I used to believe that anyone could do what I did – retire early and live the life your soul aches to live. I stand by my assertion for the majority of you reading because I assume that you’re not living in poverty. My sister and I used to play this game: if we suddenly found ourselves… Read More: Being poor is expensive »
Today’s dish is essentially rice pudding. Or tapioca pudding. But with noodles! Noodle pudding? I don’t have a sweet tooth, but a little bit is always good occasionally. Khir is pronounced keer. Ingredients 2 cups of 2% milk 1 tsp of “ghee” (clarified butter) 1/2 cup of angel hair pasta skinny noodle thing 1/4 cup… Read More: Khir Recipe »
This calendar event popped up for me recently: “Yo, still on track, my love?” This was my gentle reminder to go pet my financial avatar, update my charts and hopefully mutter reassuringly to myself. Here’s where I stood at the end of April 2016. The red line represents my expenses each month. I derive the green line from… Read More: Updating Thriftygal’s Charts – May-Aug 2016 »
A list I’ve been cultivating recently is my list of reasons why I think empathy is a good thing. I know; you wouldn’t think I’d need a list for this, but it’s one of my personal duh realizations I have to keep relearning. I’m the center of my own universe and the protagonist in my story. The space… Read More: On empathy »
I wrote down another of my mother’s recipes for Operation: Try to enjoy cooking, eh? Today’s dish stars the tasty cauliflower. As much as I like this vegetable, I can’t get excited about it because I don’t spell it right. I know that’s petty. The taste is pretty good though and I think that’s what most normal people care about when… Read More: Cauliflower bhaji »
I used to have an OKCupid profile a few years ago before I realized that Internet dating sucks the life out of my soul. Alas, I’m reading a bit about finding a partner in crime, a mate, a dude who will tell me, “hey, we’re sitting at the wrong gate; if we don’t move 20 feet… Read More: Thriftygal’s Biodata »
This revelation may surprise you. Based on my emails and comments, I get the impression that you all think of me as a cheery, breezy, funny, high-spirited, thrifty, gal who you are secretly (and not so secretly) falling in love with and, while I’m loathe to dispel that myth, I have to dispel that myth. A… Read More: On Depression »
Oh, hey, I was on TV! http://wgntv.com/2016/07/19/retire-in-your-30s-a-former-chicago-based-lawyer-did-just-that-and-says-you-can-too/ I can’t bear to watch this, but I did throw my hands up in the air after I crossed the item off my bucket list. By my estimation, I’m at about minute 13 of my 15 minutes of fame. Wheeee! Life is so awesome, no? The best part… Read More: Bucket List Item Complete! – Be on TV Once »
I don’t know if I’ve told you this already, but I kind of like to travel. In fact, travel is the budget hole where the vast majority of my expenses wanders into. I think. I don’t actually track my spending, so I don’t know for sure. I don’t have a really great system on finding deals,… Read More: How to travel thriftily »
Some intrepid reporters interviewed me last week and, in turn, my babbling appeared in different locations around the internet. As a result, my stats are booming. The Twitter thing keeps chirping at me. I fear that my email inbox is now insurmountable with too many messages I would like to reply to, but only 24 precious… Read More: The Imposter Syndrome and how to beat it »