Frugal Babe

I’ve made it very clear throughout my blog that I’m a fan of credit cards. My husband and I put all our purchases on one credit card, with the exception of Costco, where we use AmEx, since it’s the only credit card they take. We earn rewards on our cards, have a clear [...]

We’re in the middle of painting our house, but thanks to my family we’re a lot closer to the end of the project than we were two days ago. We’re painting because the HOA told us we had to - as they did with about half the neighborhood, from the looks of the semi-finished [...]

I quit my library job today.  I made up my mind last week, and spent the last few days thinking about telling my boss.  She and I were coworkers for three years before she became my boss last fall, and we’ve been good friends for all of that time.  Until last month, she and I [...]

JD at Get Rich Slowly has posted an article about what his life and finances were like ten years ago, and has invited other bloggers to share their stories as well.  I think it’s interesting to look back over where we’ve been and to think about where we’re headed, so here goes…
Ten years ago, I [...]

Lynnae wrote earlier this week about going paperless around the house.  Using rags and washcloths instead of paper towels and wipes, cloth napkins, cloth diapers… there are so many ways to limit the use of disposable paper products (and indeed, disposable anything).  My husband and I always try to make sure that we never have [...]

My husband and I both currently work full-time (probably more than full-time if we were to actually keep track).  We don’t make a huge amount of money, but it’s plenty for us.  I know we could be earning a lot more money if that were our primary focus, but we decided a long time ago that [...]

When I started this blog, I was excited about getting to write about whatever frugal ideas I happened to be having, and also about the possibility of making some extra money blogging.  The writing part of it has been great from the start, but it seemed to take forever before the blog made any money [...]

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 [...]

I’ve been saving my vacation time at my library job ever since we started trying to get pregnant, knowing that I would need it for maternity leave (or that if I decide to quit when the baby is born, it will be a nice fat final paycheck).  I currently have about 155 hours saved up.
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I spent a chunk of today sorting through Microsoft Money to get our business expenses in order for tax time.  Until 2007, I kept track of business expenses with a record book, a pen, and a calculator.  I was very resistant to the idea of switching to a computer program, but I finally did it [...]