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Decluttering, Cleaning, and Saving Money in the New Year.

Filed Under: Frugality & Saving Money, Minimalism & Decluttering 9 Comments

My friend emailed me yesterday looking for advice on decluttering in the new year saying, “I know that is something you have worked really hard for over the last few years.” I emailed her back, but thought I’d also share on here some of the things I’ve done and learned from over the past yearRead the whole post >>

January 8, 2013 · Tagged With: cleaning 9 Comments

Or Do Without.

Filed Under: Frugality & Saving Money, Minimalism & Decluttering 16 Comments

I’ve been a bit undedicated on my pursuit of less lately. What with the pretty clothes luring me in and all. But I’ve come a long way since I first embarked on this journey 1.5 years ago by reading The Joy of Less. I have many ways I can improve and much more clutter toRead the whole post >>

November 19, 2012 · Tagged With: holiday 16 Comments

Talking about Toys.

Filed Under: Minimalism & Decluttering, Motherhood 15 Comments

Gabe’s birthday is in less than two weeks, which got me thinking about toys. How many toys is too many? What kinds are the best? What toys get the most mileage? And so on. (We actually already got him his birthday present – a wooden balance bike, sort of like this. It was reduced toRead the whole post >>

August 20, 2012 · Tagged With: decluttering 15 Comments

Buying Stuff Doesn’t Make Me Happy and Other Things I Must Remind Myself.

Filed Under: Frugality & Saving Money, Minimalism & Decluttering 24 Comments

This weekend, I went to the mall with my sister and ended up buying a rather cute dress (in black). Being in the mall usually overwhelms me, but this time it triggered a desire to indulge in a shopping spree – I had an inexplicable yearning to buy things, anything. (I ended up spending $6Read the whole post >>

August 6, 2012 · Tagged With: featured, musings 24 Comments

Downsizing my Wardrobe: What I Gained & What’s Next.

Filed Under: Minimalism & Decluttering 22 Comments

Empty hangers – casualties of wardrobe downsizing. Three whole months have passed since I donated  most of my wardrobe to a Cowboy Up Apparel Retailer and started wearing 33 items of clothing, shoes and accessories. (Here’s how I did it and what my wardrobe looked like.) I want to share the results of my littleRead the whole post >>

June 25, 2012 · Tagged With: clothes, project 333 22 Comments

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Saving Money & Living Frugally

Doing a Buy Nothing Month.

Every so often, my eating junk food gets a little out of control and do a little juice cleanse. To help reset my body’s ideas of … [Read More...]

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Simple Living & Minimalism

Long Distance Moving and Decluttering – A Few Tips.

We're in the midst of a long distance move to Massachusetts this month (in the nomadic portion of our move - we moved out of our … [Read More...]

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Green Living & Sustainability

Choosing between Convenience and Values.

A reader asks: How do you decide when to focus your energy on better choices versus choosing convenience? I think it can be so … [Read More...]

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Motherhood & Parenting

The Story of Eleanor.

(Warning, this post will contain mentions of bodily fluid) How Eleanor Came to Be. I want to write this all down while I still … [Read More...]

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A New Leaf. Little Leaf.

(Yes, I am a dork.) Your website should be like an extra employee. Who works non stop 24/7. I recently overhauled my site … [Read More...]

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