Happy Birthday All About Appearances!

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

This week I get to celebrate two birthdays. Last Sunday I celebrated my own. Today, I celebrate the 1st birthday of this blog, and with it, my first year blogging. Just as I took time to think about my path on the occasion of my birthday, I’ve been thinking a lot about […]

It’s official. I’m shopping too little

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Yes, I’ll admit it. The recession is my fault. I stopped shopping so much and the U.S. economy did a nosedive.
O.k., maybe not. But something almost as strange just happened. My husband just complained to a friend of ours that I’m shopping too little. He says he’s more or less […]

Here’s why you can afford to be green

Friday, April 25th, 2008

First off, I’d like to thank Green Me for featuring my post introducing FruWiki, The Frugal Wiki, in the Green It! carnival. My husband and I have both been trying to be more frugal and more green. Fortunately, we’ve found that many of the things we’ve started doing are both frugal and green. […]

Festival shout-out

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Thanks to The Carnival of Twenty Something Finances and also to the Kids and Money carnival for featuring my post introducing FruWiki, The Frugal Wiki. I really appreciate the link love as I try to get the word out about my new project.
If you haven’t already, please check out both carnivals because […]

Re: Festival of Frugality #121

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Big thanks over to Rather Be Shopping, the host of The Festival of Frugality #121 for featuring my post here introducing FruWiki, The Frugal Wiki. I’ve been reading down the very long list of other featured posts hoping to come up with a list of favorites, but with so many great posts to choose […]

What I’ve been reading

Monday, April 14th, 2008

For the past week I’ve been laying low with a nasty sinus infection. It hasn’t been fun, but if there’s one thing that I actually appreciate about being sick is that it forces me to sit back and catch up on light reading.
Here are some blog posts that I’ve been keeping up […]

Introducing… FruWiki.com!

Monday, April 7th, 2008

Drum roll, please!
I’ve been working on a project that I hope you will enjoy. As regular readers know, I’ve been trying to live more frugally — and having some success despite my love of fashion, food, and gadgets. I believe that being frugal is not about self-deprivation, but rather about prioritizing […]