generic grape nuts
lack a certain flavoring
they used dust, I think
generic cheese of
the cottage type lacks body
but brims with water
off-label fruit cups
glow eerily neon bright
is this papaya?
Entries Tagged as 'Frugal fail'
Frugal Fail: Generic Foods Haiku
August 6th, 2009 No Comments
Tags: Frugal fail · generic · grocery
Can’t Afford a Pet? Skip the Ant Farm: Try Fostering a Dog or Cat
June 24th, 2009 2 Comments
Did you know ants bury their dead?
Last night, the last ant standing in our $12 ant farm (courtesy of my mom, so free to us — thanks mom!) joined its companions in the designated burial ground — sand mounded like drifts of snow around the little plastic barns and silos. As you can see, one [...]
Tags: foster dog programs
Frugal Fail: DIY Disasters
May 18th, 2009 No Comments
Laugh-out-loud funny examples from frugal’s dark side in today’s New York Times, including:
A poor Minneapolis woman whose attempted DIY toilet fix cost her a ceiling, a car bumper, and some garage shelves and gardening supplies;
Another woman who bleached her hair so badly that it broke off; and
Several wicked cases of food poisoning.
Tags: Frugal fail · fun · New York Times
Frugal Fail: Museum Docents Don’t Read and Don’t Have Kids
May 1st, 2009 3 Comments
We have a file here called “stuff to do” — a list to which to turn when it is rainy and the kids and I are desperate to get out of the house.
So the other day I thought I’d try the Hennepin History Museum, which says it has a gallery of keepsakes from childhood past [...]
Tags: Frugal fail · museum
When Frugal Goes Too Far
January 12th, 2009 3 Comments
Image by Getty Images via Daylife
Overall, I’m proud of the new discipline we’re applying to our finances. But frugal can be taken too far. I realized this last week, as I nearly ran into a median driving to Target.
It was a blindingly bright day, but I couldn’t wear my sunglasses, because I wasn’t wearing [...]
Tags: contact solution · frugality · frugality trap · Target
