When you're new to camping, the logistics of camping can seem confusing - and expensive! What do you actually need to buy when you're go camping? What's a waste of money? No question is more important than the question of your sleeping bag (oh, okay, and the camping food! Check out Amazon for camping supplies) Having the right sleeping bag for camping can make or break your entire trip - it's Continue Reading
Camping Food Ideas: A Beginner’s Guide to Camping Foods
One of my favorite things about frugal camping, besides how frugal and fun it is, is the camping food! There's nothing better than doing a long hike in the morning (or playing in a lake!) then coming back to your campsite and eating something warm, yummy - and maybe ending the night with some s'mores.Eating while camping is one chance to eat messy, to eat things you normally wouldn't eat and Continue Reading
Affordable Gifts for High School Grads
It's that time of the year again - graduation is coming! After prom, after finals, after all the tearful goodbyes and promises to stay in touch (how many of us have stayed in touch with high school friends? Let me know in the comments - I'm really curious, I think I only stayed in touch with 2!), it's time to get ready for "the real world."Whether the real world is college, a gap year, or Continue Reading
4 Fun, Frugal Places to Go Camping in Arizona
It's almost summertime, and you know what that means - travel! You probably already know that camping is one of my favorite ways to frugally travel, and I have a lot more camping articles coming up for you soon! Until then, I wanted to highlight some of my frugal and fun places to camp in Arizona. Let me know your favorite places to camp (nationwide!) in the comments! Continue Reading
8 Frugal Ways Millennials Can Celebrate Mother’s Day
It's almost Mother's Day (in case you forgot, it's on Sunday, May 13 this year!) - do you know what you're getting Mom to celebrate Mother's Day? If not, I've got you covered!As an older Millennial, I know at this part in my life, I can't get away with making Mom "the coupon book" - you know, the book of coupons we gave our Moms that said "good for 1 free foot massage" that she never ever Continue Reading
Lessons Learned from Getting a New Roof
We recently went through the experience of getting a new roof and let me tell you - it was rough. I learned a lot in the process of getting a new roof, so there are a few things I want to share with you in this article!Now, some roofing problems may not require the services of professional roofing companies and can be handled in-house (or on the roof!) Basic roof repair can be done Continue Reading
Organize Your Mess in 30 Minutes or Less
As I ate cereal for dinner out of a coffee mug with a semi-clean fork (no clean spoons left), I realized I lost. I had lost the messy war against my husband.Yeah, I did that. I pulled the nuclear option and decided to see how long it would take before my husband caved and washed the dishes. You see, I'm the type of person who doesn't like mess - I like to organize. A messy home equals a messy Continue Reading
Frugal and Fun Ways to Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick's Day is one of my favorite holidays, even if many people don't really consider it a holiday. The holiday weekend was one of my favorite first dates with my husband (we went to an outdoor rock concert, because March in Phoenix is beautiful and because I was trying to "get into" his music. I ended up getting locked in a porta-potty... story of my life). Also, I look really good in Continue Reading
How to Prepare Your Car for the Summer
This is a sponsored post.When you live in a very hot climate, like Phoenix, AZ is in the summer (we reached 122 degrees - that's 50 degrees Celsius for all my non-US readers - last summer!), we looked around everywhere for a company to come out and install aircon as the heat was unbearable, but as you can imagine, everyone had the same idea and we had to wait a while to get it Continue Reading
How to Save Money on Your Wedding: The Music
I love music - but didn’t have any of my own at my wedding. I spent months (okay, years) planning my wedding playlist. Seriously, I had a playlist on iTunes (and then Spotify) called “Wedding” where I collected all of my (and my now-husband’s) favorite songs. I was so excited for our wedding playlist I even shared it with my friends ahead of time!That probably jinxed it, because when it came Continue Reading