I Made A Bed From Scratch All By Myself!
For those of you who’ve been reading my blog for a while already, you’ve known that I have a done a lot of building with wood before; much of my furniture is made from scratch. The thing is, all the projects were either done by my soon to be ex husband, Michael, completely, or as […]
Super Easy Vegan Babka Recipe
For those of you who’ve never had it, babka is a delicious Eastern European Jewish yeast risen cake that is filled with various, traditionally, either cinnamon or chocolate, and then twisted together to make a delicious dessert. If you’ve never had babka before, think of a fluffy cinnamon bun, except its made into a giant […]
My DIY and Frugal Tiny Romantic Bedroom
In honor of Valentines day, I wanted to share a post that I planned on sharing with you for a while already, but never got around to it because it was still a work in progress. But now, finally, with Valentines day looming, I got the push to get what I needed to get done […]
My Visit to the Book Stop for Free Books
Reading is one of my favorite hobbies. There really is nothing like a good book. In my opinion anyhow. One of the things that I miss most about living in the States is that locally we don’t have a good public library system. Some parts of the country have better than others, but where I […]
Gluten Free Vegan Oreos or Chocolate Sandwich Cookies Recipe — Easy and Frugal
A little while back my family was gifted with a bunch of free Oreos. Only they’re gluten, and 4 out of 5 members of my family don’t eat gluten, so my eldest, Lee, got them all to himself. My other kids were envious, and I told them that I’d make them gluten free Oreo’s instead. […]
My Amazing Scratch and Dent Store Deals!
Nearly all the extremely frugal groceries I got today. Not shown, 3 kilograms of rice. I am beyond excited by today’s grocery shopping trip at the scratch and dent store. I happened to have 34 dollars left in my December grocery budget but when I saw the prices I decided to go over budget and […]
Fixing My Winter Coat For Free
I really love my coat. After years and years of wearing first whatever my mother bought me, and then whatever fit me in the store, or hand me downs from others. I decided that I was sick of wearing a coat that wasn’t my taste. I didn’t want to wear a coat that made me […]
Keeping Costs Down As A College Student
I haven’t gone to too much college, but I did attend one year while still in high school, and then lived on my own while going to a religious post high school program. I know how difficult it can be financially as a college student, when you have lots of expenses, not much income, and […]
My Recent Frugal Accomplishments While Super Busy
My life has been quite busy lately. That means that I can’t necessarily do all the frugal things that I used to do. But fortunately being busy doesn’t mean that frugality needs to go out the window. Here’s some frugal and very frugal things I did recently. Free guavas! Frugal Shopping Bought shoes for myself […]
Frugality by Veganism and a Recipe for Spicy Marinated Tofu
My life has gotten extremely busy and complicated due to divorce proceedings, working, and other things, which gives me less time to write blog posts. For that reason, I’ve asked some friends of mine to contribute some guest posts, which I’ll be including interspersed with mine. This one is from my friend Carly, hailing from […]
