Category: The Frugal Girl

(It’s April 1st, I know, but no April Fools here. Promise.) A reader recently left this comment: Hi Kristen, I was wondering if you would considerer sharing a step by step post or a series on how you made all the financial plans once you decided to divorce. I think it’ll be a life changing […]

1. I bought a loaf of day-old bread When I am at Safeway, I always take a quick peek at their markdown section. Most of the time, it’s nothing I want, but this time I picked up a loaf of crusty cheese bread. I brought it home, sliced it in half, and froze the two […]

You know how protein has been really having a moment? And how all sorts of foods are being marketed as high-protein? Well, I keep seeing headlines saying that fiber is going to be the new protein. If this is true, then we are about to see some ridiculousness coming down the pike. Remember when low-carb […]

What I Spent Happy Friday! Time for some food chit-chat. overnight oat bowls in progress I spent: $110 at Aldi $47 at Safeway So, $157, largely because I pressed the easy button too many times and went to Safeway. Ahahaha. Everything I bought at Safeway was marked down or on sale, but still…Safeway ain’t no […]

Before I make my list, I just wanted to say thank you to you all for being understanding about my absence in the comments on work days! I heard from several of you who said comment-responding is not nearly as important to you as regular posts are, so I will just remind myself of that. […]

A reader recently asked “Do you eat snacks, or only 3 meals a day? If you do snack, what snacks do you have?” The answer is that yes, I do sometimes have snacks. And I’m also pretty consistent about eating three meals a day, even while working. (Is my lunch break kind of late sometimes? […]

1. I used my ginger-infused sugar I bought a box of dried ginger recently because I find it to be an oddly addictive little treat. I finished it after a few weeks (all on my own because Zoe does not share my dried ginger appreciation) and I noticed there was some ginger-infused sugar left in […]

Oh boy, you guys. Sometimes, when I am in the midst of some work shifts, I feel so bad that I am not doing a good job of responding to comments. I have the WordPress app on my phone, so I see comments coming through, like when I’m on my lunch break. But it’s kinda […]

What I Spent I was thinking…I often spend around $110 in a week, and even if that was feeding only me, that would average out to a little over $5 a meal (dividing by 21 for three meals, seven days a week). Given that I am also feeding Zoe a number of meals during the […]

This week, I am thankful: that my badge says “staff nurse” now If you haven’t passed your NCLEX before you start your nursing job, your badge is printed with “nursing graduate”, not “staff nurse”. And even though I’d passed my NCLEX before I started, my badge showed up with “nursing graduate” on it. I’d tried […]