Category: The Frugal Girl

YOU GUYS. The delivery men got here with the new washing machine yesterday, and…it was dented. Like, seriously dented on both sides. So it had to go back onto the truck. BOOOOOOOO. I was terribly disappointed, because I had been thrilled at the prospect of having a functioning washing machine again! And I had waited […]

This week, I am thankful: for a few days off I worked five 12-hour shifts in the last six days, and while I didn’t really mind it (they were day shifts!), I’m definitely glad for some days off. My body and brain are a little tired!  I love hospital life for sure, but it’s also […]

This post is part of a very occasional series of random health-related tidbits I love to teach about. 1. Sad tears are actually productive Unsurprisingly, patients in the hospital sometimes cry. And often, they say something like, “I’m sorry I’m crying!” My college girl, way back in the day. Her toddler self actually asked me […]

1. I mended my curtain I have some inexpensive curtains from Ikea in my bedroom (Matilda sheers), and I’m kinda glad they are inexpensive because…Miss Chiquita made a hole in one, and has caused some snags in others. 😉  I just sewed up the little hole by hand, and the repair, while visible, is not […]

You may remember that last month, I bought a variety of things, but I did not spend my entire $100 budget. part of my fun money purchases last month! And I rolled the extra $26 over into October’s fun money budget.  Well, this month, I spent the entire budget in one single place. 😉  Now […]

What I Spent I used to make a lot more sandwiches than I do now, but…two dinner meals were sandwiches this week. 😉  I spent: And that’s it! $81 for me. Sweet.  Please enjoy how short her legs are. Thank you. What We Ate  Saturday Zoe was out, so I made a one-person shrimp and pasta […]

This week, I am thankful: that you all sweetly listened to my complaining yesterday My kids would label this complaining session “a crash-out”. Ha. Sooo…thanks for being here for my crash-out. 😉  that two weeks of this class are done Although my complaining post helped a little, I do unfortunately still hate this class. So, […]

On being an old beginner Sometimes at my job, I feel like a very late bloomer. Every single one of my educators and preceptors has been younger than me, sometimes by decades. Several of them could be my children, because they are, in fact, the ages of my children. (!!) It is an interesting feeling, […]

1. I started the process of applying for a hospital grant Part of the tuition reimbursement program at my hospital is grant-based, and that requires the usual scholarship/grant hoop-jumping. Luckily, I’m good at this after all my previous scholarship applications, as well as my divorce paperwork and name change paperwork. I made a folder on […]

Tomorrow is Thankful Thursday. But I think before I can make a proper thankful list, I need to have a small complaining session. (Consider yourself warned, and proceed at your own risk.) an ever-useful picture Before we continue, I’ll say I understand that, as current-problems-in-the-world go, the ones I’m about to fuss about are small […]