Sam, Coffee, Money, & Thyme

      We've hit the end of another month in the year that was supposed to make up for 2020!  Let's just prepare for a firestorm in 2...

           It is the month to up my thrifty game. I thought I would spend this first Saturday of the new month listing possible challenges f...

       I like a good Thursday-particularly on a glorious summer day. People can think about thrift as  depriving ourselves of things in orde...

      Goodness-I've been AWOL for nearly a week and not for any reasons of drama or stress. A part of not regular blog posts was really ...

      With having the week off, and yes, I spent a few hours on Monday, Wednesday. and this morning, getting  a few issues taken care of, I...

     By days end, April will be half over. We have had a cold, gray, and wet April, but things are greening up nicely. I'll take that, b...

There was so much thrift going on around here, I needed a whole extra day to think about it! Sarcasm is underrated. This was not a week of...

I should really get in some sort of a blogging pattern. Frugal Fridays, Thrifty Thursday, but my mind seems to go to savings when I wake u...

Have you seen this criminal?  Long post ahead. I'm still feeling the effect in my back of an hour and half of prep on Saturday and f...

Last Saturday DH and I had a frugal evening out at a local pizza and pasta chain. I frequent this place with a group of friends several ti...

I've not had a Stoptober for spending, but have tried to get a better handle on food waste, and not overstocking items that may end b...

“Wine makes every meal an occasion, every table more elegant, every day more civilized.” ― Andre Simon I like that quote, and I a...

I love a good bargain as much as the next person.  Dollar stores or pound shops have a little bit of everything, and for the amazing price o...