Category: The Frugal Girl

Back when Freecycle was a thing, they had a policy saying that you are not supposed to resell an item you pick up from Freecycle. And Buy Nothing groups have the same rule in place, mainly to keep people from joining the groups merely to get inventory for selling. Zoe still uses this freecycle nightstand! […]

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 […]