Making Small Steps Toward Big Savings
I’ll admit, when I started working my tail off to cut back our grocery bill, shopping at Aldi was the farthest thing from my mind. We had one, and to me, it was that weird store I stopped at once with some college friends as we drove down to Florida for spring break. It was… [Read More]
In our house, chicken and rice recipes are abundant. There are so many ways to make it, and yet still be different each time. This recipe I came up with on the fly since I was running short on time, and Lady Bug was home with me after her adenoidectomy. I needed something that was… [Read More]
The biggest game changer for our budget was when we started using sinking funds. I cannot deny that. But if we already had sinking funds in place, switching from using our debit card to using cash would have been the biggest game changer. Today I’m going to show you how I made our cash envelopes… [Read More]
Pizza is the one thing my family can eat in spades. It’s been this way for ages! When our kids were really young, pizza would be on the menu at least once a week, simply because I knew it was something they would all eat and enjoy without major fuss. But being brutally honest, frozen… [Read More]
March brought our third monthly check, and in some ways I feel like we’re getting the hang of it. February’s budget, even for all it’s insights into our food budget and how much we used up our pantry and freezer stores in our income transition, it’s budget was wildly overspent by the end of the… [Read More]
April in our family for the last 3 years has meant we’re running around every weekend with soccer games. But I’m so happy to report that this April that is simply not the case! My standing rule for each of the kids and their extra curricular activities has been one outside of school activity {ie,… [Read More]
What if I told you that there was a budget strategy that is absolutely vital to helping you stay on budget, that can help reduce the stress in your budgets, and that makes sure you can cover unexpected expenses without dipping into your emergency fund? If it sounds impossible, it’s not. It’s simply a sinking… [Read More]
Hard boiled eggs are an occasional staple around here. By that I mean, we love them as snacks, lunch staples, topping our salads with them, turning them into egg salad sandwiches, and making deviled eggs by the dozens. Their versatility puts them on the list as one of our favorite frugal pantry staples! But I… [Read More]
February brought our second monthly paycheck, and with it a lot of insight on our budgeting strategy. So far though, I’m liking the switch to a monthly paycheck. I’ve started saying no to things more often – simply because I know that even though the money is there in the checking account, I need the… [Read More]
March is a welcome sight in this house. All February we had crazy schedules with the middle school musical and district wide arts festival thrown into the mix of our after school schedule already set in place. Then throw in some doctors appointments and what seemed like weekly snow storms, even my best laid plans… [Read More]
