Category: The Frugal Girl

I got put on call for four hours Monday morning, so I used some of the time to catch up on my horrifyingly full email inbox. Ha. In it, I read this quote from James Clear. “You have to run your own race. Problems begin the moment you start comparing your results to someone who […]

1. I got a free Pyrex container Someone on my Buy Nothing group listed a Pyrex container so I said, yes please! I love the rectangular ones, especially this size. They’re perfect for meal prepping, and now I will have three. That’s ideal because the max number of days I work in a row is […]

As a nurse on a med-surg unit, I encounter and take care of wounds every day, some of them shocking in severity. (I will say no more!) But as a human being in possession of skin, you probably also encounter small wounds, scrapes, and cuts on the regular. And if you are a parent, this […]

What I Spent I spent: $72 at Aldi $20 at Domino’s So, $92.  What We Ate Saturday I worked all day, and I am unsure of what I had to eat when I got home! I have a picture of me after the shift but no food appears in the frame. Hmmm.  Sunday I made some […]

This week, I am thankful: that my terrible, horrible, no good, very-bad BSN class is DONE I have submitted my very last assignments, and I never have to do another speck of work for that class again.  YAYYYYY!!!! I survived!  I am so very relieved to be done.  that despite the suffering, I got an […]

A recent post went viral for arguing that the new poverty line should be at $140,000 for a family of four (two parents, two kids).  Let’s talk about it!  While I do understand that prices have gone sky-high on a lot of things, I think it is a bit ridiculous to suggest that $140,000 is […]

1. I did not buy any new Christmas decor As I mentioned in my recent podcast with The Finance Girlies, I keep seeing that this is the year of the Ralph Lauren Christmas aesthetic. A quick Pinterest search And I honestly do not give a crap about that. 😉  I’m just over here cheerfully using the […]

Today’s post is another one inspired by my read through Ken Honda’s Happy Money book; he wrote something that made me think, and I wanted to talk about it with you guys!  In one chapter, he made sort of a passing reference to a container as a metaphor for our monetary or material desires in […]

What I Spent Ooh, it’s gotten a little chilly here and there is a promise of maybe some snow here today. Unfortunately, I will be at work, which means I won’t get to take any pictures. But there was some lovely frost on my morning walk yesterday.   I spent: $28 at Trader Joe’s $118 […]

This week, I am thankful: that my pipe leak was right above my utility sink I am not thrilled that a pipe sprung a leak this week. But I am happy it was right above my utility sink; the drips just went straight down into the sink. If you’re going to have a leak, there […]