Why I Bother Sharing About My Frugal Shops

Sometimes I wonder if most people wonder why I write about my shopping here on my blog. I don’t live in the US, while most of my readership does. So why do I write about what I buy on sale locally, when most of the readers of this blog won’t be able to benefit from […]

Blueberry Sheet Pancake: Breakfast That Your Kids Will Love

I love pancakes, but they can be a lot of work to make. Especially when you’re making for an entire time. I bought myself a griddle that goes over two burners to make this faster, but even then it can be quite time consuming. Then I learned that you can make giant pancakes, often called […]

Going to the Cleveland Chalk Festival

Sorry, warning in advance, this post is basically one large and beautiful photo dump. When I was in Cleveland, I had the privilege of attending the chalk festival outside the Cleveland Museum of Art. Apparently it started in 1990 (I vaguely remember going once or twice as a kid), and its presented as a modern […]

Get Useful Skills Cheaply by Playing Video Games

As a kid, my mother forbade video games since they aren’t “educational”, and therefore a complete waste of time. But did you know that that isn’t even true, that you actually can benefit even from “time wasting” things like video games? Here’s some more from a reader. Video games have been a source of entertainment […]

Things I Found Worthwhile Buying While Abroad

When I had to go to the US earlier this month to take care of financial matters, I had to decide if I wanted to do any shopping while there. I feel like so often people who go abroad go shopping just for the sake of shopping, and then they say they saved money by […]