I love autumn. It is my favorite time of year and Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. Sometimes, we are in danger of losing the celebratory nature of this holiday in the there-are-only-SIX-weeks-until-Christmas madness that accompanies this time of year. I fight that temptation hard in our home. A posture of gratitude is crucial…
Category Archives: frugal holidays
St. Patrick’s Day Musings
Here is some info about the history of this fun holiday (facts courtesy of history.com). St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated on March 17, his religious feast day and the anniversary of his death in the fifth century. The Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday for over a thousand years. On St. Patrick’s…
Cheap (that’s not a bad thing) Gift Ideas
The word cheap sounds so tacky. But when you look up the meaning in the dictionary, it’s not that bad: cheap (chp)adj. cheap·er, cheap·est 1. a. Relatively low in cost; inexpensive or comparatively inexpensive. It’s all about living frugally and since they announced this morning, what we have all known for quite a while, that…
