I for one am ready for spring! We've had some good melting as of late, but there's still about a foot and a half of snow in our front yard. I'm itching to get into my garden, but it'll be awhile yet before we get there. Anyhoo, here's what we did to be frugal this… Continue reading Frugal 5 Friday 3/15/19
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Where have we been? Where are we going?
Hello frugal friends! I'm back! It's been wild these past few months with the roof and Christmas and life. January is here and we're diving in head first. I'm holding off on a frugal state of the union for the next little bit until after the tax returns come in and we have a better… Continue reading Where have we been? Where are we going?
Frugal 5 10/12/18
Well here I am! It feels like it has been ages and ages. I will have a real state of the frugal union for November, but for now our finances are a bit of a jumble. A few weeks ago I noticed that a sheet of shingles had blown off of our roof. I told… Continue reading Frugal 5 10/12/18
August 1st State of the Frugal Union
So where have I been the last month? Everywhere it seems. I traveled for work for our annual user's conference and while it's lots of fun, there's a lot of prep work that goes into it and this year it was 2000 miles across the country. I had a great time, but I'm really really… Continue reading August 1st State of the Frugal Union
July 1st State of the Frugal Union
As usual it was a crazy month! Our 2nd jobs unexpectedly cut our hours to the tune of about $1900 that we were planning on to help dig us out of our hole. These were hours that had been confirmed months and months in advance so I've been doing a lot of moving things around… Continue reading July 1st State of the Frugal Union