Almost Frugal » Links Galore http://almostfrugal.com Learning about frugality Fri, 02 Mar 2012 23:54:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Tooting My Own Hornhttp://almostfrugal.com/2010/10/10/tooting-my-own-horn/ http://almostfrugal.com/2010/10/10/tooting-my-own-horn/#comments Sun, 10 Oct 2010 12:39:13 +0000 Kelly http://almostfrugal.com/?p=5482 I wanted to share with you a really nice article that Rachel, from ThriftCultureNow.com wrote about Almost Frugal. The article is part of their Thrifty Blogger series, and I’m pleased as punch to have been included! © Kelly for Almost Frugal, 2010. | Permalink | One comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags:

Tooting My Own Horn is an article from Almost Frugal

]]> http://almostfrugal.com/2010/10/10/tooting-my-own-horn/feed/ 1 Weekly Round-Up: Back to Schoolhttp://almostfrugal.com/2010/08/29/weekly-round-up-back-to-school/ http://almostfrugal.com/2010/08/29/weekly-round-up-back-to-school/#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 10:00:04 +0000 Kelly http://almostfrugal.com/?p=5405 While many kids in the US have been back at school for at least a few days now, school in France, and by that I mean all over France, starts this week. Preschool and elementary school kids start on Thursday, while junior high and high schoolers go back on Wednesday. My three kids will all [...]

Weekly Round-Up: Back to School is an article from Almost Frugal

]]> http://almostfrugal.com/2010/08/29/weekly-round-up-back-to-school/feed/ 1 Weekly Round-Up: Sewing Buttonshttp://almostfrugal.com/2010/08/15/weekly-round-up-sewing-buttons/ http://almostfrugal.com/2010/08/15/weekly-round-up-sewing-buttons/#comments Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:19:26 +0000 Kelly http://almostfrugal.com/?p=5356 Today I met with two of my best friends for our monthly-ish project day, where we work on projects that we never ever had time to get to. And I managed to get stuff done- all from the pile of clothes I had waiting to be fixed. Frugal act for the day, check! Here are [...]

Weekly Round-Up: Sewing Buttons is an article from Almost Frugal

]]> http://almostfrugal.com/2010/08/15/weekly-round-up-sewing-buttons/feed/ 0 Weekly Update: Flies Aboundhttp://almostfrugal.com/2010/08/01/weekly-update-flies-abound/ http://almostfrugal.com/2010/08/01/weekly-update-flies-abound/#comments Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:36:00 +0000 Kelly http://almostfrugal.com/?p=5330 We’ve been besieged by flies this last week- it seems like they’re everywhere! They’re not particularly big, but they are annoying. Luckily my kids have been having fun chasing, trapping and releasing them (although I have a sneaking suspicion they just come back). We don’t have screens on our windows (nor can we install them), [...]

Weekly Update: Flies Abound is an article from Almost Frugal

]]> http://almostfrugal.com/2010/08/01/weekly-update-flies-abound/feed/ 4 Weekly Round-Up: Making Ramen Go Furtherhttp://almostfrugal.com/2010/07/18/weekly-round-up-making-ramen-go-further/ http://almostfrugal.com/2010/07/18/weekly-round-up-making-ramen-go-further/#comments Sun, 18 Jul 2010 07:28:01 +0000 Kelly http://almostfrugal.com/?p=5223 I made a particularly tasty noodle stir fry for dinner last night and I thought I’d share the recipe: About two cups cooked green beans 2 chicken breasts 2 packages ramen noodles (or about three cups cooked long noodles) 2 cups cabbage, finely cut into long strips olive oil sesame oil sesame seeds I had [...]

Weekly Round-Up: Making Ramen Go Further is an article from Almost Frugal

]]> http://almostfrugal.com/2010/07/18/weekly-round-up-making-ramen-go-further/feed/ 2 Weekly Round-Up: With Commentshttp://almostfrugal.com/2010/07/11/weekly-round-up-with-comments/ http://almostfrugal.com/2010/07/11/weekly-round-up-with-comments/#comments Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:58:31 +0000 Kelly http://almostfrugal.com/?p=5203 I’m trying a new format this week- adding comments to each of the links both in the Weekly Round-Up and on the Good Reads page. What do you think- does it make you more interested in clicking on the links? Recipes for Health – Grated Raw Beet Salad – NYTimes.com I love beets, and this [...]

Weekly Round-Up: With Comments is an article from Almost Frugal

]]> http://almostfrugal.com/2010/07/11/weekly-round-up-with-comments/feed/ 1 Weekly Round-Up: School’s Out…http://almostfrugal.com/2010/07/04/weekly-round-up-schools-out/ http://almostfrugal.com/2010/07/04/weekly-round-up-schools-out/#comments Sun, 04 Jul 2010 11:38:02 +0000 Kelly http://almostfrugal.com/?p=5160 …for summer! My kids are so happy to be out of school. I’ve been teaching them all the end-of-school ditties, including the one that goes: No more homework, No more books, No more teacher’s dirty looks! Ah, the joys of youth. Random musings: For anyone who’s going to be outside at all in the sunshine [...]

Weekly Round-Up: School’s Out… is an article from Almost Frugal

]]> http://almostfrugal.com/2010/07/04/weekly-round-up-schools-out/feed/ 1 Weekly Update: Using Things in New Wayshttp://almostfrugal.com/2010/06/27/weekly-update-using-things-in-new-ways/ http://almostfrugal.com/2010/06/27/weekly-update-using-things-in-new-ways/#comments Sun, 27 Jun 2010 07:34:31 +0000 Kelly http://almostfrugal.com/?p=5138 While I may fall down in some areas on the frugal front (making and sticking to a budget, for example), one of the things I am rather good at is finding ways to repurpose things, either after they’ve served their original purpose or while they’re waiting to be used in the first place. Like when [...]

Weekly Update: Using Things in New Ways is an article from Almost Frugal

]]> http://almostfrugal.com/2010/06/27/weekly-update-using-things-in-new-ways/feed/ 5 Weekly Update: I Like to Move It, Move Ithttp://almostfrugal.com/2010/06/20/weekly-update-i-like-to-move-it-move-it/ http://almostfrugal.com/2010/06/20/weekly-update-i-like-to-move-it-move-it/#comments Sun, 20 Jun 2010 12:52:59 +0000 Kelly http://almostfrugal.com/?p=5110 While my sons are certainly chatty now, at the ages of 7.5 and 6 years old, they have nothing on m 2.5 year old daughter who talks nonstop from the moment she wakes up  to the time she goes to sleep. Her latest fun thing to say (sing, really) is: “I like to move it, [...]

Weekly Update: I Like to Move It, Move It is an article from Almost Frugal

]]> http://almostfrugal.com/2010/06/20/weekly-update-i-like-to-move-it-move-it/feed/ 0 Weekly Round-Up: Ways to Helphttp://almostfrugal.com/2010/06/13/weekly-round-up-ways-to-help/ http://almostfrugal.com/2010/06/13/weekly-round-up-ways-to-help/#comments Sun, 13 Jun 2010 08:25:49 +0000 Kelly http://almostfrugal.com/?p=4873 Has summer started in your area? Here in France, it drops in for a short visit, only to take off again as soon as we’ve said hello! Who was it that said that houseguests are like fish- they both start to smell after 3 days? Summer, I promise not to tell you that you smell! [...]

Weekly Round-Up: Ways to Help is an article from Almost Frugal

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