by Jamie Jeffers | Mar 6, 2020 | Ways We Saved This Week
The plague hit our house for a good couple of weeks.
Ok, not the plague. Something that mocks the flu but doesn’t last quite as long. Ugh.
(Not Coronovirus, don’t worry.)
Normally that would be a great way to save money on groceries at least. (I mean, not an ideal way. But a way none the less.)
But…
for some reason these kids are starving.
They have real fevers, lots of aches and pains…but they’re asking for crackers. And soup. And toast…constantly.
Well, I guess I’m glad they’ve kept their appetites up.
OH, and we also learned that if you order Sprite, Gatorade, chicken noodle soup, tissues, ibuprofen, etc. from Clicklist, they’ll still bring it to you. And they don’t even wear hazmat suits!
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by Jamie Jeffers | Feb 19, 2020 | Grocery Tips
Get a list of the cheapest foods to buy when you’re broke, complete with a meal plan that will feed your family for less than $95 for a week.
The light from the refrigerator is washing over your face again.
You know there’s still nothing in there…but you can’t help but hope that maybe some mysterious force left a piece of chocolate cake in the back when you weren’t looking.
No luck.
You’d love to go to the grocery store and get something to fill those shelves. But how?
If it isn’t the car breaking down, it’s a sick kid. And the paycheck is gone before you know it. (Again.)
The truth is, bad times like this happen to the best of us.
It can be so hard to get ahead, especially when you’re raising a family. Kids will surprise you…with their ability to do things, how much they remind you of your favorite uncle, and…
Oh, you know, a random broken bone followed by a double ear infection alongside a huge growth spurt (hello new wardrobe).
So when you finally manage to scrape together a stash of cash to buy some food, you want to get the most for your money.
If you’re wondering what the cheapest foods to buy are, read on.
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by Jamie Jeffers | Feb 14, 2020 | Ways We Saved This Week
Happy Valentine’s Day!
We have a simple tradition in our home to celebrate the day.
It’s so cheap and easy that you wouldn’t believe how excited our little ones get.
Read on to learn more about it (so you can do it next year…heck, do it this year. It’s so easy you can throw it together now.)
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by Jamie Jeffers | Feb 7, 2020 | Ways We Saved This Week
What’s that??
This is the 150th edition of the 5 ways we’ve saved money this week series?? Can you believe it?
This whole thing started waaaay back in 2015 (which seems like a million years ago, but also seems like yesterday…weird) when I decided to write up a little post about the ways we managed to save money that week.
It ended up being a hit.
I guess it’s because people who love saving money are always curious about the ways other families manage it.
And if you aren’t really big on saving money, it’s nice to see that there are a few easy ways to save a little bit, especially when saving seems like this huge, impossible task.
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by Jamie Jeffers | Feb 6, 2020 | Grocery Tips
What’s it like shopping at Sam’s? This mom of 6 kids made a trip to see which bargains were great, and which prices just stink.
This post is now updated to reflect 2023 prices in my area.
This year for Christmas, I unwrapped a membership to Sam’s Club.
I haven’t been a member there for a decade, and in that time I’ve become pretty selective about the way I shop. So I was pretty excited to get the chance to try out Sam’s for free…
…but I also wasn’t quite sure how it would fit into my usual shopping routine.
When you’re buying food for a family of 8, you have to be picky. Much as the grocery stores would like it, I’m not too keen on just handing them my husband’s paycheck every other week.
So I asked a friend to watch the baby so I could spend some time in the Club. (That’s what the cool kids call it. bahaha!)
After spending a good hour or two there, this is what I found. (By the way, I’ve updated this post to reflect what I’ve found to be the best deals over the last year of shopping at Sam’s.)
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by Jamie Jeffers | Feb 3, 2020 | Grocery Tips
Looking for a grocery challenge that’s a little more fun than your typical “no spend grocery month”? Try a different way to lower your grocery budget.
“What is this??” you ask everyone in the family, using your best Clair Huxtable voice. “Because it looks like someone took two bites of an apple and threw it away.”
Food waste makes you a little crazy sometimes, doesn’t it?
Because you work hard to try to save money on groceries.
(Ok, some weeks are better than others. But you’re totally trying, and that counts.)
But you’ve noticed that the total at the checkout has been climbing again.
(You only bought ingredients for a couple of meals and somehow the total was $67?? How does that work?)
And after all of that, you come home and find people you love (oh, you love them) just throwing away that expensive food. (You love them, you love them, you love them…)
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