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The Cost Of A Car

August 15, 2010

In my last post, I mentioned that I’ve only driven my car 10,000 miles in the last three years.  A reader asked whether I’d considered getting rid of the car all together, and I thought that our conversation deserved its own post, in case some people had missed it in the comments section.  This was [...]

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No More Clothes This Year

July 2, 2010

Don’t worry… I will still be wearing clothes!  They will just come from my closet rather than the thrift store. Last week when I went to town, my husband asked me to see if I could find a pair of overalls and a flannel shirt at a thrift store to dress a scarecrow he’s welding. [...]

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We Only Need One Dresser

June 23, 2010

Last year when we moved to our new home, we essentially made four trips with a 14 foot truck (actually, I think the first trip was in a 17 foot truck…)  When moving day arrived, the 26 foot U-Haul that we had reserved wasn’t available, so we had to improvise with a tiny little truck, [...]

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My Latest Goodwill Finds

February 4, 2010

Last month, I decided to see how long I could go without grocery shopping, just by using up the stuff I already had on hand in our cupboards and freezer.  I hadn’t been stockpiling anything and we didn’t have a huge amount of food stored, but it was 15 days between shopping trips, as opposed [...]

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Free Wall Mirrors (Craigs List Is Awesome)

January 5, 2010

Sometime later this year we’d like to start finishing our basement.  For now, it’s just a huge storage area, but we have big plans for it.  Our first financial priority this year is our HSA and our IRAs, but after that, we’re planning to start putting some money into the basement.  We’d like to use [...]

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My Thoughts On Cars

November 25, 2009

A reader emailed me a few days ago, asking for my thoughts on buying a car – so I figured I’d share.  I drive a 1991 Honda Civic wagon.  It has 218,000 miles on it, and has never once left me stranded on the side of the road.  Well, the muffler fell halfway off one [...]

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What Would We Do Without Second Hand Stuff?

October 27, 2009

I noticed a couple weeks ago that our son was starting to ourgrow most of his hand-me-down shoes.  His toes have gotten to the end of his size 5s, so I knew it was time for a trip to the thrift store.  I decided to get him two pairs of size 6 shoes, as I [...]

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Keeping Clutter Out

October 19, 2009

At our old house, there were two thrift stores within a 15 minute walk; now the closest thrift store is ten miles away.  I’ve mentioned that we very rarely go thrifting anymore, which has been helpful in my mission to purge the house of clutter.  These days, I only go to the thrift stores if [...]

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The Frugal Way To Avoid Flame Retardants In Pajamas

September 8, 2009

If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you know that I’m not fond of toxic chemicals in our house or yard.  We grow all of our veggies using organic methods, clean the house with baking soda and vinegar, and avoid food additives like preservatives and food colorings.  So it should come as no [...]

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What Sun Oven Food Looks Like

August 23, 2009

Yesterday I baked a loaf of whole wheat bread in our sun oven.  Then I decided to make eggplant sandwiches.  I had a fresh farmers market eggplant, which I sliced up and drizzled with fresh garlic, olive oil, salt, and pepper.  Then I put the eggplant slices in the sun oven and left them there [...]

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