What I Spent I got a Hungry Harvest box for $25 and then I spent $174 at the grocery store. So, I’m at $199 this week, which makes up for last week’s low spending. January Grocery Spending Week 1: $33 Week 2: $199 What We Ate Saturday Mr. FG and I had a date night […]
6 ways to save money on groceries without coupons
It’s January and lots of people are looking for ways to save on groceries right now! So, I’m bumping this post back up to the top of the pile. When I posted my thoughts about the Extreme Couponing tv show, I promised to share my non-couponing ideas with you. Before I do that, I want […]
Five Frugal Things | with a hat tip to Katy!
1. I sold a drawer pull for $12. I bought a nightstand for Zoe on Facebook marketplace for $25, painted it (a before and after post is coming), put on a new handle from my stash, and listed the other one on eBay. It took a few months, but someone bought it for $12, which […]
What I Spent, What We Ate | It’s a new year!
I know I skipped a lot of Friday menu posts in the last six weeks. We did buy groceries and eat dinner, though. And I haven’t added it up, but I think I ended the year averaging right around $150/week, as I have the whole year long. So. I’m going to go ahead and just […]
The non-digital planner that almost works with my brain
Elaine left a comment this morning wondering about what planner I use, so here’s a quick explanation. But first, we have to talk about synesthesia. What’s synesthesia?? I’ve written before about the spatial sequence synesthesia that I and some of my kids have. You can read more about it in the post that I linked […]
Five Frugal Things for New Year’s Eve
Well, hi. I’m popping back from my unplanned one-week silence here on the blog. Whoops. I thought a five frugal things post would be a good warm-up. 1. We saved $9 on hair gel at Target. Mr. FG found some highly recommended gel on their website for a good price, and we stopped by, only […]
