What I Spent I am still adjusting to the heat of my new stove. It definitely runs hotter than my old one. See? I don’t think I have ever made a sandwich that’s the same color as my cast iron skillet. (!) I will get better at this with a little more practice, though. On […]

What I Spent Before we get to the spending…you know how people on Instagram do those Instagram vs Reality side-by-sizes, showing how easy it is to look good just by posing? Well, here is the Instagram level version of some fried chicken I made (SLR photo): And here’s a less glamorous version (a phone photo): […]

What I Spent First, would you like to see a few kitten pictures? Sonia came with me to do the cat shift this week, and there was this teeny tuxedo kitten that was unbearably cute. Seriously! Also, look at the pink nose on the cat in the photo below. SO CUTE.   I spent $130 […]

What I Spent So you know how the other week I told you that I wore a polka-dotted shirt? (which is surprising because it was a print and I rarely wear prints!) Well, this week I did one better: Yes. A flowered shirt, even! I only needed to do a small fill-in trip this week, […]

I didn’t realize this when I made my menu plan, but everything I cooked this week was from Dinner Illustrated. It’s a really useful cookbook; highly recommend if you struggle figuring out what to cook for dinner! I wrote a whole review of it here. What I Spent I spent $189 on groceries this week, but […]

What I Spent So, the only shopping I did this week was a $151 trip to Costco. Normally when I go to Costco, it pretty much blows my budget for that week. But apparently it works out all right if Costco is the ONLY place I go. August Spending Week 1: $76 Week 2: $162 Week 3: $151 What […]