Category: The Frugal Girl

We all got an email this week alerting us to an upcoming 10% hike on cafeteria food, across the board. Sooo, it just got a little extra motivating to be a lunch-packer! 🙂 What I Spent I spent: $35 at Safeway $99.92 at Aldi $9 at Giant So, $148, which is a lot more than […]

This week, I am thankful: that we did get some rain Mannn, it’s been so dry here, even the weeds have been wilting. That’s how you know it’s bad. But we did get a nice little thunderstorm a few days ago, and even better, it was followed by some slow, steady rain. Excellent. that my […]

Y’all! I have seen several articles recently about how the latest trend is to have bare fingernails. (For example, click here.) The good news here is that for once in my life, I am up on a trend! I have basically always had short, bare fingernails. Part of the reason: I’ve been playing the piano […]

All of my things are tiny this week. 🙂 1. I put my white shirt in the sunshine My white American Giant tee had a few faint stains on the front that I figured were probably food-based. So, I put the shirt in the sun for a few hours, and now all is well. Sunshine […]

Recently, this is a question I have been asking myself, because…I don’t really have one! I mean, I have fixed expenses (rent, for example), and I have a vague idea of how much I want to spend on groceries. But other than that, I generally am operating on a spend-as-minimally-as-possible plan, which is not really […]

Hello, hello! I’m back on my Friday shift routine after an anomalous Friday off last week. 🙂 But, this is just a one-off shift, and that never feels super overwhelming. What I Spent I spent: $5.60 at Safeway $13 at Little Caesars Last week, I said I anticipated a stock-up week, but…this was not the […]

This week, I am thankful: that our power went out overnight, not during the day We had a big storm roll through, and the power went out just as I was going to bed. That’s much more convenient than losing power during the day. And fortunately, the storm brought some cooler air, which meant the […]

Recently, two readers wrote me with similar questions. Here’s one: Have you ever done a post about empty nest? My kids are 23, 21 and 20. My youngest is at home but is moving to the dorms in August. This is such a hard transition! I’m trying to keep busy, I work 40hrs a week. […]

1. I used up my panko I discovered a container of panko in my pantry that really needed to be used (those do go stale after a while; I think the oil in the crumbs goes rancid). Mine was fine, but I knew it didn’t have a lotta time left. So, I breaded a few […]

A reader recently sent me this email after buying a car: I have a question which perhaps you have answered before and if not maybe it would help other readers. I know you just bought a new car so maybe this is a fresh topic for you. I needed a new car after my current […]