Paying regular price, buying everything new, and having exactly everything you need would be so boring, don’t you think? Frugality is definitely an adventure that keeps life interesting. Okay, maybe a splurge would be fun every now and then too, but if you’re living the frugal life either by choice or by circumstance, you may as […]
Frugal Feats, Flops, and Funnies– Wild Grapes Edition
In an effort to share more of our day-to-day frugality (like many of you requested in my reader survey), I started on a new Friday series: Frugal Feats, Flops, and Funnies. You can hop back and read last week’s edition if you missed it. I would love for this to become an opportunity for you to […]
Why I changed my mind about freezer cooking
I was a teenager the first time I tried out freezer cooking. I set a goal to make a month’s-worth of meals for my family (I grew up in a family of six). I dusted off the Once-a-Month Meals cookbook that lived on the bookshelf with other rarely opened cookbooks and dove right in. I […]
Frugal Feats, Flops, and Funnies– U-Pick edition
After reading all of the wonderful ideas and suggestions that you shared in my reader survey (it’s still open, hint hint!), I have decided to start a new Friday series to share more day-to-day snippets of the frugal life. I’m calling it Frugal Feats, Flops, and Funnies. I am all about alliteration. I’m excited to have a place to share tips and […]
July 2016 Debt Repayment Progress Report
Today’s report is going to be a little anti-climactic, as I already announced the big news! Waiting for nearly a month to tell all of you may have killed me, so I let the cat out of the bag early! In case you missed it, we are now 100% debt free as of the beginning […]
What’s next? Our goals now that we’re debt-free!
In case you missed it, we finished paying off our six figures of student loan debt! In the end, we paid $144,046 in principal and interest for the JD/MBA that my husband finished in 2012. We’re so glad to have that behind us and move on to other goals. As much as we love living in […]
How do you find time to blog (or start a business on the side)?
One of the most common questions I get when people find out that I blog (or when readers find out I have four young kids) is, “How do you find time to blog?” That is a totally valid question! One of my biggest hesitations in starting a blog was that I wouldn’t have the time to […]
How to Save Money on Sunscreen
Sunscreen. The white gold of summertime. When I was single, I never worried about the cost of sunscreen, but now that I have six fair bodies that need to be slathered in sunscreen as we swim at least a few times every week this summer, it’s a different story. With my (and my kids’) fair […]
We’re Debt-Free! –A behind-the-scenes look at our journey to pay off $144,000 of debt!
“Shoot for the moon and even if you miss you’ll land among the stars.” That was my attitude when we set our goal to pay off over $130,000 of law school student loan debt. I wasn’t sure how it would happen, but I knew that by setting an audacious stretch goal we would end up […]
How to Have a Super Cheap Family Movie Night
Having a family movie night is a such a great, low-key family activity. Even though it doesn’t really take any planning or creativity, the kids love it. I love that they love it! I also love that it’s so cheap and easy. Having a movie night at home, rather than going out to a movie, […]
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