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

Frugality
Sep 28, 2026
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Maybe this is compensation for buying a new mug and tea towels? FUN, NOT FRUGAL But, no regrets. FRUGAL (ALSO NO REGRETS) Your turn.

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…

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…

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)…

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…

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…

Life
Sep, 21, 2026
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Happy Things Friday: 18 September

Happy Friday. Taking the week off blogging was wonderful, but I really did miss prepping a Happy Things Friday post. It’s become such a gratitude constant in my life and I felt a bit…

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

Happy Things Friday: 25 September

Happy Third Birthday To Optimistic Musings

Things I Know by Heart, Things I Don’t (And Things I Really Should) + Guest Post!!

Do “Heavy” Books Impact Me Emotionally? And How Do I Read So Much?

The Complete List of 200 Never Have I Evers…

Happy Things Friday: 18 September

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

Happy Things Friday: 25 September

Happy Third Birthday To Optimistic Musings