Frugal Babe

My two sisters in law and their five children are visiting us this week.  Today some of us went to a local amusement park, which I much preferred to the big Six Flags style park we went to a few days ago.  There were seven of us today, including the baby.  This park allowed us [...]

Before our son was born, my mother and I made about two dozen diapers for him. We followed a pattern we found online, and made the medium size diapers. We thought they would fit him for about 4 - 6 months. When he was born, he was just under 7 lbs. [...]

I love to cook.  Trying new recipes and putting together interesting and tasty meals is one of my favorite things.  But trying new recipes can get expensive, since it seems like there’s always at least one thing that I don’t have on hand.  So I’ve learned to improvise, and it usually works just fine.
Yesterday, I [...]

I made a huge jar of sprouts yesterday.  I’m not sure what kind they were, because we bought them in bulk and the bag of seeds doesn’t have a label.  But whatever sprout seeds you buy, it’s one of the cheapest ways to get good veggies in your diet.  We sprout about a quarter cup [...]

We’ve all probably seen hundreds of lists of ways to save money; but most of the tips tend to be repeats.  But I came across this list today, and I liked the unique aspects of some of the tips.  ‘Stop smoking’ is one that we’ve heard before, but what about ’stop tanning’?  I know lots [...]

We had a very productive weekend. On Saturday we started painting our house. We decided to paint it the same color it already was, which is making the whole process easier. We bought a five gallon bucket of paint ($106) and a couple paint brushes, and we had caulk left over from [...]

It seems that we can’t go a day anymore without hearing about how high gas prices have gotten. And it’s unlikely that they’ll be headed down anytime soon. Two of my friends have recently bought hybrid cars - each with nearly $20,000 financed for the car - in an effort to lower their gas bills [...]

We spent the day at my parents’ house today, and my mother and I got a great start on the diapers we’re making for the baby.  We had a blast - lots of chit chatting while we worked.  We finished five diapers completely, and I got all the fabric cut for 14 more that my [...]

My husband had his knee surgery on Monday, and it went far better than we had hoped.  They didn’t have to do as much to his knee as we had thought they would, and it’s looking like the recovery process is going to be a lot faster and easier too.  The surgeon is considered one [...]

For quite a while now, I’ve wanted a manual lawn mower.  The kind that just has a bunch of blades on a barrel that turns as you push it - no noise, no emissions, no gas used.  We’ve been using a gas powered mower ever since we got our house.  We cut way back on the [...]