Category: The Frugal Girl

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, […]

Last time I did one of these was in May; I ended with a balance of $341, and then I added another $100 in both June and July, which makes a total of $541. And I already know, even before typing up this post, that I didn’t spend all of that! Car wash ($29.95 x […]

This has nothing to do with food, but look, I put stickers on my new clipboard for work: The Snoopy sticker immediately identifies this as mine. 😉 What I Spent I spent: $48 at Aldi $22 at Giant So, $70. What We Ate Saturday It was the 4th of July, but I had tons of […]

This week, I am thankful: that today is my last residency meeting I am thrilled about this! All we have is a little graduation meeting next month, and then I’m truly done with nursing residency. Woohoo! the first day of residency, last August that I am nearly done with my class overlap On July 12th, […]

I often do not get into the comments as much as I’d like, especially when I’m working several days in a row (I feel it would be in poor taste to be chatting with you all during a hospital shift!). Soo, here’s a collection of questions I missed, along with my answers. Kristen, will you […]

1. I picked wineberries These are basically a weed, which means they grow without me doing a thing, and there are quite a few of them in the backyard here. featuring one random volunteer blackberry Wineberries are a little like raspberries, but more tart, and more sticky on the outside. We know I’m not about […]

Reader Becca remembered this, and I didn’t: my blog’s birthday is July 4th. (This is a sign of how fried my brain currently is, I think.) And this is a rather momentous birthday! If I’m counting right, my little ol’ blog turned eighteen this year. On the 4th of July in 2008, I made a […]

Very random, I know, but I want to give a little shoutout to whoever left all the colorful kettlebells lined up so nicely at the gym. What I Spent I spent: $24 at Safeway $65 at Aldi $8 at Giant $30 on a Hungry Harvest box So, $127. What We Ate Saturday Chicken quesadillas 🙂 […]