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December 2022

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Book Recommendations, Year in Review
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Best Reads of 2022

TorrieUpdated on December 31, 2022December 31, 2022

Every year’s end, I try and do a recap of my reading year – how many books I read, the split of fiction/nonfiction, and which books rose to the top in my memory. While 2022 was definitely one of the lower reading years I’ve had in the last decade, it also held plenty of books …

Frugality, Weekly Frugal Wins
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Weekly Frugal Wins // The Hot Tub is Gone!

TorrieUpdated on August 4, 2023December 27, 2022

This is a new series in the style of The Frugal Girl’s Five Frugal Things, where I’ll be posting weekly(ish) about what I’ve done lately to save money and make things stretch in order to further our financial goals, which currently include us paying off a decent hunk of debt. I encourage you to play …

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Frugality, Motherhood, Saving Money, Tightwad Gazette Deep Dive
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Tightwad Gazette Deep Dive: School Lunches

TorrieDecember 21, 2022December 20, 2022

This series takes a deeper look at different articles from The Complete Tightwad Gazette, which is a compilation of frugal tips and articles that were published in a monthly newsletter from the 1990’s. While much of the information is timeless and the tips still useful, I’m looking at how the issues currently stand today and …

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Frugality, Weekly Frugal Wins
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Weekly Frugal Wins // Cheap Neighbor Gifts

TorrieDecember 20, 2022December 19, 2022

This is a new series in the style of The Frugal Girl’s Five Frugal Things, where I’ll be posting weekly(ish) about what I’ve done lately to save money and make things stretch in order to further our financial goals, which currently include us paying off a decent hunk of debt. I encourage you to play …

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Weekly Frugal Wins / (Nearly) Free Stocking Stuffers

TorrieUpdated on December 13, 2022December 13, 2022

This is a new series in the style of The Frugal Girl’s Five Frugal Things, where I’ll be posting weekly(ish) about what I’ve done lately to save money and make things stretch in order to further our financial goals, which currently include us paying off a decent hunk of debt. I encourage you to play …

Finances, Frugality, Goals, Money
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2023: The Year of Frugality?

TorrieUpdated on December 31, 2022December 12, 2022

Being the goal-oriented person I am, I always seem to be about a month or two ahead of myself. When I was younger, it used to drive my friends a little crazy because when someone would ask me how old I was, I would more often than not say the next age up (“I’ll be …

Goals, Monthly Recap
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First Trimester’s Over – Let’s Catch Up! {December 2022 Goals}

TorrieUpdated on December 2, 2022December 2, 2022

I’m amazed I got ANYTHING crossed off in November. Granted, I made sure to keep the list pretty easy since I knew I’d likely be feeling crummy the entire month, but still. The first trimester and I have never gotten along too well, and basically every day was just a loooooong slog through morning sickness …

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