"I Wish I Had A Million Dollars. Hot Dog!"
Remember George Bailey as a kid? All he wanted to do was be a grown up and travel the world. Remember the grown-up version of George Bailey, stuck in Bedford Falls, and resenting his family…
Monster Stories
Why I Regret Buying My Inexpensive, Fuel-Efficient Car
This post may contain affiliate and / or partnered content. Please read our disclosure for details Let me start by saying that inexpensive is a relative term. Inexpensive quickly turns into a ridiculous term…
The ORIGINAL Tiny House
Tiny House Living For the past few years I have been FASCINATED with the tiny house movement. I devour new episodes of ALL Tiny House shows on HGTV…or at least I did when we had…
Frugal Fail: A Fast Food Confession
Now that the Thanksgiving holiday weekend is over and we’re heading back to work today, WE HAVE A CONFESSION. As you all know, Mr. MMM and I have dedicated ourselves to analyzing every. single. purchase. …
Holiday Cleaning: Ho Ho Ho
Last weekend Mini Monster and I were sitting at the kitchen table talking about making the turkey for Thanksgiving. I got her to agree to make the mashed potatoes, by the way. She’s only 6…
Hump Day Headlines: Spending Wisely
A funny thing occurred to me this week. I realized that, since we started down our ultra frugal, early retirement path, we also started changing our habits. Changed habits led us to devise new strategies…