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I Need Your Suggestions for Keeping Warm!

  • Random, Personality Insights
  • Sep 29, 2026
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Today’s post is going to be (relatively) short because I’m hoping you will do most of the work for me. My number one problem with winter is being cold. After I read How to Winter by Kari Leibowitz, I decided I want to better prepare myself for the inevitable (I WILL be cold) and approach…

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Recent Frugal Wins: Pumpkin Soup, RESPs, and Toilet Paper

Maybe this is compensation for buying a new mug and tea towels?

FUN, NOT FRUGAL

But, no regrets.

FRUGAL (ALSO NO REGRETS)

I continue to do at-home manicures. Of course, the cheapest option would be to do nothing…

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  • Frugality
  • Sep, 28, 2026
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Happy Things Friday: 25 September

I am dragging to the finish line of this week.

There are a variety of challenging, non-bloggable things happening in our lives/the lives of people we care about lately. I’m a bit weary of…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Sep, 25, 2026
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Happy Third Birthday To Optimistic Musings

Three years ago today, I clicked publish for the very first time at my new home: The Optimistic Musings of a Pessimist. (Here’s the first post!)

I’d had a fairly well-established blog that was accidentally…

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  • Blogging
  • Sep, 24, 2026
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Things I Know by Heart, Things I Don’t (And Things I Really Should) + Guest Post!!

A quick note: You can also find me over at The Frugal Girl today, where I’m talking about how intentional spending habits allowed our family to spend extended time (110 days, to be exact)…

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  • Random, Personality Insights
  • Sep, 23, 2026
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Do “Heavy” Books Impact Me Emotionally? And How Do I Read So Much?

I get asked two questions about my reading habits with surprising regularity:

Does all the tough subject matter I read—particularly nonfiction—ever start to feel too heavy?

How do I read so many books?

Let’s discuss.

DOES ALL THE…

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  • Reading, Ask Me (Almost) Anything
  • Sep, 22, 2026
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The Complete List of 200 Never Have I Evers…

I haven’t decided if I’ll keep this series going: 200 seems like a natural stopping point, but it’s also a lot of fun and I continue to come up with fresh ideas. Regardless of…

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  • Life
  • Sep, 21, 2026
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      September 29, 2026

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      September 28, 2026

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      September 25, 2026

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