{"id":736,"date":"2018-01-13T00:01:50","date_gmt":"2018-01-13T00:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.abyteofcommonsense.com\/?p=736"},"modified":"2018-01-14T20:12:59","modified_gmt":"2018-01-14T20:12:59","slug":"uber-frugal-month-2018-day-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.abyteofcommonsense.com\/?p=736","title":{"rendered":"Uber Frugal Month 2018 &#8211; Day 13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is my second attempt at an Uber-Frugal Month:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abyteofcommonsense.com\/?p=693\">Day 1<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abyteofcommonsense.com\/?p=695\">Day 2<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abyteofcommonsense.com\/?p=699\">Day 3<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abyteofcommonsense.com\/?p=705\">Day 4,<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abyteofcommonsense.com\/?p=708\">Day 5<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abyteofcommonsense.com\/?p=720\">Day 6<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abyteofcommonsense.com\/?p=722\">Day 7<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abyteofcommonsense.com\/?p=724\">Day 8<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abyteofcommonsense.com\/?p=727\">Day 9<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abyteofcommonsense.com\/?p=730\">Day 10<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abyteofcommonsense.com\/?p=732\">Day 11<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abyteofcommonsense.com\/?p=734\">Day 12<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 13:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">I refuse to waste my money on the notion that there\u2019s something wrong with how I naturally look.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Oh boy, am I winning with this one! I stopped washing my hair with shampoo over a year ago, and it&#8217;s never looked so good (and so much less maintenance). And recently I stopped washing my face with soap, except when I have put sunscreen on. A friend commented that I looked like I was glowing, and I am getting many fewer pimples. (It also helps that no PhD means less stress).<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been trying to introduce more Marie Kondo minimalism into my life &#8211; and that means keeping pieces of clothing only if I will actually wear them, and if they bring me joy. I have so many less clothes, and it&#8217;s nice. My standard &#8216;uniform&#8217; is a T-shirt and jeans if I&#8217;m not working, and a collared shirt and nice jeans\/pants if I&#8217;m working. I wanted to make more of an effort to wear my disused skirts this summer, but it&#8217;s been hot\/cold\/strange.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is my second attempt at an Uber-Frugal Month:\u00a0Day 1,\u00a0Day 2,\u00a0Day 3,\u00a0Day 4,\u00a0Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abyteofcommonsense.com\/?p=736\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Uber Frugal Month 2018 &#8211; Day 13<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[9,67],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6nzXS-bS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":745,"url":"http:\/\/www.abyteofcommonsense.com\/?p=745","url_meta":{"origin":736,"position":0},"title":"Uber Frugal Month 2018 - Day 17","date":"January 17, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"This is my second attempt at an Uber-Frugal Month:\u00a0Day 1,\u00a0Day 2,\u00a0Day 3,\u00a0Day 4,\u00a0Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day 11, Day 12, Day 13, Day 14, Day 15, Day 16 Day 17: Establish frugal habits and execute on them every day. 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