I was, as they say in the Army, OBE, or Overcome By Events. Just lots of little things all piled up to make me not feel like writing much. So I’m going to take a cop out way today as well and point you to the new feature (which I did mention last week) over… Keep Reading

Welcome to the roundup! (don’t you feel like I should be shouting “yeehaa!” and thumping a cowboy hat on my thigh when I say that?) This week’s festival is hosted over at “Get Rich Slowly”. This week there are 23 submissions. Since Get Rich Slowly is a financial blog, rather than a frugality specific one,… Keep Reading

This weeks festival was over at Queercents. As always, lots of great reads. Some of my favorites are below. Happy reading!!! Book review of “How to Be a Budget Fashionista” over at Young and Broke. And even though it isn’t in the festival this week, The Bargain Queen also has a book review of it…. Keep Reading

Here she is in her new outfit. The shirt is full of sparkles (very important if you are a five year old girl)!I think the backpack is about as big as she is! And me with the kiddos (the first picture of me on this blog I think) I’m dropping Buddy off at daycare today-this… Keep Reading

uh, duh, I totally forgot about it this week. I guess I was too busy coming up with 100 things about me 🙂 It’s hosted over at Queercents. I’ll give you my roundup tomorrow. . . but not until after I get Princess off on the bus for the first day of school at 730!

Well, I just realized that yesterday was my 200th post! I have to make a bit of a deal about this because I totally missed my 100th post. There is a sort of lose blogger tradition of doing the “100 things about me” meme for your 100th post. Since I blew that, I’ll do it… Keep Reading

I was reading a post over at The Family CEO where she was talking about where she donates the things she declutters from her house. She mentioned the DAV (Disabled American Veterans) as the easiest option, since they send bags in the mail and you can just leave things on the curb (also, you can… Keep Reading

Well, around here Labor Day is the official end of summer. Want to know the history of Labor Day? Well, this site is a short one page history lesson 🙂 My town has a true home town celebration, complete with parade, a fair set up on the ball flats, and even a carnival midway with… Keep Reading

OK, now for the actual Festival of Frugality Roundup! As always, lots of good things to read, these were just a few that caught my attention for one reason or another. I just love how to’s and makeovers, so you know that How to Makeover a Dining Room Chair for $21 at Creative Homeschooling was… Keep Reading

Well, we got back from the races at about 930 pm on Sunday, then I worked Monday and Tuesday at the shop. Throw in a 2 hour meeting on Monday afternoon and I’ve basically been pretty tied up and tired (uh, that is figuratively, not literally!) The races were fun. It is amazing to be… Keep Reading