Category: The Frugal Girl

Don’t worry: Snoopy is prepared for this cold snap What I Spent It was an odd-feeling week on the food front! That’s partly because of the snow and partly because I volunteered to move my shifts around to help with staffing, so I was flying by the seat of my pants a bit. I spent: […]

You guys. When I heard the snow was going to be followed by a few hours of freezing rain/sleet, I was SO SURE my power was going to go off. I thought everything was going to stick to the trees and the power lines, which would have been an almost guaranteed power outage. But nothing […]

There are people in our world who hold a belief that astounds me. It goes something like this: “If someone is doing a paid service for me, I shouldn’t have to say thank you to that person. They are just doing their job.” I have heard people say this in real life, and I’ve also […]

1. I got a $3 Starbucks drink On my way to do some fun money spending (I promise a report!), I decided to splurge a little and buy a coffee instead of bringing one from home. But this ended up not being much of a splurge because when I opened the app, I found a […]

I am not turning comments on for this post because I am going to work today, and I most certainly do not have time to host a debate. I will be taking care of patients, which is what VA ICU nurse Alex Pretti should be doing today, too. Unfortunately, he is dead. As a rule, […]

What I Spent Completely unimportant, but please note my Snoopy badge holder AND my Snoopy puffer coat badge pin. I spent: $13 at Safeway $11 on subs So, a mere $24. What We Ate Saturday I came home from work, made a bowl of oatmeal, showered, and went to bed. Sunday This was the night […]

This week, I am thankful: that I like all of my days I didn’t have a hospital shift on Monday, and I texted a friend to say, “Ohh, I love my days off.” Then a moment later, I followed it with, “But actually, I also love my work days. Maybe I just love…days!” laundry piles […]

I don’t know if algorithm is the right word…I also considered “decision tree” or “rubric”. Bear with me, and I’ll explain. In a recent miscellany post, I mentioned that as long as something meets my nutritional goals and is reasonably affordable, I’ll buy it. And that got me thinking about how we probably all have […]

See further below for the odd little tool I sold! 1. I got a free Firehouse sub Sunday was my fifth day in a row of being at the hospital (one day was just a five hour education day though!), and while I’d managed to avoid buying all of my meals up to that point, […]

What I Spent I spent: $7.50 at Safeway for a rotisserie chicken $35 on a Hungry Harvest box $11 at Giant $77 at Aldi That makes $130.50 for me this week. And my fridge is a little full right now, which means I’m gonna have to be on top of my game this week if […]