Posted in Frugality on February 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The fact that I love to dress my little girls in cute clothes is an already established fact. However, as much as I might love those cute boutique outfits, I do not have a bottomless clothing budget. We usually try to budget $200 a month to be spent on clothing for the family if necessary, but with [...]
Posted in Frugality, Works for Me Wednesday on February 6, 2008 | 5 Comments »
First of all, let me admit that I have a weakness for little girls’ clothes. That’s why we have little girls, right? To dress them in cute clothes? (Kidding, I’m kidding.) When I only had one baby girl, I actually did darken the doors of the local children’s boutiques on occasion and spend money. I always [...]
Posted in Frugality, Marriage on February 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I knew our marriage had reached a new level when Steady Eddie returned this week from a business trip and announced that he had gotten me something on the trip. Before we had children, this would have been as expected upon his return as a suitcase full of hotel-room-smelling clothes ready for the washer. However, [...]
Posted in Family Fun, Frugality on February 1, 2008 | 6 Comments »
For this week’s Frugal Friday, I thought I’d put a few questions out there for response from my dear readers. I would love to have a conversation about this with other like-minded individuals, but since there aren’t many real like-minded individuals in our social circle, I’m turning to you, my cyber-friends.
Steady Eddie and I do not [...]
Posted in Frugality, Grocery Expenditures on January 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
As January comes to a close, Steady Eddie and I feel like a runner must feel when crossing the finish line after a long, hard race: tired, extraordinarly glad it’s over, and a little bit unsure of what we just did. WE DID IT (almost)! As of last weekend, we had spent $288.15 on groceries [...]
Posted in Frugality, Grocery Expenditures, In the Kitchen on January 24, 2008 | 10 Comments »
For last week’s Super Savings Saturday carnival hosted by Crystal at Money Saving Mom, I asked the questions How does your family work as a team to reduce your expenditures? and How do those of you who are on tight grocery budgets work bargains into your budget? Okie Dokie, who blogs at Saving $$ in Johnson County [...]
Posted in Faith, Frugality, Miscelleneous on January 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Crystal at Biblical Womanhood is giving away a $100 gift certificate to Vision Forum. Head on over to her blog for more details!
Posted in Frugality, Grocery Expenditures on January 19, 2008 | 6 Comments »
No, I’m not writing a tribute to Andy Warhol, but I am singing the praises of my sweet, wonderful husband who has really gotten into this coupon-clipping, penny-pinching grocery store shopping game in a BIG way. Thanks to his resourcefulness (and his daily checking of message boards like Slick Deals and, of course, Money Saving Mom), we managed [...]
Posted in Frugality, Grocery Expenditures on January 17, 2008 | 15 Comments »
Last week, we ended up buying our groceries on Saturday night. While grocery shopping does not top my list of fun things to do on a Saturday night, that’s the way things happened around our house last week. We hit Aldi first, and then we hit Wal-Mart to buy the things we couldn’t buy at Aldi. While [...]
Posted in Frugality, In the Kitchen on January 11, 2008 | 6 Comments »
One thing I’ve been trying to do lately to stretch both our grocery budget and my time is to really plan ahead. One dish that both Steady Eddie and my girls both like is the old Southern standby, pinto beans and cornbread. Because I usually cook too many beans anyway (and I thrive on variety, so [...]
