We made it to another Friday. Some weeks, that’s a real success. Am I right?
Our last baseball player ended his tournament this week. So we have wrapped up yet another ball season. And just in time to get our 4-H critters to our county fair!
Life as mom isn’t boring, that’s the truth.
If your grocery budget has you wondering how to get more out of your already cheap grocery list, give these tricks a try.
Grocery shopping was a chore even before the price of everything doubled.
But now, it’s annoying and stressful.
If you wonder how you can possibly squeeze more out of your already tight grocery shopping list, I have tons of ideas for you right here.
These are things I do in my own kitchen so I can afford to feed my family of eight on a tight budget.
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Does your budget for back to school shopping have to stretch further every year? Here’s how to save big money on all the little things you need for school.
On the last day of school, my daughter came home and tossed her backpack aside.
As she ran off to find a snack, I started sorting through her giant pile of stuff.
A big manila envelope caught my attention. Inside I found the name of her 2nd grade teacher, a welcome letter…and a school supply list.
It’s already time to start thinking about next school year!
It’s a whole new week around here! Happy Frugal Friday. I hope you’ve had some successes in your spending (or more importantly, your saving!) this week.
Last week I had to admit that we’d had a rough, expensive week. We gradually fell off the wagon throughout June, and by last week I didn’t have much to celebrate in the way of savings.
The good news is that we recognized what was going on, and were able to make changes to get back on track with our #yearofno. We spent this week making sure we weren’t wasting hard earned money that had a job to do.
We had an expensive June. In fact, I had to trade out one of my usual 5 Ways We’ve Saved Money This Week posts for its opposite; a post called 5 Ways We’ve Blown Money This Week.
Eek!
Not how I wanted to reach the halfway point in our #yearofno journey. But I guess it’s not totally unexpected. It’s hard to stay motivated for the entire length of a debt payoff journey. The important thing is to climb back in the saddle when you fall off, rather than wallowing in guilt.
So we’re moving on.
In the meantime, let’s do a check in and see how we’re reaching our goals.
Welcome to meal planning Monday! If you’re one of the happy few people who enjoy meal planning, that’s excellent.
Hopefully my ideas will spark some new ideas for you.
If you don’t enjoy meal planning (put me in this category), try to do it anyway.
Future you will thank present you for putting in the work now rather than making all of those decisions day in and day out.
It’s Friday! That’s supposed to mean another edition of the 5 Ways We’ve Saved Money This Week series.
So all week I’ve been racking my brain, trying to think up any ways that we saved money this week. But the fact is that we didn’t. We totally fell off of the wagon.
We’re now halfway through our #yearofno. It’s probably natural that we’d have a rough time sticking to the plan at this point. We’ve been so good for most of the year. But old habits die hard!
Just because those old habits have reared their ugly heads doesn’t mean that we are giving up. I might need to reread my own advice about motivation, but I promise that we’ll be back to our saving ways next week. We’ve worked too hard to give it up now!
After trying out the new service at my local grocery store, I decided to write up a Kroger Clicklist Review. I was not compensated for this post at all, but I thought others might benefit from reading about my experience. Get all the nitty gritty details here!
Kroger Clicklist lets you order all your groceries online from the comfort of home. Then you pickup your groceries without ever leaving your car.
This type of service is becoming popular around the United States. So do some research to see if your local grocery stores provide it yet!
Clicklist has gone through some big changes since it was first introduced in 2016. (In fact, they are now calling it Kroger Pickup instead of Clicklist.)
Is it right for you?
Here’s how to decide.
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