Ever beaten yourself up for your high standards and perfectionism? Has anyone else? Then this book is the answer to every person and program you’ve ever heard say you need to just “let go”, “relax”, “chill out” and “stop caring so much”. How does that relate to frugal living? Oh, let me count the ways…We’re…
Reviews
Recipe Review: Compound Butters
Say it with me now, in your best Jersey mobster accent: “It’s like buttah!” Because, hey, you gotta love “buttah!” Especially compound butters! What the heck is compound butter? It’s butter mixed with anything you like- something sweet, savory, salty or spicy. It’s a great way to liven up your cooking as well as baked…
Cookbook Review: Food Gift Recipes From Nature’s Bounty
I’m blessed with some amazing friends, both online and offline. One of them is fellow author, Lilly Robbins Brock. She lives in the Pacific North West and loves to garden organically almost as much as she loves to cook. I would say that makes her a fellow frugal foodie and a woman after my own…
5 Frugal Books Worth Reading (And Re-Reading!)
Whether you’re new to frugality, or an old hand at it, there are certain books that are classics in this niche. They’re worth reading if you haven’t gotten around to it. They’re also worth re-reading, especially if you’re feeling like you’ve lost your frugal “mojo”. Reading just a few pages a day of any of…
Save Your FrugalMoms2 Recipes to Big Oven
We’ve partnered with BigOven to let you easily save recipes on this blog to your phone or tablet, to make grocery lists and menu plans. BigOven is a great free recipe organizer and grocery list used by millions of cooks. It’s available for iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows Phone and the web. ”” The “Save Recipe” button is…
Gardening Review: Burgess Seed and Plant Company
If you do a search for reviews on Burgess Seed and Plant Company, chances are that most of them you find will be negative. There are some people who have good experiences with them and many who don’t. Personally, I have very mixed feelings about Burgess. My Order I took a chance on ordering from this…
Reveling in Ravelry
Attention all craft addicts! If you work with yarn or fiber arts in any way, shape, or form, and haven’t tried out Ravelry, you really need to high tail you caboose over there and check it out! I have been knitting and crocheting since I was 10, and have been online for years, but had…
Why Straight Talk Is My Husband’s Best Friend
When I began dating my current husband, the “Great Recession” of 2008 was just beginning. He is a master auto mechanic, and his field was hit extremely hard. The money people normally spent to repair their cars completely dried up as wave after wave of layoffs were announced across the country. Most mechanics work on…