I was definitely not frugal for the months of February, March and it looks like April as well With my father having been in at home hospice all of February, and the first part of March - I did a lot of traveling to help my mother out. Dad's 87th birthday was March 4th, so I was down there knowing it would be his last one - a week later March 11th dad passed away in his sleep. I have been bringing mom all around to get as much paperwork settled as we possibly could. I was down there again with my mom and sister to go to an attorney to update/amend the will, trust, medical POA, etc. We will need to go back to read over the newest legal forms so that we all agree. Everyone has informed my mother, including me, not to do anything rash for at least 6 months, preferably a year. She has agreed to that.
So with all of your ideas/suggestions, I hope to slowly come back from the unfrugalness I've been in. I don't know how often I will post, but hope to as things slowly settled down.