This is a series in the style of The Frugal Girl’s Five Frugal Things, where I post weekly 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 along and …
Year in Review: 2023
Happy 2024! I always love when a new month starts on a Monday, and I think it’s beyond satisfying to have the whole year starting off on a Monday. I know Mondays often get a bad reputation, but it’s usually the day of the week when I’m feeling the most motivated to get stuff done, …
Weekly Frugal Wins // Solstice + Christmas Celebrations
This is a series in the style of The Frugal Girl’s Five Frugal Things, where I post weekly 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 along and …
Our Family Christmas Card 2023
A very merry Christmas to you from the Meidells! What a year! I stopped trying to predict what would happen in any given year a long time ago, but WOW, was 2023 a year to remember for our family! Pretty much every member of our family had a huge milestone; we completed our family with …
Weekly Frugal Wins // Nose Suckers + Small Town Musings
This is a series in the style of The Frugal Girl’s Five Frugal Things, where I post weekly 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 along and …
Weekly Frugal Wins // Scraping the Bottom of the Barrel
This is a series in the style of The Frugal Girl’s Five Frugal Things, where I post weekly 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 along and …
How Our Financial Goals Have Changed This Year
Back in January, I shared our financial goals for the year, just as I have done for the past few years. Perhaps some of you detail-oriented readers noticed that after my first quarterly report, I stopped posting progress reports for 2023. There were three main reasons for this. First, our lives were turned upside down …
Weekly Frugal Wins // Way Too Many Medical Appointments
This is a series in the style of The Frugal Girl’s Five Frugal Things, where I post weekly 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 along and …











