I like to think of myself as a fairly sophisticated consumer, too smart to fall for gimmicks. Luckily for me, the universe senses my thoughts and will occasionally give me a smackdown and snigger when I fall for something annoying. “Humility”, the universe whispers in my ear. Indeed. I forget, but there are people whose entire livelihood revolve… Read More »
We live in an incredibly and, dare I say, shamefully wasteful society. Each year, the world throws away an astonishing 33% of all food produced. Consumerism and constantly buying new crap is how we measure the growth of our economy. We throw away instead of fixing what’s broken. We upgrade to the newest electronic gadget the day it’s… Read More »
I don’t want to alienate you with my series – spending habits draining your net worth. I like to think I give both sides of the argument for each item, but for me and my lifestyle, the answer is obvious to avoid them. Here’s an incomplete list of the items I spend no money on or very little… Read More »
This is another post in my series “spending habits draining your net worth.” I finally settled on a not-ridiculous name for this series just as I’m probably nearly done with it. These are specific items that I don’t spend money on and instead I buy VTSAX. Lottery tickets Yes, of course, I understand the upside of… Read More »
I’m posting another recipe in my attempt to learn to cook like my mother. She makes unbelievably tasty Indian food from scratch that is also cheap and vegetarian. Winning! Today’s dish is a breakfast dish that reminds me of Sunday mornings. It’s called upma (pronounced oop-ma) and it’s pretty freaking delicious. Ingredients 1 cup of cream of… Read More »
In case it isn’t clear from my mutterings, I love to travel. I spent about six months as a flight attendant crossing off Life Bucket List Item #23 (Have a job I really enjoy) and I’m forever trying to cross off Life Bucket List Item #1 (See the world). I know hostels, 5 star hotels, airbnb,… Read More »
I’m trying to cross off Bucket List Item #3 – Learn to Cook Like Ma. Flavorful, authentic vegetarian Indian food made from scratch. What’s not to love? Today’s dish is actually one of my aunt’s specialty dishes. But she made it frequently for big family gatherings, so it still screams home to me. Plus, it… Read More »
Happy 2016! Have you made your plan for the new year yet? I’ve dubbed this year “Operation 2016: The year of the productive, ambitious and only a little bit lackadaisical Thriftygal!” Here are some habits I hope to cultivate in Operation 2016 along with my plan of attack using specific and measurable goals. 1.Be a writer. (Write 2 hours… Read More »
Yogurt!! Whoah, my apologies for the excessive exclamation points, but I really really really love yogurt. When 17 year-old Thriftygal turned vegan, she reduced her dairy and/or egg consumption by one product every week. The very last non-vegan item she gave up was yogurt. It was also the very first food I ate coming back to vegetarianism a decade later.… Read More »
I’m working on crossing off Life Bucket List Item #3 – Learn to Cook Like Mom. I’ve tried more times than I can count to cross this sucker off, but now that I’m being a bit more meticulous about the process and thinking about what worked for me in the past, I feel like I’m finally… Read More »