Kristen’s Raw).  I walk or bike just about everywhere.  In the last year, I’ve put less than 2000 miles on my [...]

Well shoot.  I forgot to pay our HOA dues this month.  They’re due by the 15th, and if they’re not paid by then, there’s a $25 late fee.  Which I will be paying tomorrow, along with the actual dues.  That is a big fat bummer, but it’s also shown me that we’re in a much [...]

The baby is asleep and I should be catching up on work right now, but instead I just took a detour over to Frugal Dad’s website, and came across this article about a Rolex versus a Timex.  Reading the article and the comments is a fascinating look into the viewpoints of a wide variety of [...]

The Carnival of All Things Eco is up at Focus Organic.
Not the Jet Set has a review of Home Depot’s FreshAire brand no-VOC paint.  I just noticed this paint last time I was at Home Depot - I don’t think it was there in early 2007 when I painted the interior of our house.  I [...]

We have one last home improvement project on our short-term list right now. We’re going to replace the doors in our upstairs hallway. There are four doors, and they’re all original to the house. They’re made of some sort of dark brown plastic material, molded to look like wood. Back when [...]

I’ve always struggled with tossing stuff and getting rid of things.  If I spent money on it, I somehow feel like I have to keep it, even if I’m not using it anymore.  I’m sure I’m not alone in this, but it’s something I’ve been working on, and lately I’ve been making a lot of [...]