https://www.onefrugalgirl.com Earn, Save, and Live Joyfully. Sat, 19 Dec 2020 04:34:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/cropped-android-chrome-384x384-1-32x32.png https://www.onefrugalgirl.com 32 32 https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/the-more-i-purge-the-less-i-buy-2/ https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/the-more-i-purge-the-less-i-buy-2/#respond Wed, 03 Aug 2016 20:57:23 +0000 http://www.onefrugalgirl.com/?p=8649 If you’re a regular reader of One Frugal Girl you know that I detest clutter. Every few months I clean out my drawers, reorganize my closet and search through unused items in my home. I take books to the library, clothes to the local donation center and list higher priced items on eBay. The change ... Read more

The post The More I Purge The Less I Buy appeared first on One Frugal Girl.]]> https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/the-more-i-purge-the-less-i-buy-2/feed/ 0 https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/the-daily-cycle-of-stuff-lessons-for-my-4-year-old/ https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/the-daily-cycle-of-stuff-lessons-for-my-4-year-old/#respond Sat, 18 Jun 2016 03:33:47 +0000 http://www.onefrugalgirl.com/?p=8597 I spend a lot of my day moving things from Point A to Point B. I move the dishes from the cabinet, to the table, to the dishwasher and back to the cabinet every evening, only to start all over again tomorrow. I move the clothes from the drawers, to the kitchen table, to my ... Read more

The post The Daily Cycle of Stuff: Lessons for My 4 Year Old appeared first on One Frugal Girl.]]> https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/the-daily-cycle-of-stuff-lessons-for-my-4-year-old/feed/ 0 https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/shedding-stuff-and-moving-forward/ https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/shedding-stuff-and-moving-forward/#respond Wed, 27 Apr 2016 20:35:59 +0000 http://www.onefrugalgirl.com/?p=8558 I felt the need to tidy my house long before the I read Marie Kondo’s book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. Last year I took the room by room approach to discarding. I went through my drawers and closets carefully and methodically. The first pass I removed the easy stuff like clothes that didn’t ... Read more

The post Shedding Stuff and Moving Forward appeared first on One Frugal Girl.]]> https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/shedding-stuff-and-moving-forward/feed/ 0 https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/if-its-not-useful-its-out/ https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/if-its-not-useful-its-out/#respond Wed, 22 Jul 2015 19:25:21 +0000 http://www.onefrugalgirl.com/?p=8104 I used to wonder how someone could get rid of 50, 60 or 70% of their possessions. Now I know. I didn’t calculate the exact number of items we’ve removed over the past six months, but I would bet it’s a minimum of 40 or 50% of our stuff. Removing clutter can feel quite overwhelming. ... Read more

The post If It Is Not Useful It Is Out appeared first on One Frugal Girl.]]> https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/if-its-not-useful-its-out/feed/ 0 https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/if-you-were-starting-from-scratch-what-would-you-buy-again/ https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/if-you-were-starting-from-scratch-what-would-you-buy-again/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2015 17:29:52 +0000 http://www.onefrugalgirl.com/?p=8023 My husband and I talk a lot about moving out of our current home. We had even gone so far as to pick the long distance moving company that we wanted to work with. We live in a beautiful house in a nice neighborhood, but the school system here is absolutely abysmal. As I see ... Read more

The post If You Were Starting from Scratch What Would You Buy Again? appeared first on One Frugal Girl.]]> https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/if-you-were-starting-from-scratch-what-would-you-buy-again/feed/ 4 https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/storing-versus-buying-at-a-moments-notice/ https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/storing-versus-buying-at-a-moments-notice/#comments Mon, 04 May 2015 21:54:54 +0000 http://www.onefrugalgirl.com/?p=7663 My husband and I are not always on the same page about money. In his recent quest to rid the house of unwanted clutter he’s discussed a new philosophy I’ve nicknamed just buy it again. He told me to get rid of everything I don’t want to part with fully knowing that nothing is particularly ... Read more

The post Storing Versus Buying at a Moment’s Notice appeared first on One Frugal Girl.]]> https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/storing-versus-buying-at-a-moments-notice/feed/ 4 https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/just-get-it-out-of-the-house/ https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/just-get-it-out-of-the-house/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2015 02:28:36 +0000 http://www.onefrugalgirl.com/?p=7706 One of the hardest things about purging is figuring out what on earth to do with all of the stuff we no longer need. After watching my husband clean out the garage I am surprised by just how differently we approach this problem. While I cleaned out the majority of the house my husband was ... Read more

The post Just Get It Out of the House! appeared first on One Frugal Girl.]]> https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/just-get-it-out-of-the-house/feed/ 2 https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/organizing-store-receipts-for-easy-returns/ https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/organizing-store-receipts-for-easy-returns/#respond Fri, 13 Feb 2015 04:47:16 +0000 http://www.onefrugalgirl.com/?p=7449 November and December tend to be the two months of the year where we buy and receive a laundry list of gifts. The one key to making any holiday run a little bit smoother is organizing the receipts that come with each purchase. All those little tiny strips of paper are sure to get lost ... Read more

The post Organizing Store Receipts for Easy Returns appeared first on One Frugal Girl.]]> https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/organizing-store-receipts-for-easy-returns/feed/ 0 https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/struggling-to-part-with-my-belongings/ https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/struggling-to-part-with-my-belongings/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2015 06:00:43 +0000 http://www.onefrugalgirl.com/?p=7660 I’m pretty certain I’ve created a monster. After watching box after plastic box move out of our basement and into our garage my husband has suddenly declared everything must go! After nearly a month of work the contractors finished their remodeling efforts and my husband declared the downstairs a storage-free zone. He wants to keep ... Read more

The post Struggling to Part with My Belongings appeared first on One Frugal Girl.]]> https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/struggling-to-part-with-my-belongings/feed/ 4 https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/round-up-making-money-by-cleaning-out-the-house/ https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/round-up-making-money-by-cleaning-out-the-house/#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2015 20:14:21 +0000 http://www.onefrugalgirl.com/?p=7631 With all of the nesting and remodeling taking place in my house I began to wonder if I could make any money selling the stuff I so desperately wanted to purge. I tried a couple of different approaches to offloading my unwanted belongings. Here is where I landed so far: eBay Sales: $86.37 for six ... Read more

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