Making Small Steps Toward Big Savings
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]
I am forever looking for ways to save money, but also can’t be bothered by complicated and time consuming hoops that I need to jump through in order to save a quarter or two. Over the years, money saving apps have been installed, and deleted from my phone, but there are a few that I… [Read More]
One of my favorite things about summer is the fresh herbs. And I can say this at the end of February because I’m not currently being overrun by oregano, parsley and thyme! Their prolific growing potential aside, herbs are an excellent way to add some flavor to your cooking. And when you grow them yourself,… [Read More]
It’s payday. There’s nothing left in the fridge or pantry, and you need to go shopping. You’re not really sure what you’re shopping for, you just know that you need to get some food back in the house. Or maybe you just stock up on food on the same day each week, and get the… [Read More]
When it comes to foods, my weakness is macaroni and cheese. And soups… I really like the versatility of soups. You can add almost any ingredient together in a pot with some broth, and some delicious magic happens! But back to my weakness… macaroni and cheese. I grew up eating mac & cheese out of… [Read More]
When you start budgeting, it can seem so daunting. At least it was for us. We knew we wanted to get out of debt, and learning how to efficiently budget our money was made a little easier since our income and bills were pretty straight forward. For us, it was the “other” expenses that were… [Read More]
Everyone has one person in their family that’s super picky when it comes to eating food. For this household, it’s Monkey. He’s very particular about things. And by things, I mean – Every. Single. Thing. Everything! We lovingly call him our Shelly, after Sheldon Cooper on Big Bang Theory. He has his own spot at… [Read More]
This month we transitioned to a monthly income versus the weekly income we were used to. I did a few things to help prepare for the transition. First, I made sure to leave a slight buffer from our final December paychecks rather than adding more to our debt snowball. That way any bills due or… [Read More]
Every month when I make our monthly meal plan, I look over our schedule for the month. It’s not because I like to bore you with the details of how busy our month is, everyone’s month is super busy in their own way. It’s simply because a whole month of meals that are long and… [Read More]
