Frugal Confessions Friday – Frugal Living

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! Here is my frugal confession of the week: I must admit, it is the strangest thing coming into work once a year with a urine sample cup waiting for you on your desk. For me, this was last week! As much as I hate the invasion of privacy, our annual medical [...]

Frugal Confessions Fridays – Frugal Living

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! Here is my frugal confession of the week: Ever since my early twenties I have turned to acupuncture for overall health and stress reduction. Acupuncture can be semi-expensive, but the benefits for many people are wonderful. Fortunately for me, a friend of a friend found a great resource here in Houston: [...]

Frugal Confessions Friday – Frugal Living

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! Here is our frugal confession of the week: I mentioned briefly a few weeks ago that we are taking a cruise to Alaska this year. So exciting! We were not planning on purchasing the cruise tickets until several months into the new year, but my mother found a wonderful sale on [...]

Frugal Confessions Friday – Frugal Living

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers and Happy New Year! Here is my frugal confession of the week: We traveled to PA to spend Christmas with my family and needed someone to check in on our cats (Danny Boy and Lyla) while we were gone. At the same time, Paul decided that he no longer wants to have [...]

Frugal Confessions Friday – Frugal Living

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! Here is my frugal confession of the week: I have mentioned here before one awful consequence of the severe drought in Houston this year: foundation problems. We were quoted a staggering $7500-$9000 in order to fix our foundation from several different companies. Well, for the last two months our area has [...]

Frugal Confessions Friday – Frugal Living

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! Here is my frugal confession of the week: Remember a few weeks ago when I scored 40 free digital prints for my grandmother from Walgreens? Well, I found a coupon from RitzPix in the Sunday paper that week for a free picture book (typically $19.99). I was able to take photos [...]

Frugal Confessions – Frugal Living

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! Here is my frugal confession of the week: It was my birthday last month. Do you remember my post about signing up for birthday freebies from a year ago? Well, I am happy to report that several of the companies pulled through with a birthday surprise for me. I scored a total [...]

Frugal Confessions Friday – Frugal Living

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! I hope your Thanksgiving was wonderful. Here is my frugal confession of the week: I am a big fan of off-season shopping. I even start to purchase holiday gifts and holiday decorations the day after for the following year. Over this past summer I had two “scores” on holiday items that [...]

Frugal Confessions – Frugal Living

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! Here is my frugal confession of the week: When I was traveling to Austin for work two weeks ago, I got a flat tire. My friend Helen had signed us onto her Triple AAA membership for this year, so I was able to call them to put my spare tire on [...]

Frugal Confessions – Frugal Living

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! Here is my frugal confession of the week: When my family came to visit in late September we toured the George Ranch Historical Park. My grandmother was unable to climb the stairs to the top of the buildings, so I promised her to take photos and send them to her. Walgreens [...]

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