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Ten Frugal Things Last Week

Belle needed a calculator for school, so we headed off to Staples to get her a scientific calculator. We bought something fairly inexpensive ($20), but our next stop was a thrift store. Guess what…

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  • Frugality, Money, Thrifting
  • Sep, 15, 2025
  • 36 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 12 September

Well, first things first.

Birchie arrives today. I repeat: Birchie touches down in Nova Scotia later today! Woot, woot!

The weather looks perfect and I cannot wait to get out and explore. (And also just hang…

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  • Life
  • Sep, 12, 2025
  • 46 Comments

Farewell, Crockpot. Hello…Instant Pot?

After many years of loyal service (it was a wedding shower gift from one of my uncles), my big crockpot has finally given up the ghost. It developed a giant hairline crack which means…

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  • Favourite Things, Food, Home, Random
  • Sep, 11, 2025
  • 49 Comments

Secondhand Living: Thrifted Finds Around Our House

Folks seem to be interested in my recent uptick in frugal posts, so here’s one more devoted to thrifting.

I’ve written about how we thrift for clothes…

And art…

But now it’s time to tackle everything else….

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  • Frugality, Home, Money, Thrifting
  • Sep, 10, 2025
  • 31 Comments

Never Have I Ever…Part 12

Some of you must be wondering how long I can keep this series going. I have no idea! But one thing is very clear to me at this point — there are A LOT…

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  • Never Have I Ever
  • Sep, 09, 2025
  • 47 Comments

Five Things, Five Ways: A Bit of Everything

Who’s ready for a catch-all post full of random things on my mind?

Ready or not, here it comes!

FRUGAL WINS FROM LAST WEEK

Head to toe in thrifted clothes!

We bought all our kids’ back-to-school clothes at…

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  • Frugality, Personality Insights, Random
  • Sep, 08, 2025
  • 53 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 5 September

It’s September. And I’m here to say I don’t actually feel like the summer flew by.

In fact, it feels like we lived a very full two months of summer vacation. There were highlights and…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Sep, 05, 2025
  • 54 Comments
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