I’m doing a freezer challenge this week!
My grocery budget has been a little overstretched so far this month, and my freezer could use a little decluttering. Which means that it seems …
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What I Spent, What We Ate | Welp. I did not go under. At all.
What I Spent I started out with my $25 Hungry Harvest box. I spent $55.48 at the store where Lisey works. I spent $98.59 at …
52 New Recipes | You might be cooking your pork all wrong. I was!
Amazon links are affiliate links. This part isn’t exactly a recipe, but I roasted some pork tenderloins, and YOU GUYS!!! I discovered that I’ve been …
Five Frugal Things | eBay, muffins, a haircut, and more!
1. I made sweet potato chocolate chip muffins. I had some wrinkly sweet potatoes, so I peeled, boiled, and mashed them, and used them in …
5 Things That Are Making Me Happy
Because heaven knows we could all use this exercise on a Monday morning, right? I’ll list mine, and then you can do yours in the …
What I Spent, What We Ate | Starting off October
What I Spent I spent $44.57 at the grocery store where Lisey works. I spent $44 (exactly!) at Aldi. And I spent $49 at another …
A little bit of this, a little bit of that
This post contains affiliate links. Time for a post full of multiple unrelated things! The comments on the Ask The Readers post. Whoa. You guys. …
Ask the Readers: How do I get dinner on the table if I work full-time?
On my last What I Spent, What We Ate post, reader Susan left the following question: Do you have many full time working mom who …
Five Frugal Things, Fridge Clean-Out Edition
Amazon links are affiliate links. The other day, I did a fridge organization/clean-out, and so I have a bunch of food-waste-avoidant stuff to share with …
What I Spent, What We Ate | Plus last week’s spending
I missed last week, so I’ll add that spending in here as well to wrap up September! What I Spent My total for the last …
My first Stitch Fix!
Ok, guys. You ready?? I told you I signed up to try Stitch Fix, using their “the cheaper, the better” option, and here’s how my …
Answers to some questions!
Hey guys! When I wrote my post about affiliate links and such, you guys had a few questions that I wanted to answer. And I …
Because this never gets old…
and because I’m short on time today, please enjoy this. It’s so excellent, even if you’ve seen it eleventy times before. (I have, and I …
10 MORE filling and frugal snack ideas
A little while back, I made a list of 10 frugal and filling snack ideas for a reader with hungry teenagers. Since you can never …
An honest review of Dinnerly + a 60% discount (Updated 2023)
A while back, I wrote about why I don’t use meal kit services, like Blue Apron or Hello Fresh. I keep getting emails from them …