Planning Ahead to Cover Your Family’s Health Care Costs
I am very happy to live in a place with universal medical insurance, so paying for medical care isn’t something I typically worry about, other than things like rare expensive procedures like one I am contemplating doing. For many people, though, this isn’t the case, and medical debt is one of the most common types […]
My Recent Frugal Accomplishments
My Recent Frugal Accomplishments 1 It’s that time again, where I write up the list of frugal things I’ve done recently for everyone to see. This provides me with accountability, sometimes inspires me to do more frugal things (so I can write about it here after), and reminds me when I feel like I’m […]
Puttanesca Inspired White Fish Fillet Recipe — Gluten Free, Allergy Friendly, Paleo, and Frugal
I’ve mentioned quite a few times on my blog that white fish fillets, usually St Peter’s fish tilapia, or other types of tilapia, are one of the cheapest animal proteins round this part, once you factor in bones to your price per pound, since white fish fillets are eaten in their entirety like chicken breast, […]
DIY Cryptic Spren Costume from Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive
Happy Almost Halloween! My favorite author is Brandon Sanderson, and he writes so many amazing books, with the majority of his series taking place in his Cosmere universe, with crossovers between different series. They’re just fun books to read and reread, because then you notice crossovers that you might not have noticed before. In one […]
Delicious Pink Fish Salad Recipe — Easy, Frugal, and Allergy Friendly
When I first married, my then husband complained about the food I made, that it was weird, and why couldn’t I “just make normal food”. When I asked him what constituted normal food, he didn’t have many answers beyond pasta with mince meat and tomato sauce (aka bolognese). So I called up his mother and […]
DIY Modest Nimona Cosplay Costume Without Much Sewing Required
All dressed up in cosplay at the convention, minus the belt. Halloween is right around the corner, and in that spirit, I wanted to share some costumes that my daughters and I recently made and wore. They wanted it to wear to a Comic Con type event, but I told them that if I was […]
How to Save Big on Shore Excursions During Your Cruise
Just picture it. You save up money to take a cruise for that special occasion of yours, maybe a big birthday or other milestone, and you book the cruise… and then you realize that you didn’t factor in the price of shore excursions. Cruises aren’t just boat rides; you want to do things at the […]
My Son’s Frugal NYC Touring- Days 2 and 3
Traveling! I can’t wait to do it since life is currently too complicated for that, but in the meantime, I am having fun writing up about and sharing information about my 17 year old son, Lee’s, frugal trip to the US and England this past summer. I already posted about what my son did on […]
Why I “Have A Thing For Old Cars”… Or How People Want You To Stay Poor
After a long day at the beach, sitting down next to my car at the side of the road, waiting for the tow truck after it died. This was on the one year anniversary of getting my car. My car is like an old person with arthritis. Its bones creak and groan. It isn’t broken, […]
Upgrading My Community’s Little Free Library
In May, after years of going to a nearby city to get new books to read and to drop off books I read, carrying them by hand, in backpacks and wagons by bus, before I had a car, I decided to put together a little free library for my community. It has been great to watch […]
