The Froog

Ah! Valentine’s Day – the time of the year that has the world divided.  Everyone has an opinion. Some people hate it and some people love it and everyone will tell you their opinion on it. I like it as a concept, but hate how expensive it has become. The legend behind Valentine’s Day is quite beautiful, although probably not 100%  true.  The story goes that St. Valentine (probably not [...]

Let me start off by saying that I really debated whether I would blog about this.  For the most part I’ve kept this private and in the family and I felt it was ‘too private’ to share on my public blog.  Ultimately I made the decision to share because it might help someone going through the same thing. Today I’m going to talk about The “C” Word.  The word no one [...]

Me and my husband were driving last weekend when I saw a billboard for a ‘Gentleman’s Club’ where you get a FREE lunch.  I told my dear hubby, “No matter how much we are trying to save money we are not THAT frugal.”  Of course it was a joke, my hubby wouldn’t go to a place like that, but it got me thinking about being frugal and being reputable. For [...]

This is just a helpful list of the current places I make money here and there around the web.  Some make more money than others and some I am just trying out right now.  If you would like to try any of them out, obviously, I always like referrals *hint* *hint*  :) disclaimer: I use smileys even though they are not cool, because I think they are CUTE, so there! [...]

Those of you who know me will know that I am the biggest Disney freak!  I love going to Disney World so much, and I love the movies.  I hate to say it, but I am very disappointed with Disney now. My beef with Disney is about the Disney Channel and the questionable morals that I see on the channel more and more frequently.  I am not saying that television [...]

We as moms are all a hard-working group.  We have kids to attends to, dinners to arrange, husbands to prep, houses to clean, driving working, and if you are a mom blogger like me you have blogging, editing, tweeting, and website building.  That is just the tip of the iceberg.  We all take on so much.  Sometimes it feels like you can push through any crap pile and come out the [...]

Chances are you are losing money nearly every time you go to the grocery store, and don’t even know it.  I am a big fan of price matching, using coupons, and saving money at the store, but if you don’t follow this simple rule you will walking away leaving money on the table. Always know the prices of what you are paying, and watch while the cashier rings up your [...]

The hiatus is a result of my in-laws visiting from Scotland for 2 weeks.  This site is as of yet still new, and it’s only me who runs the show, so at this point I don’t have a backup for when things like that happen.  I should have been prepared, and I apologize, but it ended up being scrambling around to get ready for them to get here, which allowed [...]

You can know all the best tips to make money.  You can learn all the tricks to saving money.  If you don’t have the right attitude they are not going to do you any good.  Attitude is the first thing that you need to make sure is in check before you start tackling frugality in your life. You need to take a good look at your life as a whole. [...]

I have developed a way of keeping my bathroom mirrors clean all the time that is easy and you can do in a couple of minutes.  I think this way is good because you don’t have to run for paper towels and Windex (by the way vinegar works great for windows as an alternative!).  You only need things you would usually find in your bathroom anyway: a squeegee, a loofah, [...]