Month: February 2026

What I Spent I spent: $70 at Aldi $11 at Safeway $30 on a Hungry Harvest box So, $111, which is oddly satisfying. And I maintained my rather unintentional no-food-out streak, which I will probably break tonight! What We Ate Saturday This was the use-it-up meal I mentioned on Tuesday: the last of the box […]

This week, I am thankful: that we can get Zoe’s windshield fixed for free Her windshield has a crack spanning the whole windshield, and it seems to have been started by a single ding, perhaps from a rock. Luckily, this is not my first rodeo with cracked windshields, and I knew we had full, no-deductible […]

annoyed that I completely forgot to buy bread yesterday when I went to Aldi. Sigh. anticipating the start of daylight saving time. It’s a week from Sunday! trying to type and see my monitor around a cat. I got this plexiglass thing to go over my keyboard so she would stop stepping on it. But […]

1. I’m using my frozen fruit Before I went skiing, I was in kind of a hurry to clear out the fridge, and as a result, I threw a whole package of blueberries and a bag of cherries in the freezer. I’ve been using the blueberries in pancakes (OF COURSE), and this week I’ve been […]

I have spent most of my week at the hospital since I got back. But I am off today. Yay! a foggy view from the hospital What I Spent I spent: $53 at Aldi $10 at Safeway So, $63. And I did not buy any food out at all, which is pretty good for having […]

This week, I am thankful: that I did not get hurt on the ski trip I say this because I approach each ski trip with a slight sense of trepidation. I am a pretty good skier, and when the conditions are good and safe, I go FAST (like nearly 60 mph). I am careful, of […]

Warning: this post is gonna be one of those rambly ones where I think as I type. Don’t expect a lot of cohesiveness here! Last week, I had a school assignment that involved pretending to be a nursing school instructor. So, I had to do some digging into the research about effective teaching methods. We […]

Ohhh, man. supervising the unpacking I got back late Saturday night from Lake Tahoe, had one day to get my life back together, and then dove back into three back-to-back twelve-hour shifts, followed by a new grad residency program education day. So I am a little short on interesting frugal things! 1. I brought my […]

After I mentioned being at Lake Tahoe, a reader left this comment: Skiing is so so so expensive, but I love it so much. I’m very interested in a budget breakdown of your ski trip. What you wore, and how much you think it cost (gloves, coat/ski pants, balaclava, base layer), etc. Where did you […]

I have been in California this week with my family, skiing at Lake Tahoe, and I’ll be back tomorrow. Soooo, this is a week of ski eats. 😉 We are taking turns cooking, so this’ll be a bit different than my usual reports. What I Spent I spent $0 at the airport because I barely […]