Posted in Frugal Living, Spending on 22 March 2008 | 2 Comments »
In answer to Wanda and English Major, and because I’ve promised to post some more recipes in the “Recipe” tab here, I decided to write a post about how I keep my food costs down to ~$100 per month. So, here goes…
First off, just for reference, my grocery bill so far this month is $55. [...]
Posted in Frugal Living, Spending on 21 March 2008 | 4 Comments »
I didn’t realize that my offhand comment about my budget would generate so many wonderfully supportive comments. To my surprise, I learned that I was spending less than a lot of my pf buddies. All this time, I’ve just been assuming that my spending’s been pretty closely aligned with everybody else’s. Anyway, so in case [...]
Posted in Frugal Living, Goals and Progress, Socializing on 14 March 2008 | 1 Comment »
Because I know that some of you were waiting in the wings with bated breath, I will share the news: I went to the potluck last night, and my dish was a success!
Originally, I was going to take some pasta, but after looking in my cupboards, I changed my mind and decided instead [...]
Posted in Frugal Living on 20 November 2007 | 1 Comment »
As I prepare for family to descend upon me tomorrow night, I’m trying to get everything ready and also trying to spend as little as possible, per my monthly goals. I find that, when I have guests, it’s the little things that add up, and those little things are also some of the easiest places [...]
Posted in Frugal Living on 13 November 2007 | 5 Comments »
New Yorkers pay an arm and a leg for rent, groceries, etc, but there’s at least one way that New Yorkers save major money over people who live in smaller communities: dumpster diving is not only acceptable, it’s almost expected that every New Yorker has, at some point, scored a cool table or chair or [...]
Posted in Frugal Living, Spending on 6 November 2007 | 3 Comments »
Yesterday I went to Bed, Bath, and Beyond for the first of my series of daily trips for a while. I’ll be going each day and buying one or two things, because I have several 20% off coupons that are only available for one item. Going each day lets me maximize those coupons, using them [...]
Posted in Frugal Living, Socializing, Spending on 21 October 2007 | 4 Comments »
I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it before, but I’m a pretty frequent hostess. Because my apartment is so nice, I have frequent out of town guests. On top of that, I throw parties almost every month. I love getting disperate groups of people together to hang out and have fun, eat and drink and [...]
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