Tea Collection Review

As a thank you for hosting a recent giveaway the kind folks at Tea Collection allowed me to select an item from their new baby collection. I had the most difficult time choosing which item I wanted to review. Each item in their baby clothing collection is more adorable than the next. I particularly like … Read more

Ask One Frugal Girl

A long time reader suggested a new post on this blog called ‘Ask One Frugal Girl.’ So here it is… If you have any questions you’d like to ask me feel free to leave a comment below. I’ll answer just about anything. No promises, of course, but if you have a question about finances, choices … Read more

Reflecting On and Counting My Blessings

Do you ever wonder what your friends might say about you? How would they categorize your view on life, your outlook on the world and the choices and decisions you make on a daily basis? Well I can’t say for certain, but I think my friends would say that I strive to recognize the blessings … Read more

An Instruction Manual for My Birthday

Dear husband, for my birthday I don’t need diamonds. I don’t need pearls. I don’t need expensive gifts of any kind. I don’t need a fancy night out on the town. I don’t need a flaming dessert and pricey wine. For my birthday all I want is you and these three very simple things. I … Read more

That Special Place in My Home

This morning my husband and I read over and signed paperwork on our dining room table. The table is typically used to collect the junk piles that collect in our home. It’s the first place I store the mail after I open it and the first place I put down heavy cardboard boxes delivered by … Read more

Clutter Free/Experience Related Gifts – Any Ideas?

A long time reader of One Frugal Girl is in search of clutter free/experience related gifts. I came up with a quick list, but I know my faithful readers will have a few thoughts on the matter. Here are a few, quick, just-off-the-top-of-my-head ideas: Yoga classes Meditation classes Trip to the spa for facials, pedicures, … Read more

A Couple of Ways I Earn Money From My Blog

Two long time readers recently emailed me with questions about advertising and revenue on this blog. After responding to their inquiries I decided to write a post about the subject. First let me say that I never started this blog in the hopes of making money. As I’ve mentioned before I started this blog during … Read more

Not Frugal or Not Frugal Enough?

Last week an anonymous reader left a comment questioning my frugality. He/she seemed rather fed up by my recent expenses and let me know that he/she would no longer be reading One Frugal Girl. Now I wonder if that anonymous ex-reader thinks I’m not frugal or not frugal enough. My wealthy great aunt used to … Read more

A Not So Simple Question

How do you find time in life for the things that really matter? *Bummer. I just realized I deleted the meat of this post. I had two posts with the same title and I guess I deleted the wrong one. Funny enough I scheduled the post so I didn’t check the contents until today. Oh … Read more