More Than a Little

Many people, myself included, are quick to complain about poor service, but it’s just as important to let people know when things are really good.  I finally sat down to write a note to Walgreens this week regarding the positive experiences I’ve had there, and specifically about my favorite cashier.  Sending it made me feel [...]

We were at WalMart last night, walking through the clearance aisle, and I saw that they had the same sticker books that we recently purchased for $0.75.  I had bought two of them when I first saw them for $1.00.  They’re adorable, motivational stickers with cute cartoon animals on them, and we’ve been using them [...]

Does it count as frugal or foolish that I went to a fair in town tonight and left without buying a funnel cake? And doesn’t it just make your eyes pop out of your head to know that I saw one vendor selling them for $9 each?  Are they high?

My parents just had a new roof put on their house this week.  It’s a lovely roof, and it will hopefully have the benefit of not leaking.   The thing about roofs is that they’re not cheap, not even a little bit.  My dad, however, was pretty creative about the whole deal and has saved [...]

I have been mentioning that I was planning on trying to sell some of these items I bring home at a yard sale.  Previous experiences with yard sales have been that they are a huge pain, and I couldn’t be sure that I would sell any of the stuff, so I have been treating this [...]

I have a confession.  It is now Tuesday evening and I have given only the briefest of considerations to what we’re going to eat this week, so I am officially taking the week off from meal planning.  I am going to regret this later, I’m sure, but I have been so busy this weekend that [...]

I have always enjoyed laundry. I mean, don’t get me wrong. I wouldn’t choose to do laundry over, say, having ice cream, but I do enjoy the process of taking dirty stinky clothes and then seeing them all nicely folded and put away.  It’s one reason why the prospect of using cloth diapers didn’t faze [...]

Way back at the beginning of November, I opened a Key bank account in order to take advantage of the $100 opening bonus they were offerng at the time.  They sent me a debit card that I had to use and also make a couple of automated payments/direct deposits–easy work to make $100!  Anyway, I [...]

The baby and I went out to Walgreens yesterday afternoon.  Is it obvious yet that Walgreens is my favorite of the three drugstores?  It has the deals, but it also has the friendliest staff, the cleanest stores, and my favorite location is close. I try to come up with reasons every week that I should [...]

I just saw two sets of coupons in a row that made me roll my eyes and think of all the other coupons that I have seen that I personally think are ridiculous in one way or another. SmartSource, 4/5/09: Land O Lakes Half & Half.  There are two coupons on the page.  One is [...]