Hello, Just Frances readers! I’ve been thinking about updating the “look and feel” of Just Frances for a few months now, and now that I’m…
Today is payday! I’m so excited because it’s my first payday in more than a year and it’s so fantastic to see my bank balance…
Sometimes I think about dating. Only it’s a confusing topic for me. Not the dating part; I know how to do that. It’s more the…
Today was the Drymen 10K in, well, Drymen, Scotland. It was also race Number 8 in my 2012 Race a Month Challenge. It was also…
Last week, I sent a panicked message to my Facebook friends when I learned that there were issues with Just Frances that meant the site…
First, an apology for my absence the last week. I’ve had some website glitches and had to enlist the help of some amazing friends who…
Oh no. Don’t you hate it when your website goes all wonky and you have to mess around with it to get it back on…
Today marks one year since I hit the reset button on my future. Yes, it’s been one year since I moved back to my beautiful,…
Today we’re going to have a wee cooking lesson. But it’s also a lesson in budgeting and in ridding ourselves of un-needed preservatives. And as…
Tonight, I decided to brave it alone and took myself to the theatre (sorry, to the cinema) to see Brave. And why not? Friday nights…
I like shiny things and pretty things and interesting things. And often, as I’m walking down the road, I’ll stop to pick these little things…
I have been a good girl all day. I had an oat bar and grapes for breakfast; leftover chicken and potatoes for lunch; and a…
I like setting budgets for myself because it keeps me accountable to, well, me. And, because I used to have to budget every penny or…
I’ve loved to sing or hum or whistle or la-de-da for as long as I can remember. Now, I’m not saying I’m any good at it,…
This is Kim. Kim Possible, to use her full name. She began her life as a McDonald’s Happy Meal toy way back in 2003 and…
Today, I woke up at 6.30 and began getting ready for the day. I cleaned my teeth, took a shower, put on a dress, drank…
I don’t know if it’s fair to say that I’ve been on my summer holidays since I’ve been an unemployed student for the last year+,…
Sometimes I wonder if I could become a reluctant hermit, living in my own little hermitage, hiding away from society, and sulking away my life…
As you may know, I like to save all of my “spare” change so that I can cash it in for something fun and frivolous.…
Yep, that’s me: Gadget Girl. OK, I admit that I’m not the most gadgety of all gadget girls, but I’m certainly the first place contender…