Buy Second Hand First
Someone asked me recently if I was a “garage sale guru.” I’d answer to that but I prefer “Stylishly Frugal Living Expert” as my title. Regardless, I’m a garage sale, estate sale, second-hand store, free pile type-of-gal! I try and always buy used items, first, instead of buying new and that includes most items except {Read more about Buy Second Hand First}
Happy Mother’s Day
Happy Mother’s day to all you Moms! I do hope you’re enjoying your very special day. I’d like to wish my Mom and my Mother-in-law Happy Mother’s Day. They are both very special ladies and are not only great Moms but also the best Grandma and Nana their grandchildren could have. Even though my husband {Read more about Happy Mother’s Day}
Because I love you so much…I made this for you at the last minute
Hello Go Gingham fans! I am Annie from PlentyPerfect.com and Sara has invited me to guest-post today. And nag you. (She probably just invited me because she is too nice to nag effectively.) Yes, I am here to nag. I am a guest nagger. Did you remember that Mother’s Day is coming up? Yep – {Read more about Because I love you so much…I made this for you at the last minute}
Corn Dog Review
This is probably surprising to you because I’m not usually a purchaser of corn dogs or of any processed foods, but when Foster Farms contacted me about reviewing their new and improved corn dog, I agreed to do it and here’s why: both of my kids attend public schools where hot lunches are served and {Read more about Corn Dog Review}
Frugal and Fancy Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 13th this year and it’s coming soon. It’s a wonderful day to celebrate Mothers and doesn’t need to cost lots of money or have families feeling like they need to rush out to the mall for more stuff. All of these frugal and fancy gift ideas have a theme: homemade, {Read more about Frugal and Fancy Mother’s Day}
Travel Packing
One thing I’ve learned when packing for a trip or packing for travel, less is always better. Whether you’re packing for a 1-week trip or a 1-month trip, you need about the same amount of clothing. Packing fewer items means your bag is lighter to carry around, there are fewer items to unpack when you {Read more about Travel Packing}
7 Quick Ways to Get a Teen to Leave the Room
Parenting teenagers is bizarre. One minute they’re smiling, sweet, and pleasant, the next they’re mad and upset. It’s an emotional roller coaster. The only visual I can give you is this: take both of your hands and hold them out straight in front of you. With one hand signal “come closer” and with the other {Read more about 7 Quick Ways to Get a Teen to Leave the Room}
Meal Planning for Campers
Planning out what you are going to eat while camping is very important. You don’t want to get to your destination only to find out you’re missing a crucial food element. For some reason, camping makes everyone extra hungry, too. I think it’s all the fresh air, biking, hiking, and exploring that goes along with {Read more about Meal Planning for Campers}
Preparing Your Home for an Exchange
When getting your home ready for a home exchange, there are good and bad components. The good thing is it makes you clean out your pantry, organize your closets a bit, and straighten out your dresser drawers. The bad thing about a home exchange is that you have to clean out your pantry, organize your {Read more about Preparing Your Home for an Exchange}
Speak Up, Please!
Since the launch of my professional site, I’ve been busy scheduling speaking engagements, being interviewed, and trying to learn how Google calendar works. Google calendar has proven to be the most challenging for this old-fashioned gal! After realizing I had created several calendars all called the same thing with duplicate dates sprinkled about, I’ve got {Read more about Speak Up, Please!}
Three Time Tested Family Rules
When you have a job, you get feedback on you’re doing. When you’re a parent, you don’t get any feedback. You’re still performing a job but you don’t get reviewed on how it’s going. You set out to do your best and you hope you are but you don’t really know if you’re doing it {Read more about Three Time Tested Family Rules}
A New Roof
I’m happy to report that our new roof is installed and finished. I’m even happier to report that I didn’t have to do anything for it. Well, I take that back…I spent 2011 telling my husband that 2012 was the year of the roof and that we were going to pay someone else to install {Read more about A New Roof}
Vacation Meal Planning
If you’re a regular reader here at Go Gingham, you know that I’m a regular weekly meal planner. I’m such a regular meal planner, I even plan our meals when going on a vacation or for a weekend away. For spring break, we’re headed to San Francisco for a home exchange. The people we’re trading {Read more about Vacation Meal Planning}
How Jeans Became Capris
Remember how I made my daughter’s jeans smaller by tapering the legs? Well, we had to do some more altering on another pair of jeans. These jeans still fit my daughter but were getting to be too short so I said, “Hey, how about we make these jeans into denim capris?” My daughter was thrilled. {Read more about How Jeans Became Capris}
Meet Internet Girl!
Meet Internet Girl! She’s fun, she likes shiny objects, and she’s easily distracted. She’s supposed to be writing (some may say “blogging”) but sometimes she’s really naughty and she skips around the web to her favorite internet spots like Facebook, Twitter, and her favorite new toy, Pinterest. Oh, but look, it’s so pretty!
