Category: The Frugal Girl

Hi guys! Happy Monday to you! We’re gonna do a little miscellany to start off the week. I’m a lid influencer I’m doing influencing in real life. 😉 In an unplanned and sporadic campaign, I have been spreading the word on my hospital unit about the silicone Sophico lids for Pyrex containers. I told a […]

I eased my way back into a more regular diet this week. Yay! What I Spent I spent: So, $105. You know what I didn’t buy at Aldi? These ice cubes, even though they were on clearance. 😉 I guess they’re some type of super pure ice that people use for cocktails. But even if […]

This week, I am thankful: that my digestive system is feeling better Whatever bug I had (I don’t think it was cyclosporiasis) was slow-moving, and it’s taken a while to get back to anything resembling normal. I figured some probiotics might be a good idea I still don’t feel like my appetite is quite back […]

If you’re not in a bad marriage, you probably will not join my Patreon (which is totally fine! I never ever want anyone to feel pressure to join there. I would probably write posts there even if no one joined, mainly because my writing there helps me process what happened to me.)  But some of […]

1. I mended a mouse A catnip mouse, to be specific. Both of our cats love these catnip mice, which is funny because they are such a low-tech toy. Both cats chase them around like they are alive, though. 😉 This one had come apart so I did a quick hand sew to put it […]

In a recent post, I mentioned in passing that it would be easy for me to view my frugality-during-marriage efforts as a waste, given that I paid so many thousands of dollars to get divorced ($36,000, to be precise), and that financial assets got split down the middle. No matter how well divorce goes, it […]

Hello, friends! I have been down with a GI bug, so my “what I spent, what I ate” report would be very boring. I spent very little. I ate very little. And honestly, although I am on the mend, I really do not want to think about food right now. The most substantial things I’ve […]

This week, I am thankful: that my class overlap is done! I am so very happy that I’m back down to just one class again. color me RELIEVED And I’m glad that the eight-page paper and group project are behind me. that there are no group projects in my current class The level of relief […]

A reader emailed me this story and asked if I’d share it for reader input, and I said, “Of course!” I’m wondering if you and/or your readers have any advice for how to handle it when family asks for money.  My parents (now in their 70s) are extremely financially irresponsible. To name a few things, […]

1. I paid my car insurance bill all at once It’s less expensive to pay up front rather than monthly, so that’s what I opt for. Once you’ve done this a single time, then it’s not too hard to maintain. You just put the annual amount divided by twelve into a savings account each month, […]