My Year Without Spending

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I'm unveiling the new website today. Come on over ! I'm migrating from blogger to wordpress and I hope it will be a smooth transitio...

Gorgeous! Here I am testing out one of the Frugal Beauty Treatments I want to share with you. Because just because you don't want to s...

Welcome to Thrifty Threads , AKA Most Stylish Compact-y outfit , where readers model their favorite secondhand clothes. A Compact-y outfit i...

It's about time for some Meatless Monday recipe ideas! Meatless Monday is a nonprofit initiative aimed at encouraging people to cut out...

Thank you for all your comments and emails responding to my question about what you like best about this blog. Luckily you seem to be in syn...

This is what I got from our neighborhood produce swap last week. My contribution was a freshly baked batch of peanut butter cookies, and I ...

Welcome to another installment of Thrifty Threads , AKA Most Stylish Compact-y outfit , where readers model their favorite secondhand clothe...

Hello readers! I'm so happy to be back after a much-needed break. I've missed you. And if you're reading this, thank you for st...

Hello readers! In preparation for my return to blogging next week, I just had to share this tidbit I saw in the news: "Drew Barrymore...

Hello reader friends. Due to a combination of circumstances involving work, finances, health, and a much-needed vacation, I’ve decided to ac...

Welcome to another installment of Thrifty Threads , AKA Most Stylish Compact-y outfit , where readers model their favorite secondhand clothe...

My skills as a food photographer will never be in demand, but the contents of this week's CSA delivery are still beautiful. We'll b...

These flowers were planted just two years ago. This one is my favorite, the Matilija poppy. Lavender... And this one's called lion...

Thrifty Threads is all about shopping and wearing secondhand clothes with style. These are just a few photos from previous installments... K...

The baby steps challenge I set for myself a year ago last July was to start composting . It had become more necessary when we started rece...

Mondays are all about food on this blog. I either post a photo of our CSA delivery, or I share meatless recipes suggested by readers. Due to...

This post could alternately be called "How to write a post in 5 minutes," because that's about how much time I have today, but...