Archive for the 'Frugal Vacations' Category

Yep, I took one even on vacation! I shopped carefully and tried to eat wisely over the course of the week, but I just made too much pizza and too many pizza bagels. We had some other groceries left, but I packed them in the cooler to bring home. The cooler didn’t [...]


Potty Girl has had a bit of a setback in the last day or two. Sigh. While we were on vacation, she was in pull-ups pretty much fulltime, and towards the end of the week, I could tell she was getting less and less motivated about getting to the toilet in time. [...]


Next Friday is our 11th anniversary, and I mentioned on my menu plan that we’re going out to dinner tonight(babysitting was more available this Friday than next Friday, so we’re celebrating early). What I didn’t mention is that we are also going to go stay at a hotel overnight(kid-free!), and that our [...]