Judgment? Discipline? It is hard to say. I’m talking about my serious lack of writing about the low budget topic. May I confess, I have done a fairly terrible job in living a low budget lifestyle, still traipsing to Starbucks most days to buy a now $5 coffee PLUS a $1.75 milk for my daughter. [...]
After returning from a “baby-ready pets class,” my husband and I discovered my new 5lb bag of potatoes had been dragged from the kitchen counter to the living room floor. That bag of potatoes was to be my return to a more frugal way of cooking, after a long and hypocritical hiatus of lavish, yet [...]
I’ve always found the volunteer vacation idea to be really appealing. You know, like building mud huts in the Kalahari or helping people in the third world get glaucoma treatment. Unfortunately, these kinds of trips are often expensive, even if the offer super-high value to you and the recipients of the help. So, what about [...]
This tip will make you feel as if you are eating more interesting foods more often, and so is all about getting value out of your time and enjoying the good life, without going out to eat! I noticed that whenever I make a really complicated dish, like my roasted butternut squash white lasagna, that [...]
So, like most Americans, I tend to crave entertainment when I have a bit of free time. Now that I am pregnant, rock climbing and wine tasting are out, so I’ve been trying to figure out a way to keep myself adventurously busy, without spending much money. While pondering this– like a vision (or actually [...]
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