Earn, Save, and Live Joyfully.
So this day started off with a trip to the dentist. Not exactly a great way to start the day, even worse when the dentist doesn’t provide enough novicane before drilling. With two cavities filled, my lips dry, and my mouth already aching I went back to work. Within an hour I had a splitting … Read more
It all started innocently enough. I entered a giveaway for a book on a personal finance blog and won. Feeling a bit lucky I ventured onto a few other sites and entered giveaways for a bunch of small items. The next thing I know I won a board game, a gift for my niece, a … Read more
I caught some amazing sales at the grocery store this past month and our pantry is now stocked with all sorts of goodies. I aim to save at least 20% each time I head to the store and today I saved nearly 45% by lining up coupons with the sales circular! I cleaned out the … Read more
My favorite post of the week, titled The Path to Contentment, sings to me. It comes from Frugal Dad who writes about a shift in thinking caused by a series of events in his life and the lives of those around him. Faced with the notion of mortality Frugal Dad has started to focus more … Read more
The other day a woman stood in the return line at Target with an overflowing cart of baby items. When she reached the cashier, she said, “I’d like to return everything in my cart.” “Most of these are duplicates,” she said, pulling out items and placing them on the counter in front of her. “They … Read more
Going into and out of the mall a number of times this week did a wonder on my wallet. It started out innocently enough with a trip to the Apple store to fix the fan in my MacBook Pro. Unfortunately, it took the Apple folks a few hours to run diagnostics on my computer, which … Read more
It’s been less than an hour since I dropped my Mac off at the Apple store and I can already feel myself encountering the early stage of withdrawal. It’s sad to say but much of my day job involves staring at a computer screen. You’d think I’d want to avoid the computer at all costs … Read more
My husband would probably never admit to this, but he’s now hooked on watching Food TV with me. A few nights ago we watched the Pad Thai episode of Throwdown with Bobby Flay and decided to try a little Pad Thai of our own. Since we don’t have an ethnic grocery store right around the … Read more
I am certainly the frugal girl, but tonight I threw out a $5 carton of iced over ice cream. Ok, I probably didn’t pay $5 for that carton, but nevertheless I did throw it out. I’ve been using my saran wrap trick for quite some time and although the top of the ice cream was … Read more
After being away on vacation for a week I am trying my best to catch up on the RSS feeds in my reader. I performed a quick clean of the unread posts, highlighted a couple I liked and decided to discard the rest. I just don’t have enough time to catch up on all of … Read more