Costume shopping can be SO frustrating!  Crowded stores, high prices, too much to choose from in too little time- I have always had the worst luck with costume shopping.  Initially I was hesitant to find a costume online, worried that I’d get the wrong size or it wouldn’t arrive in time.  I then remembered my previous shopping experiences with crowded stores, high markups, and…

I’m sitting in bed, coping with the nuclear followout of my impaired immune system (yes, I managed to get sick, wth.) reflecting on the last week of my life. I went to the first ever Financial Blogger Conference that happened just north of the good city of Chicago with about 250+ other dymanic, hardworking, innovative and fun people. I met some of the coolest people,…

What to do with your dog when on a trip?    If they’re small enough, do you take them with you?  What will it cost to have them cared for in your absence? I’m going to be travelling a bit this month and was a bit worried about what to do with my pug, Ralph while away- and of course, how much it would cost…

 Two questions:  Do you like free stuff?  …and have you heard of Klout?  Klout is a aggregator that tallies up your usage of social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Instagram, etc. to not only measure what topics you talk about most, but how influential you are about those topics.  Oh ya, and it’s FREE, and they give you stuff for FREE (*Frugal-girl fan scream…

September is ooovahh.  How did I fare with my goals? Sign up for yoga and go at LEAST twice weekly   I succeeded except for this last week for the Financial Blogger Conference!   Put together an AWESOME “Geek Chic” fashion feature for the blog {and look adorable doing so.}  This has been moved to October… do you have any suggestions for your favorite geeky…