In light of my No Spend September Challenge and my goal to keep my grocery budget under $130, I thought I would share what I spent. Please keep in mind a few things:1. I have a fairly decent pantry and food storage area that is fairly well stocked.2. We do have some dietary needs and try to be dairy-free as possible due to lactose intolerance. We also try to keep processed sugars to a minimum.3. No meat is bought unless…
Since I have two weeks to get caught up on the Frugal Update and the No Spend Challenge (sigh), let’s get this ball rolling! Last week was homecoming at both schools my kids attend, we have gone to a lot of ball games and cross country meets, Jordan’s wisdom teeth out, and not a lot else on the plate. I did that on purpose! I am pretty serious about keeping the gas usage down. Even filling twice a week was…
It’s the weekend! Time to conquer and divide! But be sure to relax too!I have a lot of interests and I read about a lot of different things. I always want to share that information with you and I couldn’t decide on the best way for a long time. I always want to sound like the expert and share this information with you after I tried it, but you know I just don’t have the time to try everything I…
(I was a bit busy this week and am a bit behind. Monday’s frugal update will be next Monday! Thanks!) With Week 1’s Planning for Christmas, we got our holiday notebooks and our list of people we wanted to give presents to written in it. This week will be building upon it. First, I want you to write your family traditions in your holiday notebooks. Anything you do for the holidays that your family loves to do, you love to…
It’s the weekend! Time to conquer and divide! But be sure to relax too!I have a lot of interests and I read about a lot of different things. I always want to share that information with you and I couldn’t decide on the best way for a long time. I always want to sound like the expert and share this information with you after I tried it, but you know I just don’t have the time to try everything I…
I have written before about prepping with little or no money. Prepping with no money takes some creativity, some patience, and some planning. However, I still hear things like: “I wish I could do what you do, but I don’t have the money.” “I don’t have the money for all that stuff!” “I don’t have the time for that and I can’t pay for it so I don’t do it.”Money is nice when prepping, but money can only get you…