Category Archives: Frugal

Regrowing Celery: Planted in Dirt

Heck yeah! I planted my celery butt… That’s not the technical term for the end portion of a celery, but it makes sense to me. While typing out “celery” just now, I realized that I was well into elementary school … Continue reading

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Save Money on Produce: Regrow Your Celery

I just love Pinterest… It makes it so easy to save ideas for later and share with everyone… Plus it lets  you add comments. Yeah; comments. In your face, Tumblr. Through the magic of Pinterest, I was introduced to the … Continue reading

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Snack Time! Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins

Oh good lord. These were the best muffins that ever existed. Ever. I had one single banana that was about to go to waste, so I decided to make these muffins using a recipe that included yogurt… What? Yeah. I … Continue reading

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Cauliflower Soup… Great End-of-the-Month Soup

Yes, I might have used this picture already, but shh. This soup is delicious, mostly healthy, and very creamy. Vegetables found inside include: Cauliflower, carrots, celery, and onions. I paired the soup with breadsticks, which we had previously enjoyed in … Continue reading

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April 2012 Budget Overview

April was incredibly tight. I had some bulk foods and ingredients going into this month, so I was able to keep the budget somewhat low even though I ended up buying some spices, house supplies, and… Chocolate. Lots of chocolate. … Continue reading

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Have You Tried Top Box?

I subscribe to Glymm and love it, but I haven’t seen or tried Top Box… Have you? They are currently holding a giveaway for a three month subscription (three boxes). I’ve joined and am keeping my fingers crossed so that … Continue reading

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Thirsties Diaper Covers

I have been using the Thirsties cloth diaper cover for close to 2 months now. I have to give it a 7 out of 10 for the moment… It just fits weird on my little big guy. My son has … Continue reading

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Recycle Your Crayons

For the past few months, I’ve really been thinking about how spoiled some of us are to be living in a first world country with our first world problems. Thank you, @firstworldpains (twitter) and /r/Firstworldproblems (reddit). My biggest first world problem … Continue reading

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Window Garden…

I often overdo myself… I’m 8 months pregnant, sick (nausea, anemia) and I have pubic symphasis dysfunction, yet I still find myself forcing my body to do hard chores around the house since my husband has a bad back. Hard … Continue reading

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