Women’s Personal Finance

(If your friends are judging you for doing things you care about / not doing things you don't care about, they aren't really friends)

You'll save a ridiculous amount of money, time, and carbon emissions living this way.

And you'll be happier, too.

Be it a ridiculously long clothing ban, opting out of a high paying career, saying no to that thing that *everyone* is going to...

Decide what matters to you, and lean into not caring what strangers and acquaintances think about you.

ESPECIALLY strangers. Doubly so for strangers on the internet.

Care about the folks in your circle, but even then, forge your own path.

The best life hack?

Not giving AF what other people think about you.

80% of all garment workers are women. And almost ALL of them are horribly underpaid and work in dangerous, miserable conditions.

There is no “women supporting women” happening when you buy fast fashion. None.

Celebrate women this International Women’s Day by quitting fast fashion for good.

Happy IWD. Pay women. Arrest pedophiles.

Three things to do today:

1. Pay women

2. Believe women

3. Arrest everyone in the files

Happy International Women’s Day.

Love,

Women’s Personal Finance, not WomenSPF

Sex work is work.

A quick reminder that WPF has always and forever been loudly here for sex workers, and they are part of and enthusiastically welcome in our communities. ♥️

3. Memorize (or write down) at least one out of area trusted contact (for localized emergencies where cell service gets overwhelmed, it can be easier to call out)

Love,

Women’s Personal Finance, not WomenSPF

Three things to do today:

1. Add $10 to your at home cash

2. Pick up an extra nonperishable item during your next grocery store trip (food you actually enjoy eating, so only get rice or beans if you regularly eat rice or beans!)

Three things for today 💚

Mayor Mamdani and a child play with Legos while looking very serious and concentrated. The child is impossibly adorable and wearing tiny blue glasses.

No interruptions, please. We’re building universal child care.

Another day with no money spent ✅

Because I have no interest in feeding the oligarchs.

How was your week? Any frugal wins to share? I love to hear all about them!

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We do what we can, and avoiding mega corps for groceries would easily 2x-4x our food budget.

Cooking from scratch, reducing food waste, and growing some of our own food (and raising chickens) helps, but complete disconnection from the grocery mega corps isn’t on the list for 2026.

5. We spent no money this week outside of food & groceries, and the only money spent at businesses owned by billionaires was for groceries.

Grocery shopping outside the oligarchy is HARD.

Running is a very cheap exercise, gets me outside, and is the best for my brain. After a few weeks off, I’m feeling extra grateful for my body and its ability to run.

My feet not hurting (plantar fasciitis)? Even better. That whole “priceless” feeling for sure.

4. After being sick with food poisoning for a week (following up with two weeks of very active travel but no running), I was able to get out for a couple runs with the dog in the evenings.

This meal was a frugal one generally, but the bigger part that makes this week’s frugal five list is that he’s learning how to cook at home, including with leftovers and being creative with ingredients without going to the grocery store.

That skill will serve him his whole life.

3. The 11 year old cooked dinner one night this week (spaghetti and meatballs with rice pudding for dessert).

I played softball through college, so I was somewhat aware of how expensive a sport it is, but dang it hits different as the parent buying all the stuff.

2. Baseball season started again, and the kiddo’s bat, glove, and cleats still fit him appropriately 🎉

Better yet, his uniform colors are such that he can reuse some old soccer socks as wel (though he will need new pants and a belt)

I’m finding that I’m getting a bit tired of wearing the same dress, but accessories & different tops/sweaters/etc make it different enough.

Not having to think much about what I’m going to wear each day has definitely been nice, though.

Friday’s Frugal Five, a peek into our frugal week:

1. As of this week, I’m now 2/3 of the way through the 100 day wool& dress challenge (aka wearing the same dress for one hundred days in a row, washing as necessary).

Happy Women’s History Month? 🥲

Hey friend, go drink a glass of water.

Hydration is unfortunately important.

Three things to do today:

1. Confirm you have beneficiaries set up on your accounts

2. Check your fridge - what do you need to eat before it goes bad?

3. Do at least one thing this weekend that doesn’t make or spend $$. Flex that anticapitalist joy 💚

Love,

Women’s Personal Finance, not WomenSPF

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