Category: The Frugal Girl

This week, I am thankful: for the gift of sight This week, I was sitting at my desk, looking out at the grass and trees, under the sunny sky, and I thought about what a gift it is to see. So often I take it for granted, but how amazing is it that our eyes […]

At some point in your life, you’ve probably found some expired medications in your cabinet. Or you may have stopped taking a prescription, but you’ve got leftover medication, and you’re not sure what to safely do with it. Soo, I’m here to help (with some evidence-based suggestions, OF COURSE.) Do medications actually expire? Based on […]

1. I ate down my fridge This was kinda-sorta accidental, but…I did a fairly minimal grocery shopping trip last week, which meant that I was forced to eat down my fridge. You know how that is…when you don’t have new and interesting produce, you end up finally eating that apple in the back of the […]

This recipe has been on repeat for me recently, mainly because it’s pretty quick and because it makes a great packed lunch with some rice. I also like that it uses chicken thighs, which hold up better than breasts for reheating purposes. Basically, it’s charred chicken with a creamy tomato-based sauce, and if you wanna […]

Happy Friday, everyone! My slightly controversial take for today is that chicken is better than steak. Please see my comments on Sunday’s meal. 😉 Broiled chicken ready for butter chicken sauce What I Spent I spent: So, $80 this week. 🙂 What We Ate Saturday Zoe wasn’t here, so I cobbled together a dish using […]

I woke up this morning, thinking I had already scheduled this post to be published and I have only just now realized my error. Ha. Sooo, we’re getting a late start, but better late than never. This week, I am thankful: that I was able to work ahead pretty far The individual workload for this […]

Boy, it’s been a minute since I did one of these! The last time I wrote a report was in early February, as a report on January’s spending. So, I guess it’s been almost four months. One of my January fun money purchases I only spent $36 of my fun money in January, leaving me […]

1. I’m using my sun-dried tomato oil (a tiny frugal thing!) I get my sun-dried tomatoes from Aldi (of course), and I went through my last jar pretty quickly from making Marry Me Chickpeas. Since the oil is nicely flavored from the tomatoes, I saved it to use when making fried eggs. 2. I washed […]

It’s Memorial Day here in the U.S., which means lots of people aren’t visiting their usual internet haunts. It’s been a rainy holiday weekend here, but we needed the rain! I thought about just not posting, but then decided it seemed like a good, quiet day to do a little miscellany post. Should you wear […]

It’s kind of ridiculous how often I do not even realize that my meals had a theme until I sit down and write this post. This time around it was green salads with chicken. Apparently, that’s about all I knew how to eat this week. 😉 What I Spent I spent: $75 at Aldi $21 […]