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Ten Frugal (Christmas) Things Lately

*The header picture is an ornament John found for me at a thrift store last year. For years and years we’ve joked that my childhood Christmases resembled a Norman Rockwell painting (literally singing carols…

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  • Christmas, Frugality, Money
  • Nov, 26, 2025
  • 55 Comments

Our Marriage As a Venn Diagram: What Overlaps… and What Doesn’t!

Thankfully, on all the big things, John and I see eye to eye. But there are plenty of small things where we absolutely do not agree.

TEN AREAS WE AGREE TO DISAGREE

The best chocolate mint…

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  • Habits, Marriage, Personality Insights
  • Nov, 24, 2025
  • 52 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 21 November

Hi! I’m fine!! Everything is fine!!!

Life was just getting to be… a lot. It ended up feeling wonderful (and necessary) to take a few days “off” from blogging.

I continue to battle sleep issues which,…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Nov, 21, 2025
  • 43 Comments

Lather, Rinse, Repeat: Shower Habits

A random question for the interwebs.

When do you shower?

John recently came across a BBC article about the best time of day to shower. (According to experts, the “healthier” time appears to be the morning.)…

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  • Habits, Personality Insights, Random
  • Nov, 17, 2025
  • 65 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 14 November

Happy Friday, friends. Another week is in the rearview mirror and I am counting all my lucky stars that we didn’t get the amount of snow many parts of Canada and the US have…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Nov, 14, 2025
  • 40 Comments

Top Five/Bottom Five: Frugal Choices

I love to save money for all sorts of reasons.

It’s satisfying. It feels like wise stewardship of our resources. And mostly because it frees up more money for things that matter to our family…

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  • Frugality, Money, Top Five/Bottom Five
  • Nov, 13, 2025
  • 30 Comments

Hello, New Friends (and Old Ones Too)

So… yesterday wasn’t supposed to be a blog doubleheader. I was as surprised as you might have been to wake up to two posts on my blog. Clearly, I wasn’t paying enough attention to…

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  • Ask Me (Almost) Anything, Blogging, Life, Personality Insights
  • Nov, 12, 2025
  • 31 Comments
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