Simply Frugal. Simply Healthy. Simply Happy.
From the monthly archives:
Photo by dongkwan Less than a week until Turkey Day! I can’t tell you how excited I am for four days of cooking, eating and relaxing. I absolutely love Thanksgiving. We have pretty much everything we need for our no-stress frugal Thanksgiving for two. We bought it all in advance. We might have to pick [...]
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Photo by larimdame This month, the Extended Group Writing Project at PFBloggers asks a very interesting question: What was the poorest time in your life? It made me think. A lot. So I decided to chime in. I want to begin by clarifying that I’ve never fallen into the category of genuine poverty. To me, [...]
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Photo by kevinmarsh Tonight is the first genuinely cold night of the season. I’ve spent the evening bundled up in multiple layers under a big comforter on the couch. And you know what goes best with a cold night? Hot cocoa. When I told Tony I was craving it, he offered to run up to [...]
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Tony and I don’t eat a lot of red meat. Occasionally we’ll grill a nice lean steak, but we eat more chicken than beef. It’s mostly because when we do buy ground beef, we like to buy very lean beef, usually about 90-94% lean. Have you seen the prices for lean beef? It rarely falls [...]
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Photo by emzee In North Carolina, fall comes late, but it’s worth the wait. The leaves are finally changing, the sun shines every day, and the temperature has fallen to perfect sweater weather. This is my favorite time of year, and I decided to take some time to reflect on why I’m thankful for fall. [...]
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As tight as our budget has been, I’ve always recognized how good we really had it. Even when our financial situation was at its worst, we always managed to make ends meet. We never came up short for rent, there was always plenty of food on the table, and most importantly we had our health [...]
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This weekend, Tony and I are getting out of the house. I was able to get free tickets to an independent film festival through my work, so we’re spending the weekend watching movies. Usually this type of thing isn’t my cup of tea, but I knew my movie buff husband would love it, so we [...]
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Photo by theogeo This time last year I was working in retail in a clothing store. I wasn’t making much money, but one of the “perks” of my job was an employee discount. I bought a lot of clothing during this time. Not only did I take advantage of my 20% discount, but I scouted [...]
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